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Datsun 120y Sports Sedan driven by mike griffen

Postby Stevedat » Wed Jun 16, 2010 6:30 pm

Does anybody have any pictures or information about the Datsun 120y coupe Sports sedan, driven by Mike Griffen in 1980.

Because unless im grossly mistaken i have it in my shed.!!!
Or a car thats identical...
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Postby toranaracer » Thu Jun 17, 2010 8:47 pm

Maybe if you promise to "get it out of your shed" someone may reply ;)

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Postby Stevedat » Thu Jun 17, 2010 9:01 pm

Yeah im actually looking at restoring it, and racing it, as its in bad shape, and to do this i need the original log book which i dont have. So if anyone has pictures or information on how to contact mike griffin, id be very grateful.
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Postby jd yort » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:23 am

so is anyone gonna reply


Patience patience Stevedat.
We see a stream of people on here that blow in and blow out asking for information.
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Postby jd yort » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:35 am

It was a very successful car in its day. I am pretty sure it even had a top 5 finish in a national round too in the early 80's. He sold it to buy the Monza which he only campaigned for a year or so.





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Postby FalconEL » Fri Jun 18, 2010 12:02 pm

As usual, jdyort is all over it!! Well done Troy :)
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Postby Ricey88 » Fri Jun 18, 2010 3:48 pm

Stevedat post some pics of what its like now
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Postby Stevedat » Fri Jun 18, 2010 6:08 pm

yeah thats awesome guys thanks so much.. Its definatley my car. Id love to post some pics up but i dont no how to minimise the size of the files as the max is 25kb.

So whats the best way in your oppinion to track down the log book.????
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Postby Stevedat » Sat Jun 19, 2010 7:30 pm

here are some photos of the foundation 41 car off ebay before i bought it.

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Postby Stevedat » Sat Jun 19, 2010 7:34 pm

and theres more here
as you can see it needs some work, and it has been changed a bit from its original state.

and on the trailer on the way home.

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