ZPS wasn\u2019t originally intended to be a brand or even a product<\/b>. In fact, like many good businesses, ZPS was born in a garage, trying to solve a problem.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m a weekend hobbyist, probably just like you. I have several classic Datsuns, and restoration is my passion.\u00a0 I’ve had a Z on the lawn at Pebble Beach, the La Jolla Concours, as well as JCCS every year and the Route 66 JDM Classic.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve learned the value of doing something right rather than redoing it, and as the owner of a large online automotive forum, I know the value of consulting with experts rather than \u2018winging it.\u2019<\/p>\n
In 2011, I had a conversation with an enthusiast in Canada who was selling his Z that he bought new in 1971.\u00a0 He explained that due to a medical condition, he simply doesn\u2019t have the upper body strength to navigate tight spaces and parking lot maneuvers. He\u2019d considered the available options, and decided he\u2019d simply stick to driving his 3-Series, and asked me to help him find a good home for his Z.<\/p>\n
In 2012, after building an RB25-powered \u201972 Z for my wife, she made an observation:\u00a0 The clutch, brakes, and throttle behave like a modern car \u2013 but the steering remained stuck in the 70\u2019s. It seemed that the car should be much more cohesive, balanced, and consistent, and I wanted her to enjoy driving it as much as I enjoyed building it.<\/p>\n
With these two drivers in mind<\/strong>, I reached out to a few companies that were doing power steering conversions for hot rods and classics \u2013 but an interesting thing happened: Some didn\u2019t want anything to do with \u201cJapanese junk,\u201d some said there\u2019s no need for such a thing, some wanted thousands of dollars to attempt it, and some even claimed it couldn\u2019t be done.\u00a0 They were all wrong, and we have over 300 happy customers to prove it.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Where there\u2019s a will, there\u2019s a way.<\/em> \u00a0<\/strong>A fateful meeting with an electric power steering conversion expert from Europe led to the development of a prototype over the next few months. Testing, adjustment, and fine-tuning took another couple months, and in early 2013, a fully-functional bolt-in power steering kit was developed.<\/p>\n Less than a month later, after showing the demo car at a couple events in the southwest, people began to inquire about ordering a kit \u2013 including my friend from 2011, who decided he simply couldn\u2019t let go of his beloved Z. He (and my wife) became the very first ZPS customers!<\/p>\n We\u2019re very proud of what we\u2019ve developed, and it\u2019s important to us that our manufacturing, packaging and shipping ALL happen right here in the US.\u00a0 We\u2019ve got customers all over the world – Europe, Australia, Central America, Canada and even Africa.<\/p>\n Sixteen years has passed since our first prototype was installed.<\/strong>\u00a0 ZPS hasn\u2019t changed much. We\u2019re still a two-person operation. We\u2019re still operating on a tight budget, keeping pricing reasonable, AND since we\u2019re very active in the classic Datsun scene, our customers are our friends and acquaintances.<\/p>\n We\u2019re glad you decided to check out the page, and if you\u2019re not in need of what we do, that\u2019s great \u2013 I hope you\u2019ll keep us in mind in the future.<\/p>\n Thanks for your support, and keep those Datsuns on the road!<\/p>\n Greg and Becky Childs<\/em> info@zpowersteering.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ZPS wasn\u2019t originally intended to be a brand or even a product. In fact, like many good businesses, ZPS was born in a garage, trying to solve a problem. I\u2019m a weekend hobbyist, probably just like you. I have several classic Datsuns, and restoration is my passion.\u00a0 I’ve had a Z on the lawn at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-45","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zpowersteering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zpowersteering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zpowersteering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zpowersteering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zpowersteering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/zpowersteering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":808,"href":"https:\/\/zpowersteering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions\/808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zpowersteering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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