Alot!- That would be mostly rears as well! Not fuck alot BUT alot! Cheers NAT
--- Andrew Greenbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > thanks Richard for sharing these kind of stories > (and everyone else > who also does - Brad Terry Errol etc etc etc), > because being too > young I would never hear of these tales otherwise. > > btw - was using 18 tyres for the event a lot or not > many?? > > Thanks > Andrew > > > 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 > === 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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
