金属完美：MZR的宽体240Z

Metal Perfection: MZR’s Widebody 240Z

CHAPTERS

1. Zaftig

扎帝菲

2. Zephyr

zephyr

3. Zesty

兴致勃勃

4. Cutting Room Floor

剪辑素材

Owning a classic car isn’t for everyone.

Speaking from experience (my first ever car was a 1969 VW Beetle), classic car ownership is often character-building, somewhat frustrating, occasionally testing, and sometimes really good fun. The exact mix of those varies hugely from person-to-person and car-to-car, but my personal encounter was one of spending almost as much time fixing or ignoring problems than driving the thing.

拥有一辆经典车并不适合所有人。

从经验来看（我的第一辆车是1969年的大众甲壳虫），经典的汽车保有量通常是个性建设，有点令人沮丧，偶尔测试，有时真的很有趣。这些的确切组合因人与人之间以及车对车的不同而有很大差异，但我个人的遭遇是花费几乎同样多的时间来修复或忽略问题而不是驾驶这件事。

It’s this exact issue that stops me from owning another classic at this stage in my life, and probably puts a lot of other people off too. But thankfully, now in 2019, restomodding is in boom.

Small, independent companies are taking mass-produced classic cars and giving them a new lease of life. They’re making owning and driving a classic as easy as doing so in a modern car.

正是这个问题阻止了我在生命的这个阶段拥有另一个经典，并且可能也会让很多其他人失望。但值得庆幸的是，现在在2019年，重新开发正在蓬勃发展。

小型独立公司正在大规模生产经典汽车并为他们带来新的生机。他们在现代汽车中拥有和驾驶经典一样简单。

MZR Roadsports in Bradford, England is one such company. If you want a proper look behind the scenes at what they do, then read this first. Their work is often compared to Singer’s – it’s wonderfully subtle – but I’m here now to show you their most out-there creation to date: this 1972 one-of-a-kind widebody Datsun 240Z.

英国布拉德福德的MZR Roadsports就是这样一家公司。如果你想在幕后看看他们做了什么，那么先读一下。他们的作品经常与辛格相提并论 – 它非常微妙 – 但我现在在这里向你展示他们迄今为止最多的创作：这是1972年独一无二的宽体Datsun 240Z。

Obviously, the biggest difference between this particular car and the usual turn-key solutions that MZR offer is the exterior appearance, so let’s focus on that first.

显然，这款特别的车与MZR提供的通常交钥匙解决方案之间的最大区别在于外观，所以让我们首先关注它。

The main talking point is the drastically widened wheel arches. Going by MZR’s mantra of doing the job properly, you should know by now that these aren’t universal bolt-on jobs, and there’s not a strand of fibreglass to be found within them either.

主要的谈话要点是大幅加宽的轮拱。按照MZR正确完成工作的口号，您应该知道这些不是通用的螺栓固定工作，并且在它们中也没有找到一股玻璃纤维。

The team at MZR hand-crafted the 35mm-wider front and 90mm-wider rear fenders from steel, completely from scratch. The lines from the beefed-up fenders carry through into the custom front lower valance at the business end and sweep down beneath the chrome rear bumper at the party end.

MZR的团队手工制作了35毫米宽的前轮和90毫米宽的钢制后挡泥板，完全从头开始。加强挡泥板的线条穿过商业端的定制前下帷幔，并在派对端的镀铬后保险杠下方扫过。

They remind me of the bolt-on, rivets-exposed overfenders that you often see on JDM-inspired Zs in their shape, but much more permanent and with one key difference – the change in fender profile from front to rear helps accentuate the Z’s OEM rear haunches and that iconic rear window and roof line.

它们让我想起了你经常在JDM风格的Zs上看到的螺栓固定，铆钉暴露的外壳，但更加永久，并且有一个关键的区别 – 挡泥板轮廓从前到后的变化有助于突出Z的OEM后部的臀部和标志性的后窗和车顶线。

Compared to a stock-body 240Z, where the front fenders are reasonably subtle, the rears are absolutely gigantic in three-quarter view, yet in profile view they seem almost the same shape, and so are nicely balanced.

It’s a rare thing – a widebody conversion that’s actually been done well and with consideration for the shape and lines of the car first and foremost. If the 240Z was Japan’s version of an American muscle car, then MZR’s widebody transformation only exaggerates the claim.

与前挡泥板相当微妙的车身240Z相比，后挡板在四分之三视图中绝对是巨大的，但在剖面图中它们看起来几乎相同的形状，因此非常平衡。

这是一件罕见的事情 – 宽体转换实际上做得很好，首先要考虑汽车的形状和线条。如果240Z是日本版的美国肌肉车，那么MZR的宽体改造只会夸大其说法。

Calling these cavernous new fenders home is a set of MZR’s own custom three-piece wheels, measuring 17×10-inches up front and 17×11-inches out back and wrapped in 245/40R17 and 255/40R17 rubber, respectively.

