i live in rockingham and i saw ur stocky 1600 it looked in perfect condition but the
body roll was rediculus
--- "Richard Clough" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>I think your Mazda 1500 is a Pininfarina design.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Thursday, 10 May 2001 13:56 PM
>Subject: Re: Stock 1600 in battle (David v. Goliaths) (long)
>
>
>> More recently Pinninfarina has designed the Peugeot 406 (I think)
>Cabriolet.
>> Nice looking car! He is probably most famous for the Testarossa. I can
>give you
>> some more works of his when I get home!
>> I have a Mazda 1500 circa 1966/67 and I have been told the body was
>designed
>> entirely by an Italian. It doesn't look too bad.
>> I also have seen a BMW 1600 (in Aus) -it looked just like a 2002 but might
>have
>> been a smidgen smaller.
>>
>> zac
>>
>> > Hi All,
>> > Justin -I must agree with Zac on the 1600 rear suspension design.
>> > Pininfarina only style bodies
>> > as far as I am aware, mostly for Ferrari. Also they are an independent
>> > styling house and are not
>> > part of the Ferrari (FIAT) company. As for the body stylist of the
>1600? - I
>> > hav'nt a clue, but
>> > whoever it was is a genius! OK I am biased, but the 1600 is beautifully
>> > proportioned and does bear
>> > a slight similarity to the old Fiat 128, but much nicer. Around the time
>of
>> > the birth of the 1600 the
>> > Japanese were still copying a lot of other western companies ideas,
>although
>> > the styling of bodies
>> > was outsourced alot and some designers from Europe were used. For
>example,
>> > Mazda's first in-house
>> > styling job was the original RX7, before that they must have outsourced
>> > their design work.
>> > As most of you will know, when the 1600 was released, it was ahead of
>its
>> > time. The only other similar
>> > sized vehicle to offer front discs and independent rear suspension (IRS)
>was
>> > the BMW 2000 (or 2002?).
>> > It would not surprise me if Datsun had pinched a few ideas from BMW.
>> >
>> > BTW I have 3 1600s, all from 1972. One I bought recently reeeeaaallll
>> > cheap, minimal rust, original paint
>> > and license plates, and is totally stock. For a laugh I bolted on an
>> > electronic dizzy, twin SUs (no head mods),
>> > new seatbelts, bucket seats and fire extinguishers and entered into my
>first
>> > rally, the Classic Challenge 2001
>> > here in Perth. My 1600 was easily the LEAST race-prepared car there,
>> > especially considering I still had the original
>> > steel rims (with stock hubcaps) and skinny tyres and the old un-modified
>> > suspension (great over speed humps
>> > and nothing else). Onlookers reported a hysterical amount of body roll
>> > during the Autokhanas but we were
>> > one of the few cars to always receive applause during the spectator
>events,
>> > probably because they could see
>> > I was pushing the car to its absolute limits and beyond. I was happy
>with
>> > our results (see below) and had
>> > a complete blast, even with only 68 horsepower at the rear wheel!! I'm
>> > hooked! I recently purchased a
>> > L20B race motor in Melbourne (from the Ozdat classifieds) which should
>pump
>> > out nearly 200 horses at the
>> > aluminium flywheel, with a ceramic plate, brass button clutch,
>extractors,
>> > twin 45 Webers, 240K 5-speed etc.
>> > This will NOT be going in the stock Datsun, (it's too nice in its
>original
>> > condition) but in another body which I
>> > will be seam welding and adding 280ZX front struts and all-round discs
>to.
>> > This should improve our placings
>> > in the next rally somewhat ;)
>> > Considering we were up against much more expensive and powerful cars,
>> > including a Lamborghini Diablo VT,
>> > Ferrari 360, a posse of Porsches, Falcon GTHO, Mini Cooper S, Honda
>S2000,
>> > Subaru Liberty Turbos, WRXs,
>> > and various rotary powered Mazdas, we more than held our own, finished
>the
>> > whole rally (3 cars withdrew) and
>> > most importantly had heaps of fun.
>> >
>> > For the Classic Challeng Rally, Perth WA I have listed our results below
>in
>> > the format: placing / total cars in category.
>> > Full results if you're interested available at the AEM website:
>> > http://www.classicrally.com.au
>> >
>> > Navigation (Touring Class)
>> > Navigation 1 (day one, when we totally stuffed it) 25th /29
>> > Navigation 3 16th
>/29
>> > Navigation 4 (day 2 when we kicked ass) 5th /29
>> > Navigation/performance combined 17th /29
>> > Navigation overall 19th
>/29
>> >
>> > Overall combined Touring/Navigation 84th /86
>> >
>> > Autokhanas and sprints (Handicapped)
>> > Kwinana Autokhana (We went the wrong way-DNF) 85th /85
>> > Bunnings Sprint 57th
>/86
>> > Smeaton Sprint 1 (one lap in the morning) 73rd /85
>> > Rockingham Autokhana (carpark event with crowd) 68th /85
>> > Smeaton Sprint 1 (two laps in the afternoon) 64th /85
>> >
>> > Autokhanas and sprints (no handicapping)
>> > Kwinana Autokhana (We went the wrong way) 85th /85
>> > Bunnings Sprint 65th
>/86
>> > Smeaton Sprint 1 (one lap in the morning) 80th /85
>> > Rockingham Autokhana (carpark event with crowd) 68th /85
>> > Smeaton Sprint 1 (two laps in the afternoon) 75th /85
>> >
>> > With better preparation and hindsight we should get
>> > some major improvements next time.
>> >
>> >
>> > Cheers all,
>> > Rob
>> >
>>
>
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