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Amen to that brother. Amen to that.

cheers I think I willrace the nuts off the fiat. Although the pannels are getting harder to find for the fiat I would be much happier dinging it than my 1200, its just to nice to ruin, whereas the fiat i dont care about. I think the 2door is a keeper, unless something really bad happens I dont think i will sell it, ever.

agreed, if you still have your 2-dr 1200 then no worries ... enjoy the Fiat. Those twin-cam Fiat engines are fun to drive!

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If i remember rightly, the Lada was a licenced copy of the Fiat body with subversive communist mechanicals. So really, the Lada looks like a Fiat.

The two door 1200 is a nice car. I drove one as a rental in Fiji back in Sept of '74, & i have loved them ever since.
Go & rally your nuts of in this lesser car, but stay true to the two door & you will only have moved to the Grey side.

well as i said frisky ive still got the 2door, but you are right, its going to be hard to part with the coupe. It is such a perty little car and the fait looks like a lada.
I was thinking of getting Osama Bin Lada stickers made for it. lol just kiding.

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just one question....how are you going to sleep at night having forsaken your beloved datsun...in favour of a fiat(in rally-kit or otherwise...blasphemy)

it has happened. I now own a fiat and am looking at selling my coupe. I will still have my 2door sedan to get my datto fix but the fiat was to good to say no to. So if and one in nz is looking for a datto coupe, look no further. Best body you will ever find, roll cage, brand new ( havent used them once!) bilstiens in the front 250pound springs, big stanza vented discs with girlock calapers with mintex 1155s and 180b m/c. bucket seat and 2 sets of new harnesses new kyb shocks in the rear and uprated and lowered springs. baffeled fuel tank, full braided hoses holly red top and regulator comes with spare h165 diff, 1200 engine and box, 2 1200 heads, two inlet manifolds (for twin sidies) boxes of parts (windscreen etc) and a choice of a worked (85bhp +) 1200 or 1400 with 5speed. $6000(a12) - $6500(a14) ono
havent decided exactly what to do yet but if anyones real interested I will sell it all.

I sense much fear in him & the lure of the dark side is strong. I have foreseen it.

yea its less than 6k and the tripmeter (classic rally one) is probably worth $800 - $1200 (been asking). the guys real honest and i KNOW its what he says it is (been asking). the problem is i would have to sell my coupe to get it ( cant keep 2 race cars) and i KNOW i would regret selling it, i dont think i could find a better shell and I done heeps of work to it. BUT theirs no real race class i can enter in the coupe so i get put at the back of the musslecar grids and production car grids ( tipe Rs etc, all 8 - 10sec faster than me) so it ant much fun, whereas i can enter a classic euro class with the fiat and have lots of competition and race with my girlfriend and her father. hmmm weather to keep the car i love and be a loner or get the fiat and be social.
I drive it on tues so Ive decided that if it totally kills the datto I get it otherwise I'll stick with the 1200. I will still have the 2door sedan project so I wont be totally selling out.