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I've only ever ridden in one, which included experiencing total-loss understeer on a fairly innocuous corner at 40km/h...
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I used to get a lift to school back in the day in a 120Y. I was like going to school in a jumping castle
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Can I propose this goes to Historic?
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True but there are plenty of knowledgeab!e folks in there and you might find out more. Likiewise, for the reason you state quite a lot of folk stay away.
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This is the one I raced in 1998-2001...'ish. But it was also powered by a 13B PP, so certainly not traditionally Nissan.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/norrgar...7616971349427/ (check out the dork in the photo) http://nmd.com.au/nmd/news/category/TinTops I sold it to Brian Nightingale's son a few years ago, last I heard someone rang me saying they bought it from them and he was putting a Nissan engine back in for under 2L, haven't seen it since. If anyone has I would love to hear. Vern |
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This is the one;
http://my105.com/classified.asp?id=14133 They have resprayed it, but it looks pretty much the same other than that. Wow. She still lives. |
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I remember a 120Y delivery van (yep there was a panel van variant) at an auto elec joint i worked at, the radiator was removed to fix a leak and car pushed into the car park. The boss grabbed it at lunchtime to drop home quickly, in the mid summer Albury heat mind you, radiator returned, and the search started for the car. Car found, radiator fitted, water filled, no drama! Air Cooled 120Y! At least for a little while.
120Ys are a popular car in IPRA, current regs allowing SR and FJ engines to be fitted. 1200's, 1600's, Stanza's and 180B's are also eligible and appear from time to time. Shorty built himself a handy Bluebird, but hasn't seen the same success as he did in his 120Y. |
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I've had the Jamie Drummond built, George Fury driven 120y in my shed for a while, fitted with a Blydenstein Nissan 240RS FJ24 on 55 DCOE's, option box, 5 link H190 rear, rather large brakes, it was built with Howard Marsdens assistance, and lots of bits from Nissan Motorsports parts bins, for George to use as a rally car from 1982 to 1986, it's sole purpose was to beat the works BDA rally Escorts, which it did.
The FJ24 in this one puts out 290hp at 9600 and 250 ft/lb at 5500 Sultan, on here, recalls the other one I had, I ran it as a "touring car" ( oh really!) at some local Qld tracks approx 10 years ago.it was built by Drummond as a spare shell, caged and suspension done, but no motor, in case the other one got bented in a rally. GF was also racing in the Bluebirds, with Nissan, the 120y was just for fun in the forests. It is getting restored back to its 1985 spec, and hopefully coming out to play later in 2010. My other toy is a rather quick full race Datsun Sports 2000, runs at mostly historic meets, along with a 280Z in Group S prod sports. Dont get on here much, but anyway, a bit of history for you! |
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Thats Clive Spolander who races the car in the "Classic Cars" series in Cape Town, South Africa. I've got photos of it that was taken in 1992 Those photo's on the cardomain site were all taken at the Killarney Race Circuit in Cape Town. Their website http://wpmc.co.za/classic.php |
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Dad bought two 120y's for $150 combined. My younger brother and I drove the car that eventually became the race car until it ran out of petrol around the car park at Dad's work in Thew Parade Dee Why West (where Brian Potts, Mike Dwyer and Tony Mulvuhill had there workshops at the time). The car was then built up into a sports sedan. It was always left hand drive as Dad wanted to sit on the other side of the car to where the exhaust ran due to the heat as it was built to compete in 6 hour relay races. (the Esort was also left hand drive for the same reason). The car was built by Dad and his mates including ex Tony Mulvuhill head mechanic Geoff Cordell who built the motor. The car was run in a variety of super sprints, state level sports sedan races, national level sports sedan races (support races for the touring cars) and 6 hour relay races at Eastern Creek. Dad was part of the outright winning team 3 or 4 times with Bill Nabhan and others. I believe his best lap times at Eastern Creek were low 1 min 40's. Something like 1 min 8's at Wakefield when it had the original tighter fishhook in the infield. I am unsure if it ever ran at Amaroo but the Escort did 55 sec's there. Dad sold the car around 1998. We would love to know if it still exists and in what form. I'd love to see it on the track again. I would be partial to owning it if the price was right. Does anyone know of its current whereabouts? Regards, Michael Cooke |
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