{"id":1277,"date":"2016-04-13T19:24:16","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T19:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carcomputerexchange.com\/blog\/?p=1277"},"modified":"2025-01-08T12:40:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T12:40:58","slug":"1973-datsun-240z-jay-lenos-garage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carcomputerexchange.com\/blog\/1973-datsun-240z-jay-lenos-garage\/","title":{"rendered":"1973 Datsun 240Z &#8211; Jay Leno&#8217;s Garage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 1973 Datsun 240-Z brings back some memories. It was the car back in the day, and still is to anyone who\u2019s a car collector. This car causes a sensation, much like that of the Mustang when it was introduced to the market. <\/p>\n<p>The car was built for the American market and was quite affordable. The vehicle belongs to a young actor named Sung Kang. For many Americans, the car is represents a nostalgic relationship. Some people like the idea of using a body kit for restoration. Others, like to keep the original design. This 240-Z is the only such model driven by its owner. So, it was a blast to restore and drive. <\/p>\n<p>The first thing the owner did was to strip it down. They installed a roll cage and other accessories. The owner found the body kit online. The Internet and social media definitely has its benefits. A job nicely done!<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"1973 Datsun 240Z - Jay Leno&#039;s Garage\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4XTy3G5NZDc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 1973 Datsun 240-Z brings back some memories. It was the car back in the day, and still is to anyone who\u2019s a car collector. This car causes a sensation, much like that of the Mustang when it was introduced to the market. The car was built for the American market and was quite affordable&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-chatter"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>1973 Datsun 240Z - Jay Leno&#039;s Garage &#8211; CarComputerExchange.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Clip from Jay Leno&#039;s Garage featuring a 1973 Datsun 240Z.\u00a0\u00a0This car causes a sensation, much like that of the Mustang when it was introduced to the market.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/carcomputerexchange.com\/blog\/1973-datsun-240z-jay-lenos-garage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"1973 Datsun 240Z - Jay Leno&#039;s Garage &#8211; CarComputerExchange.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Clip from Jay Leno&#039;s Garage featuring a 1973 Datsun 240Z.\u00a0\u00a0This car causes a sensation, much like that of the Mustang when it was introduced to the market.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/carcomputerexchange.com\/blog\/1973-datsun-240z-jay-lenos-garage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CarComputerExchange.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-04-13T19:24:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-08T12:40:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"carcompblog\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"carcompblog\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/carcomputerexchange.com\\\/blog\\\/1973-datsun-240z-jay-lenos-garage\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/carcomputerexchange.com\\\/blog\\\/1973-datsun-240z-jay-lenos-garage\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"carcompblog\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/carcomputerexchange.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5deaeed49e7348130ec7012f851c3730\"},\"headline\":\"1973 Datsun 240Z &#8211; Jay Leno&#8217;s Garage\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-04-13T19:24:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-08T12:40:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/carcomputerexchange.com\\\/blog\\\/1973-datsun-240z-jay-lenos-garage\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":166,\"articleSection\":[\"Auto Chatter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/carcomputerexchange.com\\\/blog\\\/1973-datsun-240z-jay-lenos-garage\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/carcomputerexchange.com\\\/blog\\\/1973-datsun-240z-jay-lenos-garage\\\/\",\"name\":\"1973 Datsun 240Z - Jay Leno's Garage &#8211; CarComputerExchange.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/carcomputerexchange.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-04-13T19:24:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-08T12:40:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/carcomputerexchange.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5deaeed49e7348130ec7012f851c3730\"},\"description\":\"Clip from Jay Leno's Garage featuring a 1973 Datsun 240Z.\u00a0\u00a0This car causes a sensation, much like that of the Mustang when it was introduced to the market.\u00a0\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/carcomputerexchange.com\\\/blog\\\/1973-datsun-240z-jay-lenos-garage\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/carcomputerexchange.com\\\/blog\\\/1973-datsun-240z-jay-lenos-garage\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/carcomputerexchange.com\\\/blog\\\/1973-datsun-240z-jay-lenos-garage\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/carcomputerexchange.