Widebody Datsun Fairlady Z
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ค. 2020
- This Datsun is badass! Victor built this entire thing in his garage in just one year and the final product is amazing. The Rocket Bunny kit really sets this car off and it's just an instant classic in the JDM world, so sit back and enjoy the ride...
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Met Victor a couple of times. Great guy and a really nice Z. Looks so much better in person.
The best inside door panels I've ever seen on a Nissan Japanese sports car. Would love to see more art like that on the Z and GTR cars. That's an amazing inspiration on the whole car itself....
Thank you for the kind words! Glad you liked them!
That's one nice little car, I can't get over how cool the door panels are, the 'non-symmetrical' thing...LOVE IT!
Same for me especially the door panels! Unique, personal and creative
Love these videos....glad to see another Z on the show. Perfect timing, taking my '71 Z for a run after it had a 29 year nap!
Always loved these Z's, wide body or not. I like the idea of personalized interior door panels when going to alu. Open the door to thousand of possibilties....
Yeah the door with the waves blew me away, such a cool look and me and you had the same ideas... You could do whatever you wanted. Awesome build
When I went to my first autocross about 40 years ago it seem like the Datsun Z’s were the most popular car there. I managed to get a few rides in some nice fast examples. I’ve been a huge fan since. Awesome car!
I’ve always loved these since getting my first ticket in my moms 70Z...timeless cool rides
I love those old school jdms!
Good job on build!
It’s so cool seeing how different owners will incorporate various design elements and creativity. The door panels are rad! Something nice and different
That running gap doesn't do the widebody justice, clean ride
Nice looking car, like the door panel even better that they match his ink.
So cool how they match his ink and hold meaning for him and his family
Really sweet sounding L26 and really cool dude. I've always had a soft spot for 240z/260z. Buddy had one in college 35 years ago, lots of good times in that car! The interior customization is spot on!
Same for me here other than the college part...I’ll always love the early Z’s
Wow! I love the door painting
I love these type of builds. Cool cars built by cool owners!
Thank GOD it's a Stick! Sweet Ride.
MY FAVOURITE CAR , HAD THREE OF THEM IN MY LIFE AND LIKE YOU , GOT MY FIRST TICKET IN MY 71 240 WHILE I LIVED IN AUSTRALIA!
Shawn, if Victor ever blows the motor it looks like there's lots of room for a hot little small block Chevy V-8, 351 Ford etc. Cool car!
Haha lots of people keep saying LS!
Would be cool or like Forsberg did...RB26 to get power but keep it Japanese...regardless, I know Victor loves this car and that’s what matters here imo
Most beautiful car of all times!!!!
One of my top favorites too 👊
Wow, thank you! So many cars on the channel I would trade this for in a heartbeat! Haha
Humbling...
Love light, fast, track looking machines. This one fits the bill!
4:36 That Alfa 2000 GTV
I think this would make a great TV show. You guys do a excellent job. Haven't seen one video yet that wasn't great. Even cars I don't like end up being cool on here.
I agreed
Love that L26 high compression,,
Old is gold
That car takes me back my dad had one of those loved riding in that car but this on is a really nice looking car so nice great vid
It’s a death trap and you’re unwise and not a car designer. Your comments are worthless.
each build i always have a caveat i love the most.....for this one its the 1 year "project/build" you can tell he saw it from start to finish.....had a goal and executed....sometimes you hear about that "it was lying around and i finally finished it" but you can tell the initial vision they had at purchase/trade was lost..eventual new trends and SEMA bs becomes more of a norm...this one has more of that pure "dream come true" build aspect to it which is nice to appreciate. That and behind the Chevy II......the datsun z is my second favorite chop it and rod it USDM option....my old man worked for calsonic......so the dream build is.......overhead 32v GM engine that will eventually be made in the 66-67 chevy 2.........and the obvious os gaiken custom block and overhead cam for the s30 ideally......but 260z is cool to since it was a single production year in USDM which has that rodder "rarity" aspect to it if enough original parts are retained while still beingable to go bollz out powerwise/smog. As a z diehard i have my normal loveable concepts like bumper delete implementations, where /how they choose to route the piping, howmany are kept/removed decals/cladding etc applique. Chrome or painted tail lights etc....if the build was centered around stance, or powertrain+tiresize. Did they own the engine prior to the car etc. These things are what make the build/car fun for me part by part. The stuff i love reading up on in car mags, any commissioned work or parts. All for the love and passion of the end result or build.
