Yuk! And what's with the flag-pole exhaust coming out the rear?? Thought the blue Z was pretty good though..... CheerZ Vincent
Check out this Pink 300ZX Pink 300zx Sort of like it but not 100% sure bout the tail lights. Even the mags seem to suit it. Piperes had some competition.
crazy like a fox, some of 'em If you dig around a little on this guy's site (and there are a shedload of pic pages), you can find a pic of what might be the most important Datsun ever - at least for us. Any guesses as to why? (thanks google)
BWAHAHAHA Now I know where JP got the idea for that massive wing from? Been to tokyo recently, John? Only joshing yours looks good some of those are hideous! MattB:LOL::LOL::LOL:
I'll have a guess...... I think this car basically established the Datsun brand in Australia as something to take notice of, as I seem to remember that they won the 1958 Mobilgas Trial rally with this car, or at least finished well. An even more left of field guess - was the famous Mr K - the Z car designer - the driver of this car?
Close enough :thumbsup: Mr K was a marketing exec at Datsun and he pushed for them to enter the 1958 Mobilgas Trial. It was their first ever competition outside Japan - and they won their class! Mr K was put in charge of the team (not a driver). So if they hadn't done well, no career for Mr K, no Zs. BTW he wasn't actually the car designer (there was a whole team), by that time (and thanks in part to his success in the Mobilgas) he was President of Nissan US (or Marketing Manager - sources differ). And it was he who pushed for the Z and hence became known as "the Father of the Zed". http://www.classiczregister.org/html/history_-_nissan.html http://zhome.com/History/DesignEvolution/DesignEvolutionZ.htm and for Blipman http://www.mister-k.com/
Heeey it's my boy! I've been in contact with one of the owners of those cars, he's from the "Highway Racer Gang of Hot Rodders". You should see some of the stuff these guys make, it's nuts. Err should I be admitting to this? Ben
