Remember the final scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark, when the Ark of the Covenant is boxed up and tucked away into a vast warehouse of unknown and mysterious treasures? Well, if you’re a Nissan fan, such a place actually exists. It’s called the Zama museum or, more properly, the Nissan Heritage Collection, and you can find it tucked away in Nissan’s engine manufacturing plant on the outskirts of Yokohama. It’s not like a normal museum, in that you must request permission to enter beforehand, but you can get in for free and it is absolutely crammed with fantastic cars.
There are racing machines, Skyline GT-Rs that battled at Le Mans and the Safari Rally Fairlady 240Zs. There are perfectly preserved Austins built under license from the earliest days,…