Eddie thats a great idea for a paddock basher! The home-made bullbar was
always a drream of mine... AND the air snorkel! Well done! It's always
hard to keep a working radiator on a thrash car. I had the idea of
installing about 4 little heater radiators with fans on them in the boot or
back seat or back of the engine bay or something.
From: Paul Stanley
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> Yeah, Datsuns are pretty tough. This was my basher until recently...
>
> http://www.ratdat.com/e10basherf.jpg
>
> This was a '74 Datsun 100A which was unstoppable despite being FWD and
> small. It could even cope with getting through mud and towing/pushing cars
> and being jumped over ramps (never could get it on two wheels :-). I
stuffed
> the rear end pretty bad eventually ...
>
> http://www.ratdat.com/e10basherr.jpg
>
> ...and after I got an old Patrol 160 to do the work it was taken down the
> scrapyard but even then it still went okay ...even though only three
wheels
> actually went round!. It never had any water in it ever as the first thing
> to get stuffed was the radiator. Even with a cooked motor and blown head
> gasket it still started first turn.
>
> Datsun gets my vote!
>
> Eddie Rattley
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>
>
>
>
> From: "Richard Clough" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
> > I love the humour this Fast Fours poll has generated.
> > Best paddock basher, what a corker! Dattos will win that too! (180Bs
> would
> > dominate, what else will run for years without oil and water and only
half
> a
> > body (the unrusted bits)).
> > Great idea! send it in!
>
> > From: "Paul Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > > I dont know about rallying but they (Sigmas) are the most comfortable
> > > PADDOCK basher... Fast Fours should do a "Best Paddock Basher" I
> would
> > > vote the 120Y #1. Sigma would be second just because they are so
> > > comfortable as you flounder in the paddock.
>
>
>
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