Finally got around to doing some work on the old girl recently. Fitted a passenger seat and harness, and made the driver's seat adjustable again, up till now it was simply bolted to the floor in the correct spot for me, which meant it wasn't easy for others with longer or shorter legs to drive it. Not a problem up till now, but the youngest daughter is getting into motorsport in my MX5 and I'd like her to be able to use the 1600 at some point. She had a go at the motorkhana at the Nissan Datsun nationals at Easter in both the Sydney Datsun Club owned "club car" (availabale for club members to use) and was also lucky enough to get offered a drive of a 300ZX. Unfortunately I wasn't able to spend much time helping her (I was acting as Clerk of Course) and she didn't get much seat time as she volunteered as timekeeper when we were short of officials.
I'm also at a crossroads with the old 1600. Do I stick with "budget" motorsport, or spend some coin on getting it going faster ? Heading back to Bathurst in November, it would be nice to be able to keep up with a few cars up and down the mountain rather than have them fly past. Decision, decisions.
Only thing that is certain is that I'll leave it till the last minute, then be rushing around to make it to Bathurst in time, same as my last two trips there.......
vvvvv Chloe in SDC club car. Real family affair pic, with the wife in the background ignoring her duties as official on the other motorkhana course to grab some pics of the daughter
I suppose I should be grateful that the better half offered to help out.
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vvvvvv And in another competitor's 300ZX, much appreciated
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