Battle of the Builders Top 3 at SEMA '21: This Show-Stopping 240Z is from Our Dreams
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2022
- Thanks to Sammi for allowing me to feature her immaculate '73 Z.
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This is BY FAR so much of a meaningful episode. That car is a MASTERPIECE 🙏🏾
Sung Kang’s 240 and this one are at the top of my list. This thing is just beautiful and the attention to detail is incomparable. I agree with you - this car is a masterpiece.
Absolutely hands down the cleanest LS swapped 240z I’ve ever seen. So sick
Ls is garbage in the sense that everyone does it now its stupid. Do something different. Tired of hearing ls swapped this and that. Used to appreciate it not anymore
@@onehundredpicks5531 can I ask if you have done one? I have LS swapped my 3rd gen firebird and it is by far the best thing I have ever done, that with a t56 has completely changed the car for the better.
@@serialgrillaz6669 its not about it being great i get it. I used to like them. But now thats all everyone ever does now. Not for you but in general why take a perfectly healthy motor out to put in a ls? Like why take a 69 camaro motor out to put a ls6 in it? Its a freakin v8 already. I used to say yeah thats cool but now car shows are full of it. Ls civic ls nissan ls datsun ls 911 ls corolla from the 90s squatting in the front and barely driveable. Ls miata ls rx7 its out of control. And its a big disappointment to see this 240z at first then see a v8 in it.😢
@@onehundredpicks5531 I had a 350 carburated motor and went to an LS and it's worlds apart, modern ignition, better milage, I can drive at any elevation without a retune, easier power. The list just goes on and on. Maybe you have a point t from a spectators point of view I might be played out but there is a reason it's so popular. Tell ford to release the Bara motor over here and we might start seeing more 6 cylinder swaps.
@@serialgrillaz6669 i hear ya. You are right i love cars just don't have the time to do my own build now. Had 350hp in my saab it was fun for 4cyl. Its just boring now.
The body lines on this car are EXQUISITE!!! They're so clean that at first glance I genuinely couldn't tell what had been done!? Absolutely stellar work and craftsmanship... Thank you so much for sharing this with us.
As soon as her Dad walked on Camera with those SHADES, that's old school Cali Hot Rod builder!
I'm glad it's built from an entire Family of Z owners!
I love the minimalist builds that look almost stock... This pretty
To all those who are hating this build and saying it’s ruined - Just appreciate the work and time put into this. It’s beautiful and extremely well done. You don’t have to like or agree with everyone’s builds and that’s the beauty of the car community but you should definitely respect it. It’s not ruined it’s just not your style.
We’ll put there Matt. That is the number one problem with the car hobby, too many snobs who think their way of building a car is the best. If you’ve ever restored or restomoded a car you would be more likely to appreciate such a build as this one.
I wanna see Ol orange bang out on a cruise with that fairladyR. Two extremely high caliber early Z's, built in two different ways by two entirely different people and shops. Incredible build.
One of the best 240z builds I've seen so far! Well done!
Stunning is the first word to come to mind on this beautiful build. Envy is the second word , bummed is the third because I’ll never be able to get my Z to come close to this build quality. Congratulations on an awesome interpretation of the Z!
Not with that attitude you won’t
@@Lukemasonmedia prob just realistic
@@Lukemasonmedia LOL! I get your point but I’ve done quite a lot to my Z. I’ve got over 40k invested in it as it sits. 😎
Thank you Larry for sharing the story of this family’s stunning Z + LS build! A++ craftsmanship throughout, and built so personally and lovingly to Sammi’s tastes. A ‘Fairlady’ for the ages, no doubt!!👍
Saw this car at the Roadster show and it was completely ignored by most. It is stunning in person!!
I guess most people just can't appreciate perfection even if it's starting them in the face 🤣
"We're all in this sick game together."
Made me laugh and cry with love.
Speechless; definition of Unicorn build. Father daughter combo car enthusiast is priceless 👌
Wow, just wow. And a big THANK YOU to Sammi for veto-ing chrome wheels. They would've looked terrible on such an incredibly classy car. What a build...I absolutely love it.
