Datsuns on Belle Isle 1973

[black gold man]

Love the DATSUNS
RALLY DETROIT / michigan 1973 Press-on-Regardless Rally

Wish i could have been there.
http://www.rallybase.nl/index.php?ty...lt&rallyid=607

http://dirtyconesandcheckpoints.com/...rally-history/

http://en.vionto.com/show/me/1973+Pr...gardless+Rally

http://www.factual.com/t/oqU7h0/1973...gardless_Rally

http://www.teamharco.com/







http://wn.com/Press-on-Regardless_Rally

http://www.enotes.com/topic/Press-on-Regardless_Rally

http://autologo.tumblr.com/post/4531...r-scott-harvey

[Wheels]

Has anyone told you this is DETROIT?

Does anyone really care about Datsun, Nissan, Toyota, Honda, or any other import for that matter?

[p69rrh51]

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!

[Huggybear]

Just the first minute shows a quadfecta of brands that were awful the late '60s/early '70s: Fiats, Subarus, Datsuns, and AMC!

HB

[p69rrh51]

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.

[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.

[Zacha341]

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.....

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!

[black gold man]

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/ And many other people in the DETROIT area. .

[Wheels]

What a dumb ass remark why did you fucking click it.

People like this care

http://www.detroitdatsun.com/ And many other people in the DETROIT area. .

LMFAO I love this site. Technical info NONE

[black gold man]

LMFAO I love this site. Technical info NONE

The only thing it was to inform you of was your a dumb ass..

[Wheels]

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.

[astongraham]

I care a great deal actually

Has anyone told you this is DETROIT?

Does anyone really care about Datsun, Nissan, Toyota, Honda, or any other import for that matter?

[black gold man]

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.

[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"

[black gold man]

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.










And you don't need something fancy.

[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.

[black gold man]

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

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[black gold man]

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

[East Detroit]

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!

[black gold man]

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.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



Look at that vet looks like a Z

[p69rrh51]

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.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



Look at that vet looks like a Z

No need to quote pricing I already know what most every automobile will set you back!

[BagAJellyDonuts]

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.autoviva.com/news/toyota_...ed_2000gt/2356

Here is another DETROIT datsun hater.
Eyes on Design car show



Look at that vet looks like a Z

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.

[black gold man]

Can you name this car?

[detroitjim]

Can you name this car?

Yup.........It a Canyonnaro!

[BagAJellyDonuts]

Can you name this car?

Ford's reaction to the Superbird, King Cobra