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Brockbuster

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July 2, 2020

Motor Trend Magazine from March 1973 with a feature on Pete Brock’s Datsun 510.. a hot street version of the legendary BRE 2.5 Trans-Am winning 510. So awesome was this car, that Revell immortalised it in a plastic model kit. The original Brockbuster still exists too, having been restored by Troy Ermish Racing back in …

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Categories: Books & Magazines•Tags: 510, BRE, Brockbuster, Motor Trend, Pete Brock•

Arna – The True Story

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June 30, 2020

The strange and unloved offspring of Nissan and Alfa Romeo have a special place in my car collection. Currently I have five examples… two Nissan badged and three Alfa. There are maybe another four left in the UK that I know of. I’ve harboured a strong interest in these cars for many years and have …

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Categories: Books & Magazines•Tags: 920, Alfa Romeo, Arna, Cherry Europe, N12, Pulsar•

Choose a Cherry

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June 1, 2020

Generally, road tests and write ups on 1970s Datsuns are quite complimentary about their subjects, but not always. Car Mechanics magazine seemed less than impressed with the F10 model, Datsun 100A FII estate, when they tried it out in this short test from December 1977. To be fair, a lot of what they say is …

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Categories: Books & Magazines, Road Tests•Tags: 100A, Cherry, Estate, F10•

Happy Couple

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May 25, 2020

I love this blurry little photo, which was included as part of a “World of Datsun” spread in a 1976 brochure called “A Guide to Nissan Motor Co. Ltd”. This couple from Singapore are clearly loving life, most probably because they have a brand new scarlet Violet SSS Hardtop, slammed on polished slot mags. Awesome.

Categories: Books & Magazines, Brochures•Tags: 710, Hardtop, SSS, Violet, World of Datsun•

Tomei TS Sunny

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December 2, 2014

The popular Tomei powered Maruzen Technica Sunny coupe (KB110) on the cover of Japanese Autosport magazine from November 1974. Tomei built a perfect replica of this car, which appears at various events in Japan such as the Nismo Festival. The Tomei built, oversized A12 OHV engine in this car is only 1303cc, but puts out …

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Categories: Books & Magazines, Motorsport•Tags: 1200, B110, Coupe, Maruzen technica, Sunny, Tomei•

Oddball Intake

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November 26, 2014

I spotted this in an issue of an old Finnish technical magazine called Tekniikan Maailma from 1976. This setup was installed on a Datsun 1200 (B110) being used for some kind of fuel test. Clearly this intake manifold is designed specifically for using a pair of twin choke side-draught carbs on a left hand drive …

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Categories: Books & Magazines•Tags: 1200, A-Series, B110, Sunny•

Trans Am Truckin’

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November 15, 2014

A decade can make such a difference. In 1988, you would most likely have dropped your Datsun 620 pickup as low as possible, maybe fitted some billet rims, a Ratical roof conversion and gone for a pastel ‘cal look’ paint job. A decade earlier and it might have had the rear end jacked up sky high, some …

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Categories: Books & Magazines•Tags: 620, Custom, IMSA, Pickup, Trans Am•

Nissan Planète Automobile

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October 24, 2014

Nissan Planète Automobile is an amazing new publication from French publisher E-T-A-I and something I would regards as an essential purchase for any diehard Datsun fan. The author, Bernard Vermeylen, has covered a colossal amount of ground in this history of the marque, from the company’s early days at the beginning of the 20th century, …

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Categories: Books & Magazines, History•Tags: Range•

Datsun Action

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March 22, 2011

From Hot Car magazine, September 1978…

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Fame

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October 21, 2010

Well, sort of… This months Retro Cars Magazine has six whole pages devoted to the rusty, oily goings on here at Ratdat Acres. And the Acty sneaks into a picture in the RRG report too! Plus there’s a 2.3 litre Reliant Kitten, a 320bhp Impreza WRX STi powered Brat and a W108 Merc with a …

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Categories: Books & Magazines•Tags: Retro Cars Magazine•

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