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Datsuns on Belle Isle 1973
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Has anyone told you this is DETROIT?
Does anyone really care about Datsun, Nissan, Toyota, Honda, or any other import for that matter?
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Originally Posted by
Wheels
Has anyone told you this is DETROIT?
Does anyone really care about Datsun, Nissan, Toyota, Honda, or any other import for that matter?
Nissan-Datsun one in the same company. Datsun renamed itself after the parent company to avoid bad name recognition due to very poor products. Also yes there are many who care about imports and not just those from Japan!
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Just the first minute shows a quadfecta of brands that were awful the late '60s/early '70s: Fiats, Subarus, Datsuns, and AMC!
HB
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Plenty of junk out of Detroit in that era also, I'll take a lean burn Chrysler, a 4-6-8 caddy or 120 hp 350 cubic inch. Or maybe I want the aluminum blocked Vega or firetrap Pinto ?
That said I'll take drag racing of any other kind of racing. Love the lyrics from Bob Seger "The pony cars are cruisin' on woodward avenue Go and try to pass'em They'll smoke you if you do"
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Laugh your ass off about AMC Jeeps, but they were the first AMERICAN car to win an FIA World Rally Championship event. They did it in the 1972 Press On Regardless Rally with two guys from the Detroit area.
http://www.moparmagazine.com/2009/ja...egardless.html
The driver was Gene Henderson, a cop with Dearborn was the lead driver and Ken Pogue was co-driver and navigator - he was a classmate of mine at Cass Tech.
Coming into the final stages they had such a commanding lead that they decided to run the Jeep through a car wash and cleaa off all the caked on mud so it would look good in the victory circle. And that it did. The PR guys had a fit as the Jeep did not look "battle worn" so they smeared it with mud to take the PR photos.
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Wheels
Has anyone told you this is DETROIT?
Does anyone really care about Datsun, Nissan, Toyota, Honda, or any other import for that matter?
What a dumb ass remark why did you fucking click it.
People like this care http://www.detroitdatsun.com/images/dd logo eq3.gif
http://www.detroitdatsun.com/ And many other people in the DETROIT area. .
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Packman41
Laugh your ass off about AMC Jeeps, but they were the first AMERICAN car to win an FIA World Rally Championship event. They did it in the 1972 Press On Regardless Rally with two guys from the Detroit area.
http://www.moparmagazine.com/2009/ja...egardless.html
The driver was Gene Henderson, a cop with Dearborn was the lead driver and Ken Pogue was co-driver and navigator - he was a classmate of mine at Cass Tech.
Coming into the final stages they had such a commanding lead that they decided to run the Jeep through a car wash and cleaa off all the caked on mud so it would look good in the victory circle. And that it did. The PR guys had a fit as the Jeep did not look "battle worn" so they smeared it with mud to take the PR photos.
Good to see your contributions here i will be doing more research on this and hope to find more video
Thank you for the link.
BGM
<font size="4">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-JokX06wDM.
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Keep a eye out for BGM in his DATSUN next couple weeks running 94 west from Conner to 96 west in his 30yr old
POS as a daily driver.............
BGM
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black gold man
LMFAO I love this site. Technical info NONE
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Huggybear
Just the first minute shows a quadfecta of brands that were awful the late '60s/early '70s: Fiats, Subarus, Datsuns, and AMC!
HB
I will take my 69 AMX and put it up against any competitor of the time! Also a good friend's father who "had" to drive an ambassador many years beyond its expected lifetime, most of its competitors barely lasted half as long as the amabassador did. And for Subaru, except for some rust issues were mechanically is solid as they are today.
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Wheels
LMFAO I love this site. Technical info NONE
The only thing it was to inform you of was your a dumb ass..
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pictures
To p69rrh51:
You have an AMX too?? Mine is a 1968 with 23,500 miles and my brother has a 1969 that he customized. Welcome to the club.Attachment 12061
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black gold man
The only thing it was to inform you of was your a dumb ass..
Take another hit off that Datsun tail pipe and chill out.
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downtown_racine
Plenty of junk out of Detroit in that era also, I'll take a lean burn Chrysler, a 4-6-8 caddy or 120 hp 350 cubic inch. Or maybe I want the aluminum blocked Vega or firetrap Pinto ?
That said I'll take drag racing of any other kind of racing. Love the lyrics from Bob Seger "The pony cars are cruisin' on woodward avenue Go and try to pass'em They'll smoke you if you do"
Here is an example of datsun drag racing just for you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHx5Q3OG8Dk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RESC54vHr40&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86q8A_98iBc&feature=mfu_in_order&l ist=UL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WrzZ3NYbD8&feature=mfu_in_order&l ist=UL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rLN95hzh9M
And you don't need something fancy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqxgGuGhrAA&feature=results_video& playnext =1&list=PL7777A700C958EB9B
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Wheels
Take another hit off that Datsun tail pipe and chill out.
Ok your here that means your into DATSUNS.
Take a look at this guys addiction. There are many videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vleIbZr_KjU&feature=related
Every year dec 25 open party at jims.
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Packman41
To p69rrh51:
You have an AMX too?? Mine is a 1968 with 23,500 miles and my brother has a 1969 that he customized. Welcome to the club.
