...but worth the wait. My wonderful wife told Santa I was "in need" of a new steering wheel for my race car. Today the big brown sled dropped off a Personal Grinta 320 wrapped in beautiful black suede. The stitching is even in red to match the wagon! I just know this upgrade will be worth at least two seconds a lap. <edit> The steering wheel is now mounted up with a … [Read more...] about SANTA CAME LATE,
Datsun Racing
THE WAGON MOTOR, TAKE TWO
The rod knock I heard at Laguna Seca last month ended up being quite a bit of damage. The crank and the #3 rod were damaged beyond repair. We also discovered that there was some "questionable" machining done by a previous owner of this shortblock, and that some of the parts were not as advertised. Wouldn't ya know it, just about the only piece of this entire build we didn't do … [Read more...] about THE WAGON MOTOR, TAKE TWO
THE DATSUN GRAVEYARD
"You meet the nicest people in a Datsun." I was out hunting parts for The Race Wagon, and met Mike, the owner of dozens of Datsuns. I bought some motor parts I was looking for, but something very special caught my attention on his 'south forty'. … [Read more...] about THE DATSUN GRAVEYARD
A LITTLE BLING FOR THE WAGON
This reproduction grill emblem is a recent import from Malaysia, definitely good for 5 horsepower! ...and a cool new shift knob is definitely good for two more. … [Read more...] about A LITTLE BLING FOR THE WAGON
ONE BIG RED WAGON
You gotta check this one out - Check out the entire story here - One Big Red Wagon … [Read more...] about ONE BIG RED WAGON
GETTIN’ THE PEDALS RIGHT
One of the projects I ran out of time to complete before the Race Wagon's inaugural outing was getting my pedals set up. I had no accelerator pedal, just the rod hanging down, and it sure made heel-n-toeing pretty impossible. I also had no dead-foot pedal to support myself in the corners. Well today I got around to fixing these issues. Here's the tools ya need (something to … [Read more...] about GETTIN’ THE PEDALS RIGHT