MY DATSUN 1973 240Z
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Project Datto: postponed some mods
Out of consideration for my other project cars (E36&Fiat 128) I had to postpone the completion of the cruise control and the installation of the rear disc brakes on my 240Z.
But as these mods aren’t vital or huge tasks, they can easily be done in 1 day during the season. So they’ll have to wait.
So the Datsun is now together and waiting for the season to begin.
Over the winter I managed to change the hatch seals, the hatch hinges, started some cruise control stuff, rebuilt my 5-speed gearbox, renewed the drivers seat chassis section, replaced the drivers door seal, got the new WORK wheels, changed the speedo’s fascia to km/h, relocated the choke lever mount, fabricated some new “padded” vinyl covers for the tunnel, sills and the vertical portion of the parcel shelve behind the seats, fitted new kick panels and some other minor stuff
Now let’s hope for some good weather soon
Project Datto: new shoes (almost)
Whoop whoop, just got contacted to inform me that my new wheels for the Datto have been finished assembling at WORK wheels in Japan. Now I’ll patiently wait for them to be delivered.
Yepp, I finally decided to spend some bucks and buy the dream wheels for my dream car.
WORK Equip40 in 15×8. Gold centers with polished lips. 2 things I already know by now:
- I will love how they look
- I will hate to clean them (the actual gunmetal wheels are so easy to clean
Favorite 2019 Datsun pics
Apart from the alps pictures, these are my favorite shots of 2019. In no particular order.
And a less scenic picture of 2020, but more on this later.
Alps part 2
So here is a list of our route:
Stage 0+1 Luxembourg-Grimselpasshöhe 460km + 160km
As some of us (2x240Z and the BMW 1600-2) didn’t like to start early on a Wednesday morning, we decided to drive down to Switzerland a day early and spent the evening/night near Luzern. So we took a leisurely cruise to Switzerland without slowing down the others on the highway.
Luxembourg – Luzern – Brünigpass – Sustenpass – San Gottardo – Nufenenpass – Grimselpasshöhe
Stage 2 Grimselpasshöhe – Livigno 350km
Grimselpasshöhe – Furkapass – Lukmanierpass – San Bernardino Pass – Splügenpass – Malojapass – Berninapass – Via Forcola – Livigno
Stage 3 Livigno – Livigno 219km
Livigno – Ofenpass – Umbrailpass – Passo Stelvio – Gaviapass – Mortirolopass – Passo di Foscagno – Livigno
Stage 4 Livigno – Arosa 241km
Livigno – Flüelapass – Albulapass – Julierpass – Lenzerheidepass – Arosa
Where the Arosa classic hillrace was held on that day
Stage 5 Arosa – Luxembourg 581km
Mostly boring highways and such. Easy drive back home
Alps 2019
About 6 weeks ago I returned from this years trip to the swiss and italian alps.
Due to lack of time and laziness, I didn’t had the opportunity to share the pics of this trip with you guys.
I won’t write a huge post about it. Just the most necessary: 5 days, 2500km, 25 alp passes, 12 buddies, another lifetime experience. My Datsun 240Z did great! All in all we were a group of 9 cars with 5 classics:
2x Datsun 240Z
2x Triumph GT6
1x BMW 1600-2
and a Z4M, an BMW M3, a Camaro, a Mustang.
I will add the complete route later. The Daily stages were:
Luxembourg-Grimselpasshöhe
Grimselpasshöhe-Livigno
Livigno-Livigno
Livigno-Arosa
Arosa-Luxembourg
Our group:
So here is a gallery from DAY 1, more will follow:
The Datsun at its first classic rally
And the 240Z did me proud! Even managed a 3rd place out of 130 cars!
