A few years back, we received a Facebook message from a gentleman named Richard Brown from New Zealand. He had imported a 1972 Datsun 510 race car that was branded “Valley Datsun” and said Longmont, Colorado on the side. When he found Valley Nissan of Longmont online, and knew there had to be a connection!
Turns out the vehicle was by a mechanic that used to work for us in the 80s. Our dealership sponsored the car, hence the Valley Datsun livery. Richard restored the car, including the original Valley Datsun livery and now races it in New Zealand. It was even featured in the New Zealand Performance Car magazine!
It’s very cool knowing a historic race car with our name and town on it is now racing halfway across the globe! It’s even cooler that it’s owned by someone who is so willing to keep us in the loop! Recently, Richard messaged us again to let us know that Greenlight Collectibles will be making a die cast replica of the Valley Datsun. He also showed us the t-shirts he had created featuring the car. We ordered some of the shirts and they are now available for sale in our parts department. Come check the out and get your own piece of Datsun racing history. We’re also working on getting an order of the die cast replicas once they are available. We’ll be sure to keep you posted when we get those!
A big thanks to Richard for keeping us informed of everything he has going on! It’s amazing to see how racing can bring people together, even from the other side of the globe!
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