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- | [From <I>Petersen's Complete Book of Datsun No. 2 (1977 Edition/2nd Edition)</I>. Buy it at [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0822750074/qid=1083385455/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-1765536-6903927?v=glance&s=books Amazon.com]] | + | [From <I>[[Petersen#Complete_Book_of_Datsun|Petersen's Complete Book of Datsun]] No. 2 (1977 Edition/2nd Edition)</I>. Buy it at [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0822750074/qid=1083385455/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-1765536-6903927?v=glance&s=books Amazon.com]] |
<font size=8 face="Arial"><STRONG>QUICK-DELIVERY | <font size=8 face="Arial"><STRONG>QUICK-DELIVERY | ||
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- | <TD><FONT face=arial>MIKE HARAGUCHI'S LI'L HUSTLER ROAD RACER POINTS TO A NEW DIRECTION IN CUSTOM TRUCKIN'</FONT></TD> | + | <TD width=5 bgColor=#000000></td><TD width=660 bgColor=#000000><FONT color=white face=arial>MIKE HARAGUCHI'S LI'L HUSTLER ROAD RACER POINTS TO A NEW DIRECTION IN CUSTOM TRUCKIN'</FONT></TD><td></td> |
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Photos by Eric Rickman | Photos by Eric Rickman | ||
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As a native son of Japan, Mike Haraguchi was exposed to his country's most popular automotive sport, road racing. Mike used to own a chopper, but he got hooked on road racing about seven years ago. As a student at El Camino College in Torrance, Calif., it wasn't long before he discovered he was in the land of road racing and hot rods.<BR><BR>After laying out a cool $1500 to get his Datsun mini-truck over here, Mike decided to set it up as a road racer. Since there are no over-the-counter racing components for Datsun mini-trucks, Mike took his project to E.C. Springs in Norwalk, Calif. for the needed suspension modifications.<BR><BR>Three sets of front coils later, the front end was right. With the addition of a stiffer flat leaf spring in the rear and Koni shocks on the corners, the little jewel began to handle fairly respectably. When a 17mm anti-sway bar and a set of B.F. Goodrich Radial T/A B50x13 tires on American mag wheels were combined with a quick-ratio steering box, she began to handle even better.<BR><BR>A trip to Eddie & Paul Customs in El Segundo, Calif. to have the wheelwells flared was necesary before the wide tires would be mounted. For a touch of class, Mike mounted a Racemark 12-in. steering wheel in the cock- | As a native son of Japan, Mike Haraguchi was exposed to his country's most popular automotive sport, road racing. Mike used to own a chopper, but he got hooked on road racing about seven years ago. As a student at El Camino College in Torrance, Calif., it wasn't long before he discovered he was in the land of road racing and hot rods.<BR><BR>After laying out a cool $1500 to get his Datsun mini-truck over here, Mike decided to set it up as a road racer. Since there are no over-the-counter racing components for Datsun mini-trucks, Mike took his project to E.C. Springs in Norwalk, Calif. for the needed suspension modifications.<BR><BR>Three sets of front coils later, the front end was right. With the addition of a stiffer flat leaf spring in the rear and Koni shocks on the corners, the little jewel began to handle fairly respectably. When a 17mm anti-sway bar and a set of B.F. Goodrich Radial T/A B50x13 tires on American mag wheels were combined with a quick-ratio steering box, she began to handle even better.<BR><BR>A trip to Eddie & Paul Customs in El Segundo, Calif. to have the wheelwells flared was necesary before the wide tires would be mounted. For a touch of class, Mike mounted a Racemark 12-in. steering wheel in the cock- | ||
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fire extinguisher. Special wide mirror is very | fire extinguisher. Special wide mirror is very | ||
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<font size=-2>COMPLETE BOOK OF DATSUN/<STRONG>169</STRONG></font> | <font size=-2>COMPLETE BOOK OF DATSUN/<STRONG>169</STRONG></font> | ||
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QUICK-DELIVERY DATSUN
[From Petersen's Complete Book of Datsun No. 2 (1977 Edition/2nd Edition). Buy it at Amazon.com]
QUICK-DELIVERY DATSUN
MIKE HARAGUCHI'S LI'L HUSTLER ROAD RACER POINTS TO A NEW DIRECTION IN CUSTOM TRUCKIN' |
COMPLETE BOOK OF DATSUN/169
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