Interesting read

[gnosez]

The primary answer is weight. You take a 240 and turn it into a 280 which was heavier than a 240. The difference could be as much as 200 pounds and while you will need to meet the new minimum weight you get to locate it where it does the most good.

The second reason is simple; you have an already sorted out car with a history at the tracks you will race (again) and all the suspension & drivetrain data needed to dial in the car, all for the cost of two corner valances, a front air dam and a set of taillights.

[Carl Beck]

10 hours ago, Mike B said:

Yeah, I saw some photo's of this year's party on facebook.   Looked like a great time.  Tell Jim to invite me next year and I might come down.  I still have family in the Tampa area.  Here are another couple of OMS pace car mentions from old issues of Datsun News.

Hi Mike - Thanks, I'll have to go back though some of the old Datsun News again, always find something I wasn't looking for the last time.   Wonder who the kids sitting on the fender are? Of course Rodney Allen Rippy is still a “Car Nut”.  You should Post that picture on his Facebook Page. 

https://www.facebook.com/rodneyallenrippy427?lst=665002773%3A100026930003513%3A1544994936

[Carl Beck]

7 hours ago, gnosez said:

Carl - so they made the same changes that other teams did by cutting out the rear taillight panel of an already equipped 240 and installing later 280 versions. I'm thinking of doing the same thing over the winter by including 280 valances and the BSR chin spoiler.

Here's a few pages from my archives, a purchase order and an R200 diff calculation sheet for the Camel GT Pace car. I don't have access to a scanner right now but will get some other pages done in the coming weeks.

 

Hi gnosez  - Very interesting, would love to see more. The Camel GT Pace Car is especially interesting as it was prepared to be an actual race car.