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  1965 Datsun 1500

  1965 Datsun 1500 racing in Group #4 at the 2011 Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix.

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  1965 Datsun 1500

  1965 Datsun 1500 during morning practice for Group 4 at the 2012 Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix. Driver: Andrew Vitek

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  1965 Datsun 1500 Fairlady Roadster

  I don't think you could find a less aggressive sports car. Delightful and so Japanese. I can see this driving along in the Tokyo foothills, Mount Fuji in the background, cherry trees in blossom and a (then) brand new...

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  1965 Datsun 1500 Fairlady Roadster

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  1965 Datsun Fairlady 1500

  An interesting survivor with its ex-Triumph history (see scanned article from Classic & Sportscar).

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  1965 Datsun Fairlady 1500

  Good job I was using the DSLR camera with a wide angle lens.

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  1965 Datsun 1500 Fairlady Roadster

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  1993 article on 1965 Datsun Fairlady 1500

  I've had this piece from the July 1993 issue of Classic & Sportscar filed away for years, it's great that the car survived and is now on display at the Atwell-Wilson museum.

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  1965 Datsun 1500 Sports (Canada)

  Location is Stanley Park in Vancouver, BC, looking NW to the Lions Gate Bridge.

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  RACE WITH HISTORY

  07/15/15, via Scranton Times-Tribune

  This weekend, Vitek will be driving a 1965 Datsun 1500 — the same one actor Paul Newman raced in 1969 — at the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix. The 33rd annual event is the nation's longest-running vintage race. It is held on the 2.33-mile course that 

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  Itty-bitty at Mitty

  06/15/15, via Florida Times-Union

  In the hour-long feature race on April 29, he went out against cars as big as BMW 2002s and Datsun 510s, joking that he was a “Jack the Giant-Killer.” But the little yellow box did about 130 mph down the main straight and finished first in class. Check

• Spa Classic 2015 Highlights

  07/02/15, via GTspirit

  More than 20,000 spectators attended the event and around 1,500 classic cars were on show. The three-day event hosted Trofeo Nastro Rosso was an endurance event dedicated to Italian cars from the late fifties until 1965 like Maserati 300s, Ferrari

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  Air India crew member detained in Jeddah

  06/05/15, via Indiatimes.com

  NEW DELHI: A cabin crew member of an Air India flight was detained by the Jeddah Airport authorities on charges of smuggling out gold. The detained cabin crew was to board the flight bound for Kochi, along with 11 other crew members, sources said here 

• Coalgate: Manmohan Singh to move Supreme Court against summons

  03/12/15, via Times of India

  NEW DELHI: Manmohan Singh's lawyers, led by senior advocate Kapil Sibal, are likely to move the Supreme Court to challenge the trial court's order summoning the former PM as an accused in the alleged irregular allotment of Odisha's Talabira II coal

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  'Father of the Z': Yutaka Katayama, who made the US want to buy Japanese cars ...

  02/22/15, via South China Morning Post (subscription)

  Yutaka Katayama, the pioneering auto executive who brought to Datsun brand to popularity in the US and in so doing paved the way for acceptance of other Japanese cars, has died at the age of 105. Known as the “father of the Z”, Katayama won

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  Strong allure to new Nissan Navara

  06/26/15, via Drivesouth

  Late, yes, but still in time to reap rich reward from a one-tonne utility market that is in its best-ever shape, but probably still has yet to peak. That's the view Nissan New Zealand boss John Manley has of the brand-new NP300 Navara. That it has only

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  1965 Datsun 1500 'Fairlady'
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RACE WITH HISTORY - Scranton Times-Tribune

Andy Vitek was bitten by the racing bug at an early age. Having three older brothers who were into cars helped to nurture it. When he was 5 years old, the Falls native started racing motorcycles even though the American Motorcycle Association didn’t have an age class for him. “I had a 50cc. So I was racing against people who were 20 years old to 30 years old. As he grew older, the graduate of Wyoming Area (1984) and Penn State (1988) ventured into drag racing and road racing. This weekend, Vitek will be driving a 1965 Datsun 1500 — the same one actor Paul Newman raced in 1969 — at the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix. The 33rd annual event is the nation’s longest-running vintage race. Each year, the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix recognizes a car manufacturer. In last year’s race, Vitek finished second in his group — Sports Cars Under 2. 0 Litre. He has also raced at places such as Watkins Glen, Pocono Raceway, Lime Rock, New Jersey Motorsports Park, Virginia International Raceway and Laguna Seca in Monterey, Calif. He is licensed by the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA), Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) and Vintage Sports Car Club of America (VSCCA). So why vintage racing. Source: thetimes-tribune.com

Itty-bitty at Mitty - Florida Times-Union

That’s a lot of race track for small cars. But when the competition is bigger, the drivers of little cars say they can do battle because of their size. Just ask Phil Wicks after he’s come in 18th out of 55 cars in a race at the recent 2015 Speedfest at the Classic Motorsports Mitty, some much bigger than his 10-foot-long 1967 Austin Mini Cooper S. “They might out-drag me down the straight,” said... Rookie driver Bill Kirill was racing his small 1988 1. 9-liter Ford Spec Racer for only the third time. These itty-bitty cars were among the 350 that participated in the Speedfest, aka the 37th annual Walter Mitty Challenge, held April 24-26. All vintage cars, they ranged from fire-breathing historic NASCAR stock cars, AC Cobras and McLaren Can Am... For three days each April, race cars of all sizes battle in classes as well as hour-long endurance races and single marque events like this year’s all-BMW race. Veteran road racer Boris Said, who has raced since 1987 and does road course stints in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, was grand marshall and said there are some “unbelievably beautiful cars” there racing. Source: jacksonville.com

Spa Classic 2015 Highlights - GTspirit

Apart from the races, more than a thousand collectors’ cars were on display, from makes like BMW, Corvette, Datsun, Ferrari, Mazda, Porsche, Triumph, and Dodge. For the third year in a row, the Bonhams auction was held on the final day. Cars auctioned exceeded the €5 million range in total. The picks of the auction were the 1990 Porsche 962C (€1. 495 million), 1970 Ferrari 365GTB/4 Daytona Berlinetta (€667,000) and 1976 Ferrari 308GT Berlinetta Vetroresina (€253,000). The next Spa-Classic will be held in the Spring of 2016. This was... Source: www.gtspirit.com

• 1965 VW 1500 Notchback - Air & Water

  03/15/11, via Super Street

  You're looking at a '65 VW 1500 Notchback that's been restored with a modern twist ... I wouldn't hesitate to do a 500-mile trip." How many 1965 transplant projects can you say that about?

• Curbside Classics: The First Mini-Pickups: Datsun’s 1964 320 1200; 1967 520 1300; 1969 521 1600

  12/17/10, via Truth About Cars

  But I love that simple dash…now that’s right up my alley. In 1965, the new 520 Series Datsun trucks appeared. They still had the rugged height-adjustable torsion bar suspension, but the styling was new, as well as incorporating a number of other ...

• Sports Car Classics: The Datsun 1500, 1600, and 2000

  08/07/10, via Motor Authority

  The 1500 was entertaining to drive in the turns, the powertrain wasn’t zippy with a top speed of 92 mph and a 0-60 time of 15 seconds, it was left in the dust of the British sports cars. Thankfully Datsun got the message, and in 1965, released the 1600 ...