New Zealand Datsun Club

I also raced a Datsun 1600, starting when I was still at school. These were great cars!!

For those of you that commented on the other photos in the introduce yourself thread, here are some other photos of my old Shellsport car. In plain white is the first time it raced at Pukekohe. it was half finished and had standard suspension ( this car would eventually go 4 seconds a lap quicker th...

I hope you guys (and girls) don't mind these old photos from another racing time. some of you may be interested in them. These cars were very quick, and most people of today would be surprised at the lap times. One time at Wigram these cars, (Mine and Francevic) were clocked at 149mph (240kph). My c...

Another couple of shots of the Shellsport car. This car won the Shellsport Championship the 2 years in a row that I ran it. It was sold to Rex Findlay.

thanks for the reply, Here are a couple more shots from that time This is my other car, (i sometimes raced 2 on the same day) this one is GTX production 0-1300 class.Folowing me is Dennis Marwood in his 120Y Coupe. These were quick little cars! they were doing times that would put them mid field wit...

I thought some of you may be interested in this car. This is the works car my Dad bought from Datsun NZ after the Heatway rally. it was used by Shekhar Mehta.

I only ever drove it on the road as a young fella. Neat car!!

Yes, Trevor's car was quick. It was an OSCA car however, not a Shellsport Car- different rules with the OSCA regulations being more liberal. Here is a picture of that car behind mine.

PS. Trevor was a great Driver, and also very quick in a rally car (I should know!)

Here is a pic from the 70's. My old 1600

If you guys are interested in the Cherry, here is a photo of the NZ Championship final at Baypark, showing the main cars of the Championship.

regards, Steve

Hi Everyone, I am not really sure how to navigate around this forum, however if any of you are interested I used to race Datsuns in the 70's in the Shellsport series and know a little about that period. I have introduced myself in that section with a photo of my Shellsport Coupe in 1978 guise. Here ...