i am so envious of any one going to this event as my work comitments wont let me. go one day i will get there i hope you all have a great time .... no realy i do .....

Lets hope I don't end up 10 feet down a bank parked in a tree like last year.......
At least it wasn't my car..

hi how are you?
Targa Tasmania is a great tarmac rally.
You will see a variety of cars, old and new.
As far as Datsuns are concerned, usually there are quite a few datsun 240/260z's
and maybe a couple of datsun 1600's
I have not seen any 1200's or 120y's in this event over the past few years.
But with the newer nissan's there are lots of skyline gtr's.
The prologue at Georgetown is the time trials of all the cars and this determines where each car is placed on the grid. This is a great day with much action and excitement,as everyone will be trying there hardest to get the best times.
This happens generally on the day before the official start of Targa.
I own 2 120y coupe's which are in immaculate condition, one of which I put in car shows regularly.
I will also be following Targa in the north of the state. The Longford stage is a very quick course and well worth the look.
The cars will be in Launceston for about 3 days and can be viewed on display at the Silverdome.( This has been the case over the last couple of years).

Anyway nice to chat to you and enjoy this beautiful state while your down here.

GO THE DATTO!

yes should be good. i saw a historic rally in scotland few yrs back, many interesting british cars, good to see and hear them hammering along windy dodgy scottish roads.

theres a datto 1600 or two in the targa race in 05 too.

Lucky sod well done cant wait for the news on old retro classics.

any1 keen to see a bunch of old and new race cars will find targa tassy here. im going on a holiday down to tas and am going to be following the rally cars around the small island. id be keen to meet up with any datto 1200ers while im down there.


here are the stages/locations





i WISH i could take the 1200 coupe (i hope to have a15 twinweber power by then) but im flying to Tas, about a week before the rally starts.