Squee Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Been meaning to post some pics up of my trip to Nissan's DNA garage (aka 'the vault') since my trip in June. Some of the pics are a bit crap and not in the most orderly fashion - but enjoy! It's housed at Nissan's Zuma plant, about 50km south west of Tokyo: Upon arrival you gather in a reception area with some nice little displays: (Me and my long-suffering other half) But what lies behind the roller door?: This is the first glimpse that awaits (I felt like a fat-kid who'd been fed nothing but Redbull for 24 hours and then taken to the Haribo factory). Turning left into the garage the displays are arranged in roughly age/chronological order up to about the mid 70s: Historical Nissan fire-trucks! This one was used by (and signed by) the Japanese Olympic team at the Mexico Olympics (1968): 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 Anyone like old Skylines? What a lovely pair of bums: More Nissan fire trucks! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 Here comes the babylon! Had to have a little cool down after seeing this one: I've always preferred the old Pulsar Tongues away please! They leave some of the windows open so you can have a sniff (very Japanese!) The other half and I met when I showed up to buy his 300ZX so we had to have a selfie in the Z32 area Oh yea, they had other Zeds there too 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!.......We haven't got onto the race cars yet!.... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 Who said Diet Coke's just for girls? Rallyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy cars! I loved this knocked-about brute. The engineers/technicians who look after the collection believe it's important to leave the battle-scars. Good lads! This is where the team carry out repairs on the collection (nothing happening day I went): 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 This might cause some folk on here to start feeling a bit funny and over-excited: And even the toilets were high-tech! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevoD Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Whats that nsx type thing i have never seen or heard it ? plate says M104 but i cant find anything? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 (edited) Whats that nsx type thing i have never seen or heard it ? plate says M104 but i cant find anything? Not all of the exhibits had their own info boards and those that did were in Japanese aside from the marque name. There were stacks there that myself and my other half (who's worked in a few specialised Jap garages in the UK) didn't recognise. The guide didn't speak any English either (I don't think it's a required skill to learn in schools over there so even very educated and 'high up' folks in business don't speak it). S. Edited August 25, 2016 by Squee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyZ Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Amazing pics... that 350z race car is absolutely orgasmic 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Whats that nsx type thing i have never seen or heard it ? plate says M104 but i cant find anything? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_MID4 http://jalopnik.com/the-nissan-nsx-fighter-that-never-was-1464493134 Nissan MID4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevoD Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Whats that nsx type thing i have never seen or heard it ? plate says M104 but i cant find anything? https://en.m.wikiped...iki/Nissan_MID4 http://jalopnik.com/...-was-1464493134 Nissan MID4 ahh cool so its like a mid engined 300zx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payco Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Thanks for taking the time to share.Looks like an amazing place.Im visiting the car museum in Naples Florida in Nov so will also share. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZMANALEX Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Awesome Squee, and thanks for sharing. Some really fantastic images there This trip is on my bucket list. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stutopia Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 What an amazing thing to do, thanks for posting the pics up 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irn Bru Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Great pics and post 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Muxlow Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Fantastic pictures buddy thanks for sharing them. 😎 Sent from my iPhone using hammer and chisel! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey_83 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Now thats a Niss Show!!! i love all things Nissan. Last 5 cars owned on my drive have been Nissan's, current 3 in the household too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Thanks Squee great pics and really nice of you to share 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy james Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Wow that was one cracking day out! Thanks for sharing the pics. Had no idea Nissans range of vehicles were so diverse. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WINKJ Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Amazing pics! Poor cars stood there not moving, I'll drive them all, right now! Wow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 ^^ I agree with Wink, ...such a shame they're not been driven & enjoyed. Thanks for sharing the pics Squee. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock_Steady Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 i want the Pulsar!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veilside z Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 WOW.. Awesome photography buddy. B) Thank you for sharing and hope you both had great fun 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
350zedd Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 The "knocked about brute" was Shekhar Mehta's 240Z which won the Safari Rally in 1973. He won it 5 times in total. I'm surprised its still in one piece! Great to see again....thanks Squee for all the pics. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted August 26, 2016 Author Share Posted August 26, 2016 (edited) Thanks for all of the kind comments guys - glad you like the pics! The place is actually a private collection (owned by Nissan) rather than a museum. It's actually more like a (very big and special) storage unit as Nissan often ship some of the cars off to go on display at car shows etc. Some of the cars are driven at these events hence there's a workshop within the building housing a collection. There were a few missing when I went - mainly from the Figaro collection. I too find it sad when you see such amazing machines just sitting on display but this place is a genuine working collection which massively adds to it's appeal. There is, however, one very big downside to going to this collection - very, very, very few collections will 'cut the mustard' as much as this one did so I feel like I've been very spoiled! If anyone's off to Japan then I booked the trip to the collection here: http://nissan-herita...ction.com/TOUR/ but be warned it's all in Japanese and you have to use translation tools to submit a request to view the collection. It's only recently been opened to the public so hopefully once it's a bit more established they'll make it a bit easier for thick westerners to book Oh and also - it's FREE to go and view. £0.00!!! S. Edited August 26, 2016 by Squee 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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