Attachment 12061
Nice wheels!! I hope you add a least a few miles every year.
Also while not being a big fan of most Japanese manufacturers I would not mind owning a 240Z or a Toyota 2000GT.
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You can get one of the best 240s out there for 10 to 15 grand or as little as 500 bucks.
But the Toyota will set you back 300,000
Look what they did to this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5euR7Q-igz8&feature=player_embedded
http://www.autoviva.com/news/toyota_...ed_2000gt/2356
Here is another DETROIT datsun hater.
Eyes on Design car show
Every fathers day at the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House
see you there. There is a video of toyota gt 2000
at the show but i cant find it.
BGM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfbYcg77F6A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLlmi2cLoPs
Look at that vet looks like a Z
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8w64gO2uQg&feature=relmfu
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Packman41
Coming into the final stages they had such a commanding lead that they decided to run the Jeep through a car wash and cleaa off all the caked on mud so it would look good in the victory circle. And that it did. The PR guys had a fit as the Jeep did not look "battle worn" so they smeared it with mud to take the PR photos.
Hahaha, awesome!
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black gold man
Yup.........It a Canyonnaro!
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That's right, look around there are plenty of Detroiters striving here with all matter of car [[if lucky seeing how the bus situation is). Yeah I recall the crud of Datsun and have never owned a Nissan! I am a Ford and Toyota driver for the most part, long term what I like to drive. I did drive a Nissan Maxima for a bit.....
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p69rrh51
Nissan-Datsun one in the same company. Datsun renamed itself after the parent company to avoid bad name recognition due to very poor products. Also yes there are many who care about imports and not just those from Japan!
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black gold man
Ford's reaction to the Superbird, King Cobra
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We have a winner kinda has the zx look in front.
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Well, that was fun! That was the year I bought my Dodge Colt, and there she was,or her alter ego, running the POR. We actually talked about running DH's Toyota in that rally. It was great to see how the rally worked.
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gazhekwe
Well, that was fun! That was the year I bought my Dodge Colt, and there she was,or her alter ego, running the POR. We actually talked about running DH's Toyota in that rally. It was great to see how the rally worked.
Are you saying you were in the rally?
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A little love for the RX7 racing Michigan . I think maybe a NISSAN in there.
Press On Regardless Rally 1985 Part 1
SCCA Pro Rally - Houghton Michigan. Footage by David Maclean
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl0wlUuARNw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=GZLEXjPzNVU
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black gold man
No need to quote pricing I already know what most every automobile will set you back!
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black gold man
BTW, the Corvette is a Motion Performance edition. Kind of like the Yenkos, the Berger, or for Mopar Grand Spaulding cars of that time. And not to forget, the Royal Pontiacs. Some dealerships sold a lot of custom cars that weren't about vinyl tops or paint jobs.
The Vette predates the Datsun by a few years. If it matters about who was first with the design theme.
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The design is European I am refereeing to the headlight sugar scoops.
http://zhome.com/History/StylingMats...upeDrawing.jpg
1965 Z Concept Drawing
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No, we weren't in it. We did talk about getting into it but never did. We liked backwoods driving a lot, and have taken many different cars on some pretty rough rides, including the 73 Colt.
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I was the proud owner of a Datsun B-210. I'll try to find a pic of it to post here.
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I owned a new 1979 620 King Cab pickup. It replaced the worst POS I've ever owned, an also purchased new 1977 Mustang II.
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I care a great deal actually
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Wheels
Has anyone told you this is DETROIT?
Does anyone really care about Datsun, Nissan, Toyota, Honda, or any other import for that matter?
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Datsuns racing downfall
"Datsun 'Z' cars had won the last ten annual SCCA C-Production championships, so Freddy Baker's best practice lap was calculated to cause some unrest. No Jaguar of any kind had ever circulated Road Atlanta as quickly as this."
After the pace car left the track, the Datsun driver next to me [[Jim Fitzgerald) pulled out ahead of me, jumped the start, and the race still got the green flag. I was about half a car length behind him when they threw the flag. All of a sudden he turned right" [Baker was on the inside – to Fitzgerald's right] "and he started bouncing off the Jaguar......" "His door was hitting my left front fender. I thought 'Oh my God!' I could see the inside guard rail and the grass and had a picture of finishing the race, a DNF, on the first lap. He almost got me onto the grass. Without thinking I turned into him, trying to push him off and kept my foot to the floor."
"I got by Fitz on the straight. From that point on I hardly looked in my mirrors. The race is what's in front of you ; not what's behind. I just kept my foot in."
http://www.xclusively-jaguar.co.uk/x..._11-05-01.html
Must see if you like jags http://www.xclusively-jaguar.co.uk/n...y_2011/gtj.pdf
Some boys from Ohio fixed up an old jag and whopped ass on the DATSUNS.
The DATSUN crew saw how fast the jag was and drew straws to see who
was going to be the designated hitter to take the jag out.
Jim Fitzgerald wore the DD tag on his suit that day.
It is really a great story you should read up on.
but here is a video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CIJ-6pPmpY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI1_UWkob6s&feature=related