Awesome car. V8 Z cars have always grabbed my attention and the level of detail makes this one of the best
I absolutely love the depth that larry chen goes into when shooting or recording a car or it's owner.
Wow Sammi !!! What a wonderful piece of functional art you've built! I've seen a TON of beautiful Z's but yours is just exquisite.
Thanks Paul! I appreciate it!
Not into v8 Z’s but this thing is so bad ass. 👍🏻 well done!
I think I'm on the same wavelength as you Larry when you first started talking about the car. You have seen so many amazing builds over the years and have so many times thought "it just doesn't get any better than this" ...... and then...... you find a build like this. This build is just absolutely stunning!!! Congrats Sammi!
Damn fine looking Z, thanks for featuring it Larry!
Congratulations
It's an unbelievable restoration the time & love that's gone in to this car definitely shows.
It's exceptionally clean but you can see it's gone the owners personal little charms added on without losing the original factor styling it come with
What a beauty!! Inside is a big inspiration for my 240 interior rebuild next winter. Well done!
I have always be against LS swapped cars especially JDM style cars.. But Sammi this is by far the most amazing representation of a Z I have ever seen. This beauty is sooooo clean and omg the little details like the valve covers. This would not surprise me if we were to see this on Z nations Website front and center. I want to see more of this car.
Thanks so much!
I have to give her some credit…especially the “No Air” option.
She's perfect... absolutely stunning. You can tell so much love and appreciation went in to this build. ♥
Thanks for sharing this with us ...
Simply beautiful, the beautiful word falls short.
Love it. Super smooth
Wow I'm speechless, congrats to the whole team / family ❤️
Stunning. Congrats to all involved!
Absolutely amazing build with an equally amazing story to go with it. Loved every min of this video.
FINALLY a cupholder that actually fits Yeti cups
I'm still waiting on a yeti cup that fits in standard cup holder.
✌out once I saw the LS at 6:20. Fun fact - Nissan has a 400hp V8 in their Titan pickup truck. Its 5.6L V8 (VK56) has been powering it for almost 20 years.
Was speaking specifically about Datsun only producing 2 V8s, not the parent company Nissan.
Very well executed!
Excellent
Absolutely stunning old school show stopper.
detail is everything she nailed it
Beautiful Z and amazing attention to details. Love it.
Absolutely amazing!!👍🏼🚀
It is so good! my sister wrecked my 77 280z over an embankment into a tree. Tree saved her from a huge Roll event... Z was totalled sadly. tried to fix it and got it looking ok then sold it to a neighbor for 1000 that was in need of any car
Beautiful Beautiful amazing how people can still blow my mind with these cars
Big props to the whole family for building this beauty! Even as a long episode it's sad to get to the end, but then you'll get one of the coolest RUclips outros ever 🚗🎶
The greatest audio and visual autro in the world. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
By.Larry Chen
29:38 larry forgot to say NICE
This kind of clean builds is incredibly hard to pull off. When you have to look a tiny details or need a pointer on what was modified. Or like Larry always says: OEM+. The car is awesome and so is the familiy... 😎👍
Love to see a build done to perfection 👌👌👌
Nice job Sammi glad you finished your = dream car. Good job over all.
I love the details of this build. This is something that money couldn't buy.
what a cool build! WOW!!!
Omg. Super cool build. Super cool girl!
240Z perfection…absolutely love this build. Beautiful car.
Well executed
beautiful build!
What a gorgeous car, and a great owner too.
masterpiece.
wow beautiful build
so bad ass! great build!
Would never know this had a body kit installed, amazing work and attention to detail.
Big fan of your channel and your work over the years in photography. Glad you've gone independent! Great content Larry!
AND WHAT A CAR! Sammi and her fam built a complete A-list hotrod. Love to see it.
That car is incredible. Love it
She has put the bar so very high for a first build.
Stunning car
What a car! Lost for words. One of best!
What an absolute beautiful LS swapped 240Z 😍
The bar has been raised!
