Also on the site is an article from 911 & Porsche World about the car – and discusses the tires and other restoration details.

In the article Waldegard also talks about what it was like to drive the car after 36 years!

I really do not like the “poodled” and “shampooed” Bizzarinis with race stickers and McGuyar super wax as seen at Pebble Beach and elsewhere (Sorry Dick/Chuck).

With reference to the Sears or Michelin Tires on the green Porsche:

I want to state that I am not bothered by whatever is presently on the original (!) rims of the Porsche. I am “stupified” by the white walls, bad taste then, bad taste now. If it is original its fine with me, if it is not it is also fine with me !

Furthermore I believe that a hell of a lot of the concourses organizers and participants spend way too much time and energy in presenting trailer queens that do not run the way they should run or have over-the- top detailed engine bays and interiors and exteriors (see Pebble Beach in particular) that have nothing to do with the original cars as they left the various factories.

When in Europe I always enjoy the competition with classic cars on open roads or on closed tracks. Not the Zillionaire atmosphere of the USA, but much more enjoyable (and with much better food especially in Italy) than all that exclusivity crap here in the USA. Please note that this is only my opinion, I do not compel anybody to agree with me, and I absolutely do not want to offend anybody who thinks differently.

sears radials WERE michelins – woulda thought they could have gotten some with ‘sears’ written on them though…whatever, both neat cars.

Will anyone from Sports Car Digest acknowledge that?

Thank you very much for the time and expense involved with putting a car on the field at Amelia. As we’re sure you know, your Datsun was a fan favorite throughout the day and 99% of them had no idea the Bridgestones weren’t correct.

Thanks again for bringing it to Amelia and for keeping it on the road as well.

Best,

SCD

I don’t think you know anything about my “life” ( whatever you think that is ) and I don’t see what it has to do with the inaccuracies in this piece. If you knew anything about the true Works 240Zs then I’d expect you too to point out the LACK of similarity with the BRE car – so perhaps you don’t know, and probably don’t care anyway?

Who actually wrote this article? Can anyone from Sports Car Digest comment on the misspelling of Edgar Herrmann and Hans Schuller’s names? Is it “too anal” to hope for the winners of the 1970 and 1971 East African Safari Rallies to have their names spelled correctly?

Nonetheless – the guys from Bridgestone’s Competition Tire Dept. {Mr. Iwamoto, Bridgestone’s liasion to NISMO} and Product Planning Group {Tadashi Kodama, Product Planning Manager} put a real effort into researching their archives for original tire spec.’s. They made every attempt to match as closely as possible a current consumer production tire to the original form and function. There seems to be a shortage of current production tires in 14 inch diameters today for any street performance application. I have to say that the guys at Bridgestone were enthusiastic supporters of the restoration project and followed the progress of the car start to finish. They were also both huge fan’s of BRE and Peter Brock.

But I understand what your saying – I had no problem at all finding the “correct” XWX’s for my last 72 Ferrari. Ferrari parts are always valuable – and people tend to keep/horde the NOS spares they have for decades. That is NOT the case for most inexpensive DATSUN parts!! Nor is there much of a market for vintage Bridgestone Winter Tires from the 70′s.

I hope you’ll forgive me for running a current production Bridgestone tire on the Z – but I have driven it about 1000 miles now at Freeway speeds {and perhaps a bit above that} and it was at the Amelia Event only for people to see and enjoy – it wasn’t actually entered for Concours Judging. I attempted to put it back in its “as race prepared” condition – few imperfections and all.

Amelia and the hundreds of people there provided a very enjoyable weekend to say the least. The Charity they support is equally important to me as I grow older…

kind regards,
Carl

Alan you are just too anal about everything in your life. As stated the BRE is only similar to….. period.

Both cars are interesting, but have almost nothing in common – apart that is from them both being lumped into the same category at Amelia.

If you know something about Works 240Z rally cars, can you perhaps explain to me how this BRE car is “similar” to them? Of course the answer is that this car is NOT “similar” to a Works built 240Z rally car at all.

And as for the lack of a proper Works 240Z at Amelia for comparison, I should think a locally-built non-Works Baja Porsche was also conspicuous by its absence – making another irrelevant comparison impossible.

And Lorenzo I agree with you; the Porsche is wearing modern Michelins, which are nothing like the ‘SEARS’ tyres the car would have originally worn. But those SEARS tyres might be a little difficult to come by these days, so we might need to give the owner a little bit of slack in that respect.

The stickker on the Porshe says “Sears Radial Tires.” The tires mounted at the concourse are Michelin radials ! Wonder really what the Sears sonsor would have thought of that combination !

Most of the experts have never seen a car running properly, never driven one, do not know the relevance of certain cars and neither the history of automobiles. http://Www.velocetoday.com tries to educate people in these respects and is therefore a worth having a look at (see this weeks article on FIATs in the USA by a certain Mr. K. Ludvigsen.

Anyway your articles are superb and I really enjoy your site !

LM