History
My first car, and as it turned out to be the second one sold in NSW, Arnold Glass had the first one; both were "Journo" specials, ie especially prepared and balanced to 9500 rpm max so they couldn't blow it up over-revving.... Campaigned for 11 years in sprints, drags, motorkhanas, rallies, and other club activities since I became the inaugural Treasurer of the Datsun Sporting Car Club of Australia. Finally sold it with 145,000 miles on the clock for more than I bought it still going strong after one engine refresh at 120,000 miles. . Regularly (monthly) drove Sydney North Shore to Melbourne Eastern Suburbs overnight in less than 7 hours, legally, on the old Hume Highway. 1:4 mix of methanol to Super petrol with 1 deg retard made a significant improvement in power and cost less per mile.
Modifications
Nudge bar of my design was essential in Sydney metro to protect the driving and fog lamps. Wider 6" rims and excellent Pirelli radials significantly improved handling, full equal length extractors raised the maximum power at 6500 rpm, a light aircraft landing lamp, and a home made fibreglass hardtop crystal white improved the aero
