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This weekend was the the Canby Datsun show, the largest all Datsun-Nissan car show in USA.

On the way there at 5:30 AM one of my Mark IIs fell off while doing 100kph. I kept one eye on the traffic while I put it back on:


It rolled safely to a stop but when I jacked it up, the brake drum and wheel were both off the axle and all four lug nuts gone. I think the flared fenders saved me and kept the wheel in the vicinity of the axle.

all four lugnuts fell off so i swiped one from each wheel to put it back together


You can see alumi shavings from the SSR wheel, it beat up the backing plate too.
Brakes worked fine so I decided to press on. Made a lot of noise the next 175 miles to Oregon... i figured the bent backing plate was what all the noise was (i'm hoping). Anyways on the way back it finally stopped making noise unless i pressed on the brake pedal.




me in the hat:

silviaspecr's 1200 (without 18 inch wheels, thankfully)






Jason's orange 1200 and Bryan's cream 1200

Morrison's Smurfmobile (ex-Scott 1200):






with bolt-in 70A internally-regulated alternator:



watanabe-shod

Other Sunnys



Datsun Saves

Lots of Z was showing (remember, there's a little Z in every Datsun 1200). There were scores of Z-cars.

Mike Klotz's red Datsun 1200 pickup
next to Jerry Sallee's red Datsun 1200 sedan



they were painting cars, changing engines, camping out...

custom license plate '1200GX' (must be a GTR)

Libres



Whatthes



WataKnobbies

Hey DD. Bloody lucky just to have a few noises! Could have been a whole lot worse!

Your ute looks great by the way. Would be very rare in USA I'd guess?

Good to see the Datto love spreads world wide!