I wish I was around(well old enough to see it anyway) I was only 4yr old!!) With respect to Glenn's car, I've been told from him and everyone else for that matter is that he's not there to win BUT have fun in a RWD car with lots of sideways action! For a man who could easily afford a new Evo or whatever, he doesn't. Instead of being one of those guys who cant drive and spending HUGE money on a 4WD car and getting beaten evertime by Gavin(Edwards) and the like! He's out there having fun!I've got to give him full credit!!! He's the type of guy I want to by when I grow up(!!! HEHEEHe) Cheers NAT
--- Richard Clough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nat > Yes I met Glenn and his partner at the car's first > rally - "The rally in the > Valley" a couple of years ago. Mega money spent, > (did you say $52K) but > what a machine! (The Black BMW road cars his > partner drives isn't bad > either). > As you said Nat, money is no object to this outfit. > He swapped alternators > at the halfway and his service truck had a full set > of running gear for > spares. > > I think Glenn basically just likes to have a thrash > in rallies as each time > I saw him the car was sideways, doing 180's 360's > everyway but smooth and > straight! > > That Les Collins L18 block (2.23L) working at full > tilt in the night forest > air sounded bullet proof all the time however. Well > worth a trip into the > bush and eating dust all night just to hear it! > > Reminded me of Geoff Portman's legendary 1600 > "grunter engined" IFK250, > when he finished 27 seconds ahead of Colin Bond's > factory RS2000 Escort to > win the Alpine Rally in November 1978. This was > the closest finish ever in > an Australian Rally to that time. Remember those > Alpine's were three day > ,1500Km enduros, not one of todays 1hour 55 minute, > 175 Km sprints. > > During the Australian Rally Championship in 1978, > this 1600 won the > Lutwytche Rally in Queensland early in the year, > blowing away the factory > stars/cars and stamping Datsun 1600's firmly in the > minds of young(er) rally > fans (me included), who could actually afford one of > these! > The 1600 came forth in the Bega Valley Rally behind > Greg Carr (works > Escort), Ross Dunkerton (works 240Z) Colin Bond > (works Escort). It ran > second to Colin Bond in the Endrust round of the ARC > in South Aus, beating > the recognised "works Datsuns" driven by Ross > Dunkerton and George Fury, > just a month before winning the legendary 1978 > Repco Alpine Rally event. > > The big difference for the Alpine Rally was that the > Portman/Runnells 1600 > had been fitted an LSD and a 1:1 (option) 5 speed > box fitted, both for the > first time! Portman said after the event that he had > never driven with an > LSD before and was staggered that they used 18 tyres > for the event. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "nat P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, 28 June 2002 2:20 AM > Subject: Re: HOW BOUT $32000 FOR A DATTO 1600??? > > > > Yep, Sorry about thre mix up! > > I've never seen it BUT Glen Bakker told me about > it. > > Nice guy!!! I've been told he's the type of guy > who > > could afford to go 4WD but wants rear wheel > action!! > > Do you know him? > > Cheers nat > > > > > > --- Richard Clough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nat > > > His surname is not Bakker is it? That sounds > like > > > the price of his Les > > > Collins built car (48mm webers though not EFI) > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "nat P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Thursday, 27 June 2002 15:23 PM > > > Subject: Re: HOW BOUT $32000 FOR A DATTO 1600??? > > > > > > > > > > I know a guy who has spent so far $53,000.00 > on > > > his > > > > 1600! its the ultimate 1600 rally car! 2.4, > EFI > > > > everything and I mean everything! Les Collins > is > > > > building it for him as a one off! > > > > Cheers NAT > > > > > > > > > > > > --- mark krawczuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > for > > > > that amount of money , it wanna do 7 second > > > > > 1/4 mile, and be > > > > > completely driveable on the street. thing > is, > > > he`ll > > > > > be too scared to drive > > > > > it, i wonder if , he`ll get it insured? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mark k > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Adam Jackson" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 1:42 PM > > > > > Subject: Re: HOW BOUT $32000 FOR A DATTO > 1600??? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > omg that's just plain stupid! > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: "Cleary Signs" > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 12:52 PM > > > > > > Subject: Re: HOW BOUT $32000 FOR A DATTO > > > 1600??? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > i just heard of a young guy who just > paid > > > pac > > > > > performance, > > > > > > > $79,000 for his 20B Rx3, they did the > lot. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Heath > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > > From: JUSTIN FRIEDRICHS > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 10:20 AM > > > > > > > Subject: Re: HOW BOUT $32000 FOR A DATTO > > > 1600??? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I reckon you can easy spend 30K on a > 1600 > > > with > > > > > all > > > > > > > > that gear he has, if you do all the > work > > > > > yourself. So > > > > > > > > if its had 900 hours spent on it > (still > > > > > possible) then > > > > > > > > you could spend that much. More > dollars > > > that > > > > > sense > > > > > > > > but!!! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Tom Richardson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > The > > > > > > > > guy doesn't know anything about the > car, > > > he > > > > > just > > > > > > > > > paid other people > > > > > > > > > to do every single thing on it. I > think > > > > > your first > > > > > > > > > comment is probably > > > > > > > > > pretty accurate Mark! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Tom > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mark krawczuk wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >either tthe guy is on drugs, how > can u > > > > > spend 75000 > > > > > > > > > $ on a 1600, he mustt got > > > > > > > > > >shafted big time. > > > > > > > > > > > === message truncated === http://www.sold.com.au - SOLD.com.au - Find yourself a bargain! --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
