Congratulations on the acquisition of that car. The first time I saw that car I was racing against it at Pueblo in about 1984. It was driven by a fellow named Dave Miller from Colorado Springs.

The rear is probably out of a 510 wagon, as those had the same center as a 240 I believe.

The last time I ran against it a fellow named Darryl ran it. He worked at a garage in Lakewood, that was about 1994 at Second Creek Raceway.

If you need info or help finding stuff PM and I'll hook you up with guys that can help.

I had stuff to do today so I really didn't get time out there...I'll leave it for now woth a few neat snap shots;

Nationals Win stickers:



1976 Log Book Picture:



1988 and 1993 log book pictures:



Not usual to have a perfect snapshot of a vintage car with its full results NEARLY from the day it started racing!

BTW: I can't find and the previous owner doesn't think he has the first log book, the car was damaged during new car delivery and was written off so it has pretty much always been a racer.

I still had plenty of time so I started bagging the cat hair(yech!) and "crap" off the floors. I hosed everything off inside and out, after the floors were pretty clean; enough that the garage doesn't smell ;) it went back inside and I started removing more parts. My basement is about full of MK1 VW parts but I'll have to segregate some space for this...












I stopped there Tuesday night. I have to go get some Lexan at some point, the windows are very yellowed and the side windows are both broken. Be better to replace it all than mess with the old Plexi!

All right, after I dropped it in the garage the other night I went to bed :). After I got home from work on Tuesday night I started pulling the panels off and cleaning up eight years of idleness. It was stuffed into the previous owners garage in July of Y2K.

How it looked yesterday before I started:





I started with a simple bath then started pulling panels off:

OK, it took longer than I thought so I just got home now and don't have much in the way of pics. I did turn up the log book, 1976 to present with a few breaks..most notably that it has not been run(or used) since 2000. I made the deal for it two years ago but it was still being used as a cabinet in the previous owners garage so after loading all the crap out of it I wandered through his barn(he has another 1200 in there) a row of 240Zs and 1600/2000 roadsters also. Absolutely awesome!. I'll post some pics tomorrow of before and after I wash it and start vaccuuming the "crap" out of it!

EDIT: a quick pic for the lookers!

Can't wait to see the pics man!

Well I finally emptied the garage enough so I'm heading over to the storage to load it up and drag it back here. Pics tonight or tomorrow. I d/checked and the rear is a solid axle...not sure why I thought it was independent but...

Im interested in the "z car rear axle" Chandler, I havent seen an independent rear end conversion to any type of "sunny", Im guessing this was done many years ago when the Z and 510/1600 or 180B were about the only non-euro cars around with IRS.
so yes some pics from underneath would be great.

It does have a mostly stock A12 to fit in the rules although a Slover head from "NISMO" and webers coupled with a .047" overbore have conspired for decent power. It appears to have an adaptation of the complete Z-Car front suspension that is not so crafty as it might be. I should have it out of storage into my garage next week...

Welcome to the forum Chandler. There will be more than just a few of us that are hanging out for some pictures, so click away as soon as you can.

The Zed-car [Zee-car?] front brakes are pretty much a US invention/modification as they were too rare & expensive to use on 1200's pretty much anywhere else in the world. We commonly used the brakes & even the front suspension from the larger four cylinder models.

The little Datsun A series engine is still used as a race engine & exotic components are becoming available for it still. Things like 'H' beam & billet 'I' beam rods are available now, even for street engines, when they didn't even exist before. Electronic ignition & a variety of EFI systems are now being raced too so theres life & even more power left in the the old girl yet.
I know that I'll be looking forward to seeing & learning about what powers your piece of automotive history.

As for the complete Zed-car IRS, ...... that seems to be a new one so some pictures of that will be a welcome thing too.

Bring it on.