Killer comment here!! Glad you appreciate not only muscle but these odd cool unique Japanese vehicles. Awesome!
finaly some love for japanese classics
We’ve done some and will continue to...this is such a unique and personal approach
@@AutotopiaLA good work
Beautiful car,,I'm sitting next to my 260z while watching this😆👍
Awesome!!! I love his approach and style with this one
Ceramic matrix grey........ but I'm green with envy. Beautiful looking car and under 200hp I could live with that!
Love your comment here 👊
We made it!!!!
Nicely done!!!
Nicely done and great job done to her. Very nice rebuild and really cool. Big thumbs up from Finland.
Dope car. Minus the air.
If he was going for pure performance I’d be with you on air it not his intent
Racing wasn’t the intent here, although you’d be surprised, some race cars equipped with performance air suspension systems do quite well.
Very very *THICC WIDEBODY* BOI!!!
Sick ride he built here and so personal to his style and his family
@@AutotopiaLA I hope he have nice days
Very well done!
clean nice and loved
Lots of love and creativity in this one
Owner is well spoken and nice and built a hell of nice car 👍
Well done 👍👍
I love the way you handle the show. Friendly, easy, ...
Thank you! I love talking to people about their cars and showcasing them
Not once were you taught it’s a car designed for cornering.
Great build, love it.
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Changing it up Autotopia ! killer car
This was my son’s car. He rebuilt the engine and is an awesome mechanic. I’m sorry he had to sell it.
Sorry to hear that but know that Victor has given this car pure love all the way
I know he’s been following the build... and he asked if he can have it back now! I’m sure he will get back into a Z soon. He did a great job with the engine, I didn’t have to do much else to it and it runs amazing!
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@@AutotopiaLA the whole point of the design is IT DOESN’T NEED A GREAT ENGINE.
You have no idea about this design of car and no clue what you’re talking about.
@@dreyn7780 hater much?
That’s a great looking car, love the old Z cars.
Same for me...absolutely love the old Z cars
Sitting AFTER MIDWAY in the wheelbase is NOT an experience humans like to have.
There’s a delay effect when cornering and it feels like the car doesn’t corner well.
People tried them and they realised they didn’t like that driver experience, so they sold the cars and production stopped.
You’re a LIAR.
Man I love this channel.
Us too!!!
Such a Timeless Z
Extremely cool car
Thank you!!!
We Enjoy watching your channel 👌 Great vibes , We definitely support big time 🥂😎
You guys need to interview Kang's "FuguZ"! Much love ♥
I agree. Thats a badass Z. Alot of work done to it.
@@storyteller1749 a manifold delete and fuel system? vs the man hours to get 400 out of an NA 3.3L overhead cam s30 engine? to wheel. He need to put osgiken infront of more z fans and overall rodderfans. the price and manhours alone in that engine/clutch flywheel and diff....goes a lot harder than a greddy rb26 turbo delete kit/add body wise fuguz Is very very clean/ideal/tasteful But ngl that engine is about as practical as a custom stroker block and overhead cam and shite if the rear end of that power delivery doesnt cost more than an rb26+turbo delete....that build screamed SEMA commission NGL....which is why i cant even grasp the "looks" if it was to be understated to overstate the "header" rb26 turbo delete caveat. OS giken tc24b1z........is the fuguz equivalent to the devilz.....
Wish I had the budget to do a Fugu Z mirror! Insane build and big inspiration to ours, but ours was only a fraction of the cost.
OS Giken dual cam? Only in my dreams! That engine alone would pay for this build and I’d still have left over to treat all of you to some beers!!! 🍻
How about Johnny yung? His grandfather was a mental patient! ...
@@bigheadzmotorsports what is the exhaust setup in the car
Sweet 🔥🔥
DAMN DAMN DAMN!!! THIS IS NICE NICE NICE!!! Thank you for this video SIR!!! Thank you!!!
Thank you for watching!!! 🤙🏽
Amazing!
Great car all around 👍
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I dig it!
