5-18-10.

What's new?  Painted the 510!  All one color of Kubota orange, with 12 rattle cans!  Ended up coming out nicely, except for the roof.  It needs a re-coat and a smoothing out, but it's good enough for now.  Getting ready for autocross this next saturday, my buddy Mike will be out there with me flogging Eleanor.  Should be a blast!

4-9-10.

The newest thing is my father was kind enough to give me his old NX2000 for my 30th birthday!  Only 130k on the B13 chassis, plenty of life left, and quite a few good bits from when he used to autocross it.  I'm stoked.  The best part is it gets around 30 mpg, compared to the hardbody 4x4 which gets 17.  Been thinking about trying to find a little four cylinder diesel to stick in it.  Anyway, here's a pic of the new NX!  I always said if I had to get a front wheel drive, it would have to be a B13!

I'm racing the first autocross points event this weekend on Sunday, can't freakin' wait!  I'm hoping I can pilot the 510 to a win in vintage class, but there are quite a few contenders.

As usual, I have been shirking the website updates and throwing it up on ratsun.net, one of the best Datsun sites around.  Check it out!

Cars I've owned to date:

'76 Ford Courier ( Mazda 1800)

'87 Mazda B2000

'96 Nissan D21

'81 Honda Accord

'63 Ford F100

'90 Chrysler New Yorker (Never again, ditto for the auto trans)

'78 Datsun 620

'97 Nissan D21

'72 Datsun 510 wagon

'71 Datsun 510 wagon

'81 Toyota Corolla

'96 Mazda Miata

'71 Datsun 510

'85 Nissan 720 4x4

'72 Datsun 521

'66 Datsun 411

'78 Datsun 620

'81 Datsun 720 4x4

'93 Datsun D21 (They sold in Japan under the Datsun name in that year!)

'91 Nissan NX2000

20 cars, 9 of which are Datsuns, 4 Nissans.  Yes, there is a difference. 

Why did I start this site?  Creativity is a terrible thing to waste.  This site is a fun thing to play with when I'm stuck inside doing laundry, or when I finish a particularly memorable automobile project.  It's not a stupid day-to-day web log, but something more concrete with information for all, particularly Datsun/Nissan/Mazda enthusiasts who understand real race car drivers turn left AND right, thank you.  As in Autocross, Rallycross, Formula One, Baja, Road Racing, and Rally Racing.