Motor Racing pics - my early years, 1964-71 ; Pukekohe Racetrack ;by - Roger Dowdingl

[Allan]

Was that a 1200 or a Bluebird?

[Roger Dowding]

Was that a 1200 or a Bluebird?

The 1963 Entry described as a " Bluebird " and the photos from 1964 look like a Bluebird, with the 1189 cc Motor.
In 1964 cars #24 and #25 just described as " Datsun " " 1189 " capacity.

In 1965 the sole Datsun in the Wills was described as a Datsun Bluebird of 1290 capacity driven by Don and Sue Hadfield.

The Hadfield Datsun in the 1965 Wills Six Hour Race, through the Elbow with others - image Milan Fistonic



I don't have entry list for 1966 - only the Supplementary Regulations in a booklet the same as the Programme in style.

I note in the 1967 Wills Six Hour that a Datsun Bluebird of 1299 cc was entered by Max Rae Ltd and driven by Bob Newson and Don Hadfield
The 1200 was later on I think **and the 1200SSS - the Dennis Marwood built version were in the early 1970's
** I arranged a 1200 as a rental in 1975 when my cousin visited from the UK.

A Datsun website says this of the 1200

" B110 - January 1970 Commonly known as the Datsun 1200, this was the second generation Sunny in Japan. "

Successor to the 1200 was more curvy " 120Y ".

" Datsun 120Y and Datsun B210 (in North America), the third generation (1973–1978) Sunny was extremely popular as it debuted during the 1973 "