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thatDATguy · 09-15-2011, 04:57 PM

I autocrossed with you guys back around 02-04 when I was in school. At that time I had a '95 S14 that was ghetto slammed with nothing more than a cat back exhaust, cold air and a factory lsd. I went to work for Nissan about a year ago and have been planning on a long term build but wanted something obscure...(fast not the main goal here). I picked up my 1969 Datsun 1600 roadster a few months back and have been tearing into it since day one. Hope you guys pin down some autoX dates soon as I am really looking forward to "tossin' this ol' girl 'round". Should be fun!

***jedimario*** · 09-15-2011, 05:58 PM

Welcome! Interesting choice of vehicle, I can appreciate that Smile

I think there's still a couple of people on here that would have been students when you were still at Clemson.

thatDATguy · 09-15-2011, 07:01 PM

I know that I will catch some crap from some people about it. But have to stare at the rear end of a GTR for 10hrs a day at work. So owning a piece of history that got Nissan to that point was a big deciding factor of that purchase.... That and the fact that it was a little less(smirk) than the 86k pricetag of the GTR! LOL!

***jedimario*** · 09-15-2011, 07:13 PM

You forgot to mention that by virtue of it not being a pig it's about a million times better than the GT-R too Wink

thatDATguy · 09-15-2011, 07:34 PM

haha, that almost sounded like you were talking crap about the GTR... maybe you missed this http://youtu.be/uDP7Pty8Qnw

***jedimario*** · 09-15-2011, 07:37 PM

Almost? I'm not communicating clearly Wink

Check out the last couple of pages of the Boss 302 thread in the lounge if you want to know how I feel about that Tongue

Theodore · 09-15-2011, 08:51 PM

Great to have you back. I have two friends who own and restore old Datsuns. They have a bunch of parts and a lot of knowledge. It's a great machine... always wanted one but I went the British direction ... and have Rorschach paintings in my drive way to prove it.

I'll look forward to seeing the car! Thanks!, Ted

**stevebullitt** · 09-16-2011, 09:45 AM

Welcome back! I'd LOVE to see that thing on course. I like to think that when the club first started someone had one of those to throw around a course thumbsup

thatDATguy · 09-16-2011, 10:35 AM

Right now it is on jackstands Sad

I am in the middle of the datsun 510 master cylinder/volvo caliper conversion (see hitman write up on NICO) and am waiting on my new old stock "datsun sports" (pre-Nismo) race springs and KYB shocks. Hope to have it on the road in the next 30+/- days.

**kbrew8991** · 09-16-2011, 03:29 PM

I think I remember you.... Wink