There’s a clear nod to a Z favourite wheel here – it’s a Watanabe-inspired design with the edges sharpened up to differentiate them from the classic JDM origins and bring them more up-to-date.

将这些巨大的新挡泥板称为家用的是一套MZR自定义的三件式车轮，前轮尺寸为17×10英寸，后轮尺寸为17×11英寸，分别采用245 / 40R17和255 / 40R17橡胶包裹。

这里有一个明显的Z最喜欢的轮子点头 – 它是Watanabe灵感的设计，边缘锐化，使它们与经典的JDM起源区别开来，并使它们更新。

Hiding behind the dark grey spokes is MZR’s own – again custom – fast road brake package. This is a street car first and foremost, and a fairly svelte one at that going by modern standards, so huge stoppers aren’t needed.

Having said that, the 300mm rotor with lightweight aluminium 4-pot front calliper setup and 280mm rotor, single-pot rear setup should still bring things to a halt quick enough.

隐藏在深灰色辐条背后的是MZR自己的 – 再次定制 – 快速道路制动包。这首先是街车，而且按照现代标准来说是相当苗条的，所以不需要巨大的塞子。

话虽如此，300毫米转子采用轻质铝制4罐前卡钳设置和280毫米转子，单锅后部设置仍应使物品停下来足够快。

Elsewhere around the exterior the changes are subtle to the untrained eye. New OEM stainless bumpers have replaced worn counterparts, whilst MZR refreshed all of the glass in the car with brand new, untarnished items. The front grille is a custom billet item.

在外部的其他地方，未经训练的眼睛的变化是微妙的。新的OEM不锈钢保险杠已经取代了磨损的同类产品，而MZR则用全新的未经修饰的产品更新了车内的所有玻璃。前格栅是定制方坯。

A nice upswept ducktail spoiler finishes off the boot lid, whilst at the front a deeper front air dam adds a bit of aggression and is finished with a carbon fibre lower splitter.

一个漂亮的上翘鸭尾扰流板完成了行李箱盖，而在前部，更深的前气坝增加了一点侵略性，并完成了碳纤维下分离器。

There’s more restrained use of carbon fibre scattered around too. The mirrors and exhaust tips are the only other immediately obvious items, however the bumper air intakes and rear light garnish are also fabricated from the lightweight composite weave.

周围散布的碳纤维也受到更多限制。镜子和排气尖是唯一其他直接明显的物品，但保险杠进气口和后灯装饰也是由轻质复合编织制成。

MZR shifted the stock exhaust exit position and placed it slap-bang in the middle of the rear lower valance, adding symmetry to the rear end. It’s from this angle that you can really appreciate just how much wider this car is than a stock-bodied Z.

MZR改变了排气口的出口位置并将其放在后部下部帷幔的中间，使后端增加了对称性。正是从这个角度来看，你才能真正体会到这款车比一辆车身Z更宽。

The body is coated in a custom grey metallic; the colour shifts from grey to bronze and brown depending on the light.

It’s the perfect hue for a slightly gloomy day on the moors, with the metal flakes shimmering in the occasional burst of sunlight we’re treated to.

机身涂有定制的灰色金属; 根据光线的不同，颜色从灰色变为青铜色和棕色。

对于荒野上稍微阴沉的一天来说，这是完美的色调，金属片在我们经常遇到的偶尔阳光下闪闪发光。

第二章

和风

CHAPTER TWO

Zephyr

Swing open the driver’s door and a classy interior welcomes you. Lightweight MZR sports seats are finished in black Nappa leather, complemented by leather basket weave door cards. At your fingertips sits a deep-dish wheel, also finished in leather.

摆动驾驶员的车门，优雅的内饰欢迎您的光临。轻量级MZR运动型座椅采用黑色Nappa皮革制成，配以皮革篮子编织门卡。触手可及的是一个深盘轮，也是皮革制成的。

A Porsche 917-inspired wooden shifter contrasts with the otherwise sleek body-coloured centre console, while an array of gauges and dials stare back at your from their the wheel and across the top of the dash.

保时捷917风格的木制变速器与其他时尚的车身色中央控制台形成鲜明对比，而一系列仪表和表盘则从车轮和仪表板顶部向后瞄准。

At first glance it looks like a really nicely refinished OEM interior, but then you notice little touches that would have never been possible back in 1972. There’s a push-button start tucked away where the key would normally go, and on the opposite side a USB port for 12V charging.

