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10 Jan 2009, 00:38
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That Pearson 100A ended up in Ireland in the late '80s where ex Mini 7 racer "Big Tom" Kinsella raced it in the "up to 1350cc GT" class. It was quick in a straightine, as far as I remember, but no match for the semi spaceframe Imps of Dan Rooney and Richie Baird.....
Must dig out a pic of it......
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11 Jan 2009, 13:11
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Tourist Trophy 1973
The Alec Poole/Tom Walkinshaw Datsun Sunny at the Tourist Trophy at Silverstone, 23 September 1973. Finished a creditable 9th place, completing 128 laps in the 2 x 2 hour races (Winners were Derek Bell and Harald Ertl in an Alpina CSL, completing 150 laps, and defeating the three-car Ford Cologne Capri team)
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13 Jan 2009, 11:18
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Heres the Cherry at Cadwell.
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13 Jan 2009, 12:59
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Originally Posted by drivers71
The Alec Poole/Tom Walkinshaw Datsun Sunny at the Tourist Trophy at Silverstone, 23 September 1973. Finished a creditable 9th place, completing 128 laps in the 2 x 2 hour races (Winners were Derek Bell and Harald Ertl in an Alpina CSL, completing 150 laps, and defeating the three-car Ford Cologne Capri team)
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That particular car was built by Nissan's works race team in Japan, and was brought to Europe as a fully-fledged and already-blooded race car.
It was passed fully into Janspeed's hands after it's first few races in the UK. Nissan works ace Moto Kitano drove it at Silverstone, and at Mallory too I remember?
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13 Jan 2009, 23:20
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It's good to see this thread taking off!  What I've been wondering about the Sunny which came from Japan is how many seasons Janspeed actually used the car? The later Datsun Sunny has a very different set of wheel arches which seem to be very nicely detailed and not bolted to the as on the car that came from Japan.
Interesting to see the chopped a bit of the front bonnet of the Cherry at one stage in its life, must have had a (tiny) aerodynamic advantage..
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14 Mar 2009, 14:43
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29 Aug 2010, 16:22
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Originally Posted by Motormouth
That Pearson 100A ended up in Ireland in the late '80s where ex Mini 7 racer "Big Tom" Kinsella raced it in the "up to 1350cc GT" class. It was quick in a straightine, as far as I remember, but no match for the semi spaceframe Imps of Dan Rooney and Richie Baird.....
Must dig out a pic of it......
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It has popped up again over here, for sale! Looks rough and the race engine is long gone but it could be an interesting project for somebody!
http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/1529326
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21 Oct 2010, 22:58
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Got given a drive in the ADM/Toshiba Datsun Cherry in production saloons back in 1974 until ADM went under. Great fun, but another who raced one - called Alistair Darroch (I think) - found they could tip over quite easily!!
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22 Oct 2010, 09:13
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cherry.jpg
A pic of the production saloon Cherry
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9 Dec 2010, 15:18
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Interesting, sadly I only saw your post just now  ! Would've loved to see how it looked now, sadly ad has already expired. Any idea who actually bought it?
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11 Dec 2010, 14:32
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CARS AND CAR CONVERSIONS JULY 1974
Found this magazine, may be of interest to Datsun fans. Two page feature inside.
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11 Dec 2010, 14:38
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ALEC POOLE DATSUN
and here's another from Autosport November 1974
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26 Mar 2009, 10:44
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