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"1973 Datsun 240Z &#8211; Jay Leno&#8217;s Garage\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/carcomputerexchange.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/carcomputerexchange.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"CarComputerExchange.com\",\"description\":\"Blog\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/carcomputerexchange.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/carcomputerexchange.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5deaeed49e7348130ec7012f851c3730\",\"name\":\"carcompblog\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/carcomputerexchange.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/carcompblog\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"1973 Datsun 240Z - Jay Leno's Garage &#8211; CarComputerExchange.com","description":"Clip from Jay Leno's Garage featuring a 1973 Datsun 240Z.\u00a0\u00a0This car causes a sensation, much like that of the Mustang when it was introduced to the market.\u00a0","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/carcomputerexchange.com\/blog\/1973-datsun-240z-jay-lenos-garage\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"1973 Datsun 240Z - Jay Leno's Garage &#8211; CarComputerExchange.com","og_description":"Clip from Jay Leno's Garage featuring a 1973 Datsun 240Z.\u00a0\u00a0This car causes a sensation, much like that of the Mustang when it was introduced to the market.\u00a0","og_url":"https:\/\/carcomputerexchange.com\/blog\/1973-datsun-240z-jay-lenos-garage\/","og_site_name":"CarComputerExchange.com","article_published_time":"2016-04-13T19:24:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-01-08T12:40:58+00:00","author":"carcompblog","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"carcompblog","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/carcomputerexchange.com\/blog\/1973-datsun-240z-jay-lenos-garage\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/carcomputerexchange.com\/blog\/1973-datsun-240z-jay-lenos-garage\/"},"author":{"name":"carcompblog","@id":"https:\/\/carcomputerexchange.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/5deaeed49e7348130ec7012f851c3730"},"headline":"1973 Datsun 240Z &#8211; Jay Leno&#8217;s Garage","datePublished":"2016-04-13T19:24:16+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-08T12:40:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/carcomputerexchange.com\/blog\/1973-datsun-240z-jay-lenos-garage\/"},"wordCount":166,"articleSection":["Auto Chatter"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/carcomputerexchange.com\/blog\/1973-datsun-240z-jay-lenos-garage\/","url":"https:\/\/carcomputerexchange.com\/blog\/1973-datsun-240z-jay-lenos-garage\/","name":"1973 Datsun 240Z - Jay Leno's Garage &#8211; CarComputerExchange.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/carcomputerexchange.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-04-13T19:24:16+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-08T12:40:58+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/carcomputerexchange.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/5deaeed49e7348130ec7012f851c3730"},"description":"Clip from Jay Leno's Garage featuring a 1973 Datsun 240Z.\u00a0\u00a0This car causes a sensation, much like that of the Mustang when it was introduced to the market.\u00a0","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/carcomputerexchange.com\/blog\/1973-datsun-240z-jay-lenos-garage\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/carcomputerexchange.com\/blog\/1973-datsun-240z-jay-lenos-garage\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/carcomputerexchange.com\/blog\/1973-datsun-240z-jay-lenos-garage\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/carcomputerexchange.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"1973 Datsun 240Z &#8211; Jay Leno&#8217;s Garage"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/carcomputerexchange.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/carcomputerexchange.com\/blog\/","name":"CarComputerExchange.com","description":"Blog","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/carcomputerexchange.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/carcomputerexchange.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/5deaeed49e7348130ec7012f851c3730","name":"carcompblog","url":"https:\/\/carcomputerexchange.com\/blog\/author\/carcompblog\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carcomputerexchange.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carcomputerexchange.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carcomputerexchange.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carcomputerexchange.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carcomputerexchange.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1277"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carcomputerexchange.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1278,"href":"https:\/\/carcomputerexchange.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1277\/revisions\/1278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carcomputerexchange.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carcomputerexchange.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carcomputerexchange.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}