Spent a little time in the garage today cleaning up the old 710 grill. Gave it a power wash, rubbed it down with a little fine sandpaper, then some acetone. Spray painted it with Krylon Fuzion plastic-adhering satin black, hand painted the perimeter with some metallic silver, cut and formed some 3/16" stainless steel wire mesh for the headlight grills, and couldn't resist … [Read more...] about 710 GRILL REDO
H165 AXLE STRAIGHTENING
The h165 axle on my Datsun 710 had 1/8" toe-out and zero camber. It made the handling a bit twitchy and did not give ideal tire wear, so I took it to Paul Moore at The Moore Speed Co and had him fix it for me. After removal and measurement, he used the cut-and-weld method to alter the axle housing geometry to an ideal 1/16" toe-in and 1/2 degree negative camber. … [Read more...] about H165 AXLE STRAIGHTENING
GO RACING WITH CARROLL SHELBY
This a great old video from 1965, definitely worth the 15 minutes. It includes some race driving instruction around Willow Springs Raceway by Peter Brock, Ken Miles, and Dan Gurney. … [Read more...] about GO RACING WITH CARROLL SHELBY
PORTLAND HISTORICS 2014
This weekend I made my maiden visit to Portland Int'l Raceway for the 2014 HMSA Portland Historics, with Datsun being the featured marque. Over two dozen Datsun 240Zs, 510s, Roadsters, 710s, and even a GTR Skyline showed up to support the first ever major U.S. Historic event spotlighting the venerable Japanese manufacturer. Mr. John Morton of BRE fame was the event Grand … [Read more...] about PORTLAND HISTORICS 2014
PIT BIKES
You see the coolest pit bikes at the races... … [Read more...] about PIT BIKES
SONOMA HISTORICS ’14
Well I still don't have the motor back in my Crossle, alas my plan to race T-hill with SCCA this wknd was a bust. So I couldn't think of a better way to spend the day than to visit my buddy Phil Mendelovitz who was racing at the Sonoma Historics! He brought his beautiful IMSA 240SX and his Ginetta G4 to run this weekend, and he even had extra crew passes for me and my wife … [Read more...] about SONOMA HISTORICS ’14