乍一看，它看起来像是一个非常精心修饰的OEM内饰，但是你注意到在1972年从未有过的小触摸。有一个按钮开始隐藏在钥匙通常会去的地方，而在另一侧则是USB端口，用于12V充电。

Although the gauges look original they’re all custom, fully electronic and nicely backlit. There are small quality of life improvements all around me, the sorts of things that you do start to miss after driving a classic car. The heating system has been brought up to date and the windscreen wiper configuration has been replaced with a modern equivalent – both essential upgrades unless you’re planning to keep the car hidden away during winter up north in the UK.

The controls are replaced with modern illuminated buttons and dials. Every single bulb, interior and exterior is now an LED item. The radio looks like it could be an OEM original unit, but it’s actually a more modern DAB Bluetooth setup with the aerial tucked away discreetly in the windscreen.

None of this really feels at odds with the car’s timely design.

虽然仪表看起来很原始，但它们都是定制的，完全电子化且背光很好。我身边的生活质量都有很小的改善，你驾驶经典汽车后会开始想念各种各样的东西。加热系统已经更新，挡风玻璃刮水器配置已被现代等效设备所取代 – 这两项都是必不可少的升级，除非您计划在英国北部的冬季将汽车隐藏起来。

控件被现代照明按钮和表盘取代。每个灯泡，内部和外部现在都是LED项目。收音机看起来可能是OEM原装单元，但它实际上是一个更现代的DAB蓝牙设置，其中的天线隐藏在挡风玻璃中。

这一切都没有真正与汽车的及时设计相悖。

The custom T45 roll bar above my head is so subtle that I don’t notice it until I’ve been sitting in the car for a good few minutes, and it’s certainly not intrusive in any way. This no longer feels like you’re sitting in an older car, although MZR have somehow managed to retain the charm of doing so.

我头顶的定制T45滚动条是如此微妙，直到我坐在车里好几分钟才发现它，并且它肯定不会以任何方式侵入。这不再是你坐在一辆旧车上的感觉，尽管MZR已经设法保留了这样做的魅力。

Behind the two front seats the rear luggage area is finished in Swiss heather-loop carpet, as are the front footwells. Having your belongings arrive at the back of your head during a spot of spirited driving is less than ideal, so leather luggage straps are provided to keep everything tied down.

The rear strut towers are left partly exposed and partly wrapped in the same basket weave leather as the front door cards. From here you can easily adjust the rear BC Racing coilovers (which MZR specified the valving and damping rate for). Every single surface and fitting has been finished to the highest quality. It’s a very, very nice place to spend time.

在两个前排座椅后面，后行李箱区域采用瑞士石楠环地毯和前脚部空间完成。在一个充满活力的驾驶场所让你的物品到达你的后脑不太理想，所以提供皮革行李带以保持一切束缚。

后支撑塔部分暴露，部分包裹在与前门卡相同的篮子编织皮革中。从这里您可以轻松调整后部BC Racing线圈（MZR指定了阀门和阻尼率）。每个表面和配件都经过精加工，质量上乘。这是一个非常非常好的地方，花时间。

最后章节

灿烂

FINAL CHAPTER

Zesty

As impressive as MZR’s craft is on the outside, it’s what’s underneath the skin that sets this Z apart. With a reputation for making these old Datsuns very much drivable, as you’d expect everything that you can’t immediately see has either been replaced, refurbished or modernised in some way, shape or form.

令人印象深刻的是MZR的工艺在外面，它就是皮肤下面的东西，使这个Z分开。以使这些老式Datsuns非常具有驾驶性能而闻名，正如您所期望的那样，您无法立即看到的所有东西都以某种方式，形状或形式被替换，翻新或现代化。

We’ve already mentioned the adjustable coilover suspension front and rear – this is bolstered by a fully adjustable geometry setup that allows almost every conceivable angle to be adjusted to suit, while custom upgraded linkage shafts and universal joints are all complimented with spherical joint adjustable track rod ends.

Overkill for a road car? Maybe, but as MZR were refreshing everything underneath anyway it made sense to upgrade what they could.

我们已经提到前后可调节式悬挂式悬架 – 这是通过完全可调节的几何设置来支撑的，几乎可以调节所有可想到的角度以适应，而定制升级的连杆轴和万向节都配有球形关节可调轨道杆端。

公路车过度杀伤？也许吧，但是因为MZR无论如何都在刷新所有东西，所以升级他们可能的东西是有意义的。

Uprated sway bars front and rear help keep body roll under control, whilst a lightweight uprated steering rack and speed-sensitive (and adjustable) electric power steering has been added.

前后升高的防摇杆有助于控制车身侧倾，同时增加了轻型升级转向齿条和速度敏感（可调）电动助力转向系统。

来源：ruwolf