I'm a fan of the old Datsuns. Especially the "Fairladys". They're getting harder to find. He did a great job in the widebody and the door panels. Have you seen what might be the 2021 Nissan 370z? Sort of a flashback to the old Fairlady. Very cool.
I’ve seen it and am curious to see what they do...I’ve always had a thing for the Z’s
The older i get im fond of keeping the stock body lines without flares. Which is how i did mine.. but the z is clean props dude!
I hear ya but when done with taste and class I’m all in like this one
great video bro like
Thank you! 👊
Super kool !
love it
Mint Z. I dig it
Gorgeous car! I had a '74 260Z that had a molded in body kit. It was such a great car but I couldn't keep it for too long. I'm 6'5" so driving it was really uncomfortable. Looking back I wish I just had a custom seat and rails to lower it as much as possible and push it back a few inches.
Thank you!!! I’m short, so it fits me great... shirt people problems 🤷🏻♂️
So f*kin sick!!!!
Love this car, excellent styling! Sounds amazing!
Yes yes and yes! Cool ride. Cool owner and his family was right there watching us shoot. Cool people!!
Enormous scrub radius. It’s a death trap.
You ever hear of the death of Australian race car driver Peter Brock?
If you get these front engine, no rear end cars wrong, you ain’t gonna last long.
NICE👍
I live the style of the Datsun Z cars! Such a timeless look!
You have no clue about these cars.
The offsets of those front wheels make this car unbearable to drive.
You have to lift the wheels to get them to turn. It’s disgusting.
I don't normally like widebodies but this just looks right, like it was factory
Bad ass 260z!!!! My uncle had a 240z few years back he got for 500$ it was in great running condition,the body was straight as an arrow and ended up junking the car because he didn’t have the pink slip to the car!!
Venom Svt Nooooooo!!!!
Nice 👍
Dream car. I'd want an RB or 2JZ in it with a rocket bunny kit
No todo en la vida son V8 muy bien, este canal siempre tiene autos con historia y en exelentes condiciones, espero que encuentres algún Mustang Mach One 71-73, me encantaría ver uno en este canal, saludos desde México 😎 🤟
beautiful car.
Does anyone know if that RocketBunny kit will fit a 2+2?
Muito top🚀
Beautiful ride for sure
Seu vídeo são muito top tô compartilhado todos aqui no Brasil 👏
Can you do part 2 of the car drifting
El auto de mis sueños 😍
Nailed it on every detail! Door panels are insane! Those were/are true sports cars in every respect. Love the variety on your channel,Shawn!
They really are pure sports cars and I’m with you on the door panels! Cool car and very cool owner
Hella Dope! I wonder how it handles? Put a VK in that thing and it would be perfect!
It drives pretty nice actually! Would love more power, so maybe a swap is in store for the future 🤔
@@bigheadzmotorsports Word, or even just build and turbo the L; Top End Performance down in North Hollywood are On Point with their Z performance parts, Good Luck Brotha!!! 🙏
Pretty sure more power is coming on this one but such a cool build and owner
@@zatiticherry3421 The L is built with high compression, so not sure about adding a turbo. Would like to keep it in the Nissan family, so RB is the obvious want... but may even consider SR
That thing sounds good though
😳 are you fookin kidding me ?!?! Omfg!
I had a mint 74, when it was easy for me to get in and out of it but it didn’t look like this lol. But I did have aluminum louvers on the back window.
Always gravitated to the look of this car! Great job. I'd love to try building one myself. How estimated $$ in do I need and man-hours to put it together?
Usually the most expensive will be paint and body... depending on condition, this will be about 10K I’m guessing!
@@bigheadzmotorsports Thanks! btw you said "I built it, it's mine" resonated well :)
wordless
I always have said California has the best cars.
Going to go look at a 260z today hopefully it’s as good as the ad says.(edit) it’s great I’m going to pick it up right now I’m so pumped
Model has so much potential for reimagining very rarely done well. This is nice
Agreed and he nailed this one with his family in mind and personal unique touches cool Z
No it doesn’t! Shut up fool.
You canNOT cut anymore off the rear of the car and you can’t place the engine further forward.
With that much rubber, she's not going to be doing burnouts lol. Beautiful car and cool dude 👍🏼
For sure! I jokingly apologized for all the tire marks left in the parking lot!
keep chopping up those 240 260 280 z . Will make my stock one keep going up in value.
