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Published on 27 March 2015

Great read Joe. It was interesting to see the evolution of this great car. I just wish they had of offered us in Australia the 2 door versions as they look fantastic. As I have already mention on Mark's Story on the Bathurst history of this car, I have loved owning and racing them. I did a head count and I have owned 13 of them. I Raced/Rallied 4 of them with number 1 and 11 as the 2 that were my main competition cars. Just only recently I finally moved on and sold my last Datsun and went back to my other love which is 60/70 Muscle cars, so they were a huge part of my life for nearly 30 years! When I had my first Datsun 1600 I also had a V8 LH Torana as the Datsun (funny enough) was a better motorsport car so I left the Torana to carry out daily duties and the occasional Drag Strip run. The lure of my early experince with Torana V8s came back to me in the mid 2000s with the purchase of my Improved Production Chev 350 Torana. But the Datsun 1600 will certainly live on with me as I had so much fun with them. I have over 80 trophies at home and many great pictures to remind me of my early motorsport days with the mighty Datsun 1600 :) Thanks again