SeanDezart
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https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/auctions/1972-datsun-240z-group-4-JgzeL8
That's not homologable in GrpIV and for several reasons.
That's not homologable in GrpIV and for several reasons.
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Spanish-prepared 240Z rally 'GrpIV'
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I'm ready to bid.
SeanDezart
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And what would you do with it ?
Rushingphil
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My initial post was flippant but I'll study the advert and consider later.
What would I do with it - yep good question.
What do those people who buy supercars do with them?
What would I do with it - yep good question.
What do those people who buy supercars do with them?
In my experience, they rev the nuts off them down The Kings Road in London, at an average speed of 7MPH on a Sunday afternoon!
IbanezDan51
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Can’t wait
Albrecht
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Looks like a lot of time, effort and component money spent, but some slightly bizarre choices have been made. The one that sticks out for me is having the fuel tank INSIDE the cabin, as that won't be accepted in scrutineering for just about any officially sanctioned motorsports event (bar a 'natter & noggin' type club regularity jolly) without being sealed off in its own compartment.
The sales blurb talks a lot about 'Group 4', but doesn't seem to understand what it means. The seam welding has nothing to do with Group 4 prep and this car is not going to be granted an FIA Historic Technical Passport in its current form.
Something of a curate's egg/white elephant.
Albrecht
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Quaife helical LSDs - contrary to what you might expect, and certainly contrary to what I was expecting - work quite well on tarmac and forest rally cars. Strange, but apparently true.
Exhausts? They did do them like that in period, until they got squashed a little too often:
SeanDezart
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Those appear to have been trimmed at an angle Alan 'on the go' ! Reason - gas entering the boot and were they really held to the plate support by thick rubber-grommets ?
Albrecht
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SeanDezart
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It does look like it's been well thought out and finished and, yes, can't have been planned with GrpIV in mind - look at the roll-cage and TechToy Tuning suspension :
Photo 65 - shouldn't there be an external fire-extinguiser pull ?
Photo 148 - is that 7th point welded ?
Photo 171 - extra bars forward ?
Why a 2.7 when Grpiv allows an over-bored L28 ?
I suspect that this car was constructed to enter the Carrera Panamericana.....