Don't worry about my driving it , I've raced the car since 1991 and flog the living Cr%P out of it. I've been done so much stuff to it lately that it just seemd weird to "only" drive it.
As for other projects , well the old Volvo 142E needs a respray and I have a Derbi GPR 50 with a ton of trick parts on it , nothing like a 90 mph 50cc bike.
Rallycar: as for my imagination well the USA rally folk would smile and shake their heads - might have something to do with my post about the alien tree creatures attacking a service break or... The press release about russian T-72 spec tank class.... or... after heavy rains at Rim of the World Rally the post on the new Spec Ark class complete with specs for Gopher Wood...or the post about the rally raid sponsored by a TV dinner company and after competitors were served tainted pudding they started halucinating....

Tom

Ok 18 months ago I started prepping/changing my car so it would be legal for Tarmac rally as well as look good for vintage racing. So after putting back all the road gear I took out in 1990 , installing an H-production head on the GX bottom end , aluminium interior panels , rally computer and a repsray it's done....
The funny thing is I keep walking past it in the garage thinking I should be doing some thing to it - is this what you project hounds call empty nester syndrome???

Tom , Vegas

The parts are not going to get thrown out Today or anything but I want them out of the garage soon.

Tom

ACKKKK , I really do not want to toss this stuff. all the parts fit in a tub about 18x18x30 inches.
Somebody come get it all , 10 years from know this may be hard to find.

the distributers should work ,I believe the heads are differant. rear bar would likely work as it is a genric fit , as far as the suspension isn't the 310 fwd?? the strut inserts would likely work - they are gas. You could come get the stuff and then keep what you need and pass on what you don't.
It would all fit in your 310.

Tom

Ok guys I want to clean out the garage. I've got 3 0r 4 stock heads , rear sway bar , modded front bar , stock front suspension with brakes , 4 or 5 stock distributers and some other misc bits. I want to be rid of them as for my racer they will never be used. I don't want to throw the stuff out. So come to Vegas and pick it all up. I even have plastic tubs to put it all in.
Please don't make me throw it out.

Tom Grossmann, Las Vegas 702-453-2699

The front fenders on mine were an issue as well , every 1200 I've dealt with seems to need work on the front fenders - even before they were crashed. They all seem to pop in just above the tire.

Tom

I just resprayed my 1200 , the prep work never ended. keep in mind it's a race car so it only needs to look good from 10 feet away , I still must have 100 hours of prep in it. I no longer question how a paint job can cost thousnads of dollars. Also every spot I srewed up on the prep is now visible on the paint. er.... don't use 80 grit paper cuase it is quicker.. What made things even more tedious is I'm the A.D.D. poster child. ADD and meticulous work don't mix. Thank goodness my wife is understanding.
Good luck on your paint work , the prep work will be worth it in the end.

Tom

I just did this putting the exhaust on mine - cut it in one spot then realized it was going to be short - fix invloved two trips to the parts store.
Yesterday I go to leave work , my old Volvo 142 "E" won't start. the Fuel pump is silent. I have no test light or other tools in the car - it's a Volvo much like a Datsun why would I carry tools. Call a buddy , three minutes with a test light and it's fixed. On 140's with Bosch D injection there is a auxilary fuse box on the left side of the engine bay - the fuse had rotted. Replace fuse and it fires up duuuh.
Saturday I went to fire up the portable genrator cuz I hadn't run it in weeks. after several pulls hey I wonder if the gas is bad. open cap , oh yeah I drained the gas.
putting the wind shield clips back in the 1200 , when I drilled out the old rivets got carried away and now the holes are to big.
My buddy the fabricator has told my dozens of times the proper way to drill rivets but Tom the hack has to just hog them out so.... after hand bucking them , windshield clips are installed. I could go on forever

Tom

after hearing you're sins I can feel comfortable talking about my most eveil crime against Datsuns - finding them for my brother Datsuns. the first was an emaculate BRE rep 510 he killed it with a leaking o-ring oil filter. He was to lazy to walk the 1/4 mile to the parts store for a $5 filter. it siezed due to lack of oil pressure - a SCCA friend is restoring it now.
second is the worst - I found a $400 1200 and got it running knowing full well he would let his drug addicted alcoholic former girlfriend drive it - of course she wrecked it.
My saving grace was I removed all the valuable parts form the car such as all the good trim. I also gave the resulting hulk to a wrecking yard where the owner is a 1200 nut.

Tom