Awesome build 👊🏼
Another banger super cool 👍🏾
Absolutely GORGEOUS car!!! Amazing young woman, Great father!! Love the the video Larry and your channel!👊👍👍✌
The car is so clean it´s stupid! and she was awesome. Great vid as always
That is a sick ass ride
Not much a Z fan BUT dear lord this thing is gorgeous! Amazing job from all involved.
This is my dream car but I would personally love to have it in a deep green colour and keep everything else the same as this 😍
Hands down the best 240z builds i have ever seen. How I'd like to have this car
Leave it to a father to build such a jewel, no one deserves her, too beautiful and sharp as the mussel blast from a .357. His daughter is great too, he really loves her, this cars engine bay is a letter to his daughter for sure. The best story and vehicle yet Larry.
It’s gorgeous. But my ocd is driving me crazy without mirrors.
always loved the 240Z but this one is something special. love the clean simple look combined with an obsessive attention to detail in places 99.9% of gearheads wouldn't even notice. It reminds me of lowriders and their attention to detail. those guys will chrome plate and engrave a pattern onto the bolts hidden behind the wheel liner.
It's those tiny details I love about cars, and usually only the owner knows them. I get super excited when someone else spots something niche we spent hours on. Thanks for the comment!
Beautifully executed Z car
Amazing build!
Can't even be mad about the LS"swap".
Love her story. I worked at a Datsun dealership back in 1979 - 82. I can remember when that dealership got the first turbo Z in an everyone Everyone was drooling my god. Didn't make much money there but hell I would have worked for free
She meant 510 inline 4. 510 never had a 6
That is a Beautiful 240z that Baby Sounds Very Very Nice I Bet It Could Drift Really Good
Love Everything About Thisss Car ❤🤞🦆
she should put the rear window Louvers on it makes the z look Sporty even though this car already looks super sporty! It IS so good! Awesome Job!!! If it was mine I would add the 280z hood louvers! Louvers Help stop the car from getting Squirrely at high speed from reducing Hood Lift and will help the car with heat soak Letting the trapped hot air that rises and gets stuck under the hood, with The ITB's there sucking in all that hot air it would help so much plus The 280's had them so they will still Retain the Natural Z Look even if it is off the 280 instead of the 240....Man this made me miss my 77 280 z I drove senior Year of Highschool in 2002. I painted mine the stock green color but had a bunch of Flake and pearl added. She was pretty not this pretty but pretty.
very nice ..... best LS swap I've ever seen
CLEANN
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What's really unique about the Bogart racing wheels is that the center's look small while the matte silver barrels give it the diameter while making it appear like a smaller wheel which fits the look of the 240.
That's some trick stuff right there.
San Jose Datsun owners plate, I take she knows Rob Fuller then? Naturally.
One thing I haven't seen Rob Fuller do is put a VK56 in a Z.
Great Review...I'm excited to see if she Races it at Optima..The car is set up for Optima..She would score very high in D&E..You can tell here dad help build it so if she competes it will score high..She will be placed in GTV if she does..Great Story and Review!!!!..👍🏽🏁
this car have that Devil Z vibe to it - not much shit going on the outside, evrything is just functional..but it's packed underneath and its got a very intimidating presence
Gorgeous!
One bad ass “ Z “…. 💪🏼🤙🏻👍🏻🙌🏻👊🏻
Great build, I can only envy the possibilities you guy's have in Amerika.
I live in Germany and although plus 60% of our Autobahn has no speed limit which is great, making such a build is impossible due to strikt laws (Tuv)
Fun Fact: the "zinc plating" is actually Cadmium or Cad-plated, zinc is for ocean vessels...
Beautiful car
I’m so in love with this Z….. And maybe Sammi too 😉 they’re both beautiful and I’m always so excited to see a woman with such enthusiasm for classic cars especially when they LS swap a 4 cylinder car!!! Perfect
Almost a Singer level Z. Incredible.
What a car!
that car is beautiful!!!!!!
The replacement for the missing umf in a straight six is turbo .... being a car "girl" should know this.
So they basically did what any Datsun engineer would have done if they decided to put a V8 motor into a Z from factory and they end up with a some sort of Frankem-Muscle-Z... I love it!!!
What a car.....😍😍💪💪😍😍💪💪