here yah go hijack this one

Thanks mate, I dont know whats up with not being able to start threads??

Anyway, the story so far...I have not been posting for ages. Reason being, back in mid November I got a job at Super Cheap Auto here in Tassie. I have just been recently put on as Assistant Manager. So Im pretty stoked. This as you could imagine has meant long hours blah blah. I have been reading some recent posts but havent had much to say. The club seems to be going stronger than ever which is a credit to all the guys and their friendly, helpful nature.

So my new Datto. If you look through the rally section of the photo album you fill find my comments on Peter Reid's 1200 Coupe. Well...I have now bought this car. I called the place where he works (Hobart's no.1 place for performance/race mods etc) and asked how much a rollcage would cost for the coupe I was building. The bloke mentioned that Peter was selling the coupe and so I had a chat with him. Ended up buying it Friday and got it brought around to my place today!

The car...well its a 1973 coupe. It came without a donk and gearbox. Reason being that Peter ran an A15 and 5spd but is not allowed to run the A15 this year. So instead of running an A12 he has got a Sunny that he will drop the A15 in. This means I will be building an A12 for the new coupe. I have a GX head with a manifold for twin Dellorto's or Webers. So Im on the look out for twin Dellorto's about 40mm should go nicely.

The coupe has a full steel rollcage, Sparco race seats, battery in the boot, brake bias adjuster, map light, push button start etc. Needs new harnesses as the new rules state that race harnesses have a used by date, but thats not much of a hassle.

The fornt end is a beautiful setup with a Datsun 240K front end. Fully adjustable toe, camber, caster, ride height etc. It runs Bilstein front shocks. I need to get some new rear shocks as Peter took the old ones with him as they were also big dollar Bilstein items!

The rear diff is out of a Daihatsu believe it or not. It is a slightly smaller track than the standard 1200 diff. It is a locker too, makes for a bit of excitement! Drums on the rear but they are pretty decent size. It runs 13 inch rims allround with (i think) 165 Bridgestone Potenza rally tyres.

Cant wait to put this motor in and go for a spin. I just need a few bits and pieces to get started such as the harnesses, fuel pumps, rear shocks. First rally of the season is in 3 weeks but I will not go in it, I am ken to help the club out with officialing duites though.

So thats the main jist of things,

Regards,
Simon

well what can ya say???? welcome back
can ya post some pics

nice work, has it got a terra-trip or similar in it?

you are pumped to have a new datto its good to see, welcome to the "dattaholics"

My dad and my girlfriend (navigator) got some happy snaps today as we were backing it off the trailer. I got some action shots of the coupe when it was driven by the previous owner (Peter) in the ARC event here in Tas. But being the slack ass that I am I havent got them developed and the round was back in August or Septmember or something!

It looks similar to the pic in the second page of the rally section in the photo album. It now has blue running up the side of the car near the rear. It is 2pak commercial vehicle white. Looks shmick!

1200rc, nah Peter was smart enough to take the Terra-trip with him. MY girlfriend wants to buy a new one. I told her that its about $800 but she is still keen, we might be lucky and find a good nick second hand one. We also need to get a Terraphone cause from what Peter told me it is bloody loud when the Dellorto's are at full noise and the exhaust and rocks are chronic aswell.

Its all fun and games! Rego runs out next month so I want to get that Special Interest rego, you guys heard of that? Its like half the price of normal rego!

we have club reg for $90

limits you to driving to scrutineering and to and home from events including shows

what are limits to your SI reg

Not to sure on SI rego. I know the number plate says SI.XXXX! I think you have to fill out a log book of where and when you drive the car. You can only do so many kay's in the one year. Peter said that I should be good for SI rego as its not my primary car (the ute is) and its a perpose built race car. I will ask the rego people and see what they say. But I dont want to pay $460 a year for rego if I only drive in a handfull of rallys a year. You can understand that, hey?

um yeah, quite understandable

specially if you plan to get a trailer and cart it roun on that