Stock is cool too! This wasn’t an investment piece for me... it will be driven and cared for!
Uhm...I don't know how I missed this one!
But it escaped me till today a month later.
Sung Kang started the Rocket Bunny in the USA big time ,by winning best of show SEMA and Winning NEED FOR SPEED ,. To be a featured car.
But this guy did a great job.
So many swaps it's great to see the stock motor, sounding and performing well.
Let's face it if you want an LS swap go buy a Camaro.
Really it just as much fun with a warmer L-Series motor.
You really shouldn't,swap a S30 motor. Unless your well connected Political. ,to get out of all the tickets you will, get, what's the point of big HP, if your don't going to smokem up!
This guy has the looks the sounds and it's fun, every single time !
Thanks for the comment! So many S30 project cars sitting in garages, I didn’t want that to happen to me. Would have loved to do a full on restore, but I tried to do the best I could with budget and time! I will likely keep the L26, good point! I don’t need much power for now... some triple carbs and new headers are on the list! 🤙🏽
@@bigheadzmotorsports you need 40mm redline sells them for 975$ complete kit Manifold linkage and carbs.
Most people get 45mm for the street and wonder why there is a big ,BAAHG, before power comes on.
Reason is to big for street where tmps are low to mid then high way.
45's are for race track mid to high rpm . Can you use them on the street yes, but the stock carbs will run circles around them till about 5500.
I'm building 2 S30:s but live in the rust belt where I had no choice but ground up make it "A Car" again 1st.
So I'm happy you get to enjoy driving it.....
Widebody classic! Good job with this beauty!👏😄
Cool ride so individual respect to all car enthusiasts no matter the origin the passion is the same. 😎
Perfectly said...that’s why we focus on the enthusiast community of custom rides
Professionals design cars and we respect them not unwise fools who build death traps.
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Wicked, sweet as bro !
Agreed. Cool ride and owner for sure
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That's remind me back on 1987i used to have 260z.
hearing this Z makes it very hard to sell mine.
Don’t sell it!! Make it personal. Drive it. Keep it!!
@@AutotopiaLA The reason i might sell it is im in college and i just got my grandpa's 1972 f250 that he bought brand new in 1971. It is my dream car but id like to get the truck driving before my grandpa who's in a nursing home passes.
The paint looks like an old Ferrari color known as Corsa Gray. All my racers get the classic treatment
Similar color. Looks great on this one
@@AutotopiaLA I agree, It looks sharp and makes the bodywork stand out more than a darker color choice
Thumbs up. Power is good but it ain't everything.
Is for sale the cars y love the cars
The flares are not for me, I think the original lines are perfect. But he didn't build it for me and I especially enjoy the personalized door panels. I also appreciate that he kept the L series engine; makes for a fun, reliable platform. I'm still a 510 & 1200 guy tough, the Z will never take their places in my Datsun heart.
3rd time watching it's Nov2020
Wow thank you!!
Unique car in all senses hey. Badass indeed. Great job, so much attention to detail. I like that Victor made it HIS car, with his stamp literally on it. Something to the turbine smooth sound of a straight six that gives me goosebumps. Thanks Shawn, this was really nice
Terrible scrub radius measurement. That causes super heavy steering, which is the opposite to the chassis design which causes the car to have massive under steering which causes the death of the driver and passenger.
That’s a good looking car.
Looks like a death trap to the educated people.
My drift build in Forza Motorsport
Belo carro mas acho que ainda falta um pouco mais de potência em Davis kkkk mas p começar tá legal abraço
Really cool car..really doesn’t need anything sounds good and seems like it would move if ya got on it...always unique cars nice vid
Like a death trap.
I bet within a year that car will run straight through a corner and off the road. It’ll be a total wreck. Just like Eric Bana in targa Tasmania (love the beast movie). Accept it won’t be caused by excessive motor power but too hard and heavy steering.
I like the Tangerine Orange color of the early Datsun Z Cars as compared to the gray color. Color palette of the original colors here: zcarguide.com/datsun-260z-stock-paint-interior-colors-us-canada/
240 color palette here: zcarguide.com/datsun-240z-stock-paint-and-interior-colors-us-and-canada/