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Was going through some old pictures and found some of my old Rally car racing I did when I was in Japan. This would have been late 70's early 80s. Cars I ran were a Datsun (Nissan) Sunny (B110 in states I think) and Datsun (Nissan) Cherry (B210 in states). We had a time trial course on the Air Force base where these were taken. Did a good bit of on/off road rally stuff in the local mountains where I was at in northern Japan. Any you folks do any sort of on and off road racing?
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Bill,, did not know this about you ..bet that was a lot of fun,,, this reminds me of back when I bought a 1974 Datsun station wagon 210 (ugly burnt orange color) the foot peddles and gas peddle were so small and close together that I had a hard time with big work shoes driving it ..let alone racing in it ... did they race station wagons also ? Thx for sharing this with us .. tell us more ..trophies and all..
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A couple of my high school buds and I bought an old Corvair and off roaded it one summer if that counts. I think we gave $30 for it. It drank more oil than gas and we had an absolute blast with it. Something like this.
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GoPappa....The Subaru wagons with 4wd were somewhat popular. Not as much since they were new and expensive at that time. The Sunny (and a newer one I can't find pics of) were modified class and WAY more expensive thaan the 2 stock class Cherry's , maybe $100 investment. They would no longer pass vehicle inspections, so they got converted to "race" cars. They were just fun.
Boog....that reminds me of a bug I had in highschool. Went great as long as you were going straight. Trying to turn....well that was a event of its own. |
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The old yellow Cherry is the only one I ever trophied in, a 2nd place. I also killed it that day as I bent/twisted the freame coming off a jump. Some how I still crossed the finish line with it twisted on the passenger's (left) side. Everything else I was just short of getting a trophy, but I sure had fun.
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That's some cool memories you got there..
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Interesting stuff, thanks for sharing. Kinda looks/sounds like you guys were using them as oversized gocarts- fun
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I also think it looks like fun.....
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I did have a hobby in the dirt!
Did Demo Derby for about 10 years. https://i.imgur.com/RN7ShJ4l.jpg https://i.imgur.com/MvH7F3Yl.jpg It was great fun, and kind of consumed my automotive interests for a time. Greg |
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Greg58, I did demo derby once when I was 16. I did not do good. I used the front to much to beat on the other folks, so I didn't hold out very long. It was different and fun though.
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That car looks like me after a night of drinking.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/data/500/Demo_1.jpg http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/data/500/Demo2.jpg |
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I owned a retired champion class 7 truck for about 12 years - major blast!
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The theme for this one was finding Nemo. Got an extra $100 for the fan vote, then as I said won the whole thing in the end. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mYcBwt64Fs0 Here’s one from 2013 or so in a figure 8. That black Saturn #13 was fast, I won 2 heats and the main in that one. |
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