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Datsun 1600 Roadster Does Mexico
Team Lucha Libre Racing’s Datsun 1600 Sports roadster has once again returned triumphantly from La Carrera Panamericana 2008. As readers know from the article in Japanese Nostalgic Car magazine Issue 2, this was the first Japanese car ever to run … Continue reading
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Tagged datsun, datsun 1600, datsun fairlady roadster, datsun roadster, la carrera panamericana, nissan, roadster
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Vintage Japanese Drag Racing at Fuji Speedway
Old School Japanese Drag Cars Break out the earplugs before watching this footage of vintage Japanese iron doing the Zero-Yon (0-400m, approximately a quarter-mile), circa 1986. Unlike the nostalgia drag racers of the US, these cars sport canister mufflers and … Continue reading
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Tagged 240z, datsun, datsun 240z, datsun z, drag racing, dragsters, fuji speedway, mazda, nissan, nissan z, toyota
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Fast Eddie and the Skyline
As a follow-up to Ben’s post a few days ago on Paul Newman’s passing, here’s more on his association with the Skyline. Check out Youtube (do a search for “skyline CM”) and Newman would be most visibly linked with the R30 … Continue reading
Paul Newman, 1925-2008
Whoa. We were at SevenStock (and its celebration of Mazda’s victories at the 24 Hours of Daytona) today when we heard the news. Actor/salad dressing mogul/race car driver Paul Newman passed away last night after a long bout with cancer. … Continue reading
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Tagged datsun, motorsports, nissan, paul newman, r30, skyline
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The Intersection of Datsun Drive and Toyota Road
View Larger Map El Paso, Texas is located precisely in the middle of nowhere. The only interesting things within a 500-mile radius are 1.) the site of the first atom bomb explosion in White Sands National Park and 2.) Roswell, … Continue reading
Pure and Simple: 510 Design Project
Nissan North America recently teamed up with Sweat Equity Enterprises, a youth entrepreneurship program, to design a low-cost urban car. Nissan received six designs from participants, with the retro, 510-esque Nissan Pure concept chosen as the winner of the competition. … Continue reading
