Well this month makes 20 years since I discovered the joys of 1200 driving , since the car was turned into racer back in 1989 there was no need to worry about a title , this was a buddies daily driver and we ran it at Autocross before turning it into a full road race car. Well Sunday he hands me the Title seeing as I prepped the car to do some a Tarmac rally in addition to the vintage racing.
This got me thinking , how many cars I've been through yet the Datsun remains;

Beach MK5 Formula Vee , 85 Nissan pick up , 82 Honda Accord , 80 Honda Civic , Ford Ranger 4wd , 68 F150 , 74 F350 ,65 Ford Galxie , 81 Honda Accord , 90 Mazda Miata , 72 Volvo 144 Rally Car , 71 Volvo142E , 85 Toyota MR2 , D-sports racer , Datsun 510 and Datsun B210
Out of all these cars some of which are Icon's of car culture I still love the 1200 the best - it really is the Model T of my era , light , simple , rugged , inexpensive and easy to repair.
I'm sure lots of you have thrown over some perfectly good cars to keep your Datto.

Tom

Tom,

Congratulations. 20 years is a great milestone and you've got me thinking about the Datto's I have owned as well. They have ranged from quite boring (200B) to the family car - read wife/kids etc (Skyline) to fun (1200 ute x 2). They all served a purpose, but I have to agree on the simplicity of the 1200.

May you have many more years of Datsun driving.