- My name is Ollie Streek and this is my 1973 Datsun 240Z. My father
bought his car two or three years ago. It got to the stage where I was driving it
more than he was and I was enjoying it. It was the best car I've ever driven so it
came to the stage where I was sort of started sourcing my own Datsun. I
collected this one from Copenhagen in Denmark. It was fully restored when I
bought it and it started off as a bit of a banger. It was a bit of a journey in
itself to go to Copenhagen. It was an 800 mile trip back. Literally as soon as I
brought it back I took it out the... There's a Datsun specialist about 40
minutes up the road and I was offered almost twice what I'd paid for it. Yeah,
my favorite characteristic about the car is definitely the long nose and the short
back. It's very sort of Ferrari, Daytona-ish and the Daytona's my favorite
car of all time, so, you know, it is the cheaper way of getting what I wanted.
Compared to my Dad's one, it runs like... It is perfect. Starts on the button every
time, no maintenance whatsoever, really. I mean, it's been restored to a really high
standard and the engine's been rebuilt. Nine original spec.
- The ratty has just got something I really love about it. I just
love the rattiness of the car. As you've seen earlier, if you lift the bonnet up,
you can see that the engine suspension and all of the brakes and running is brand new
underneath and it's obviously a very fast car as well, but it is a... It's
tremendous. I just love the look of it. People keep saying to me, "Are you going
to paint it?" and I say "No, I'll leave it as it is. That's exactly how I like it. "
When I was Ollie's age, I always remember seeing him on the road and thought, "I'd
like one of those cars. That's what I want and I couldn't afford it and I wasn't in a
position to be able to buy one when I was 20 but I did have a friend of mine who had
one and I used to look at it and think "That is an amazing car. It's just like
having a Ferrari at 20." I've known the car actually for a few years. I bought it
from a friend of mine and I've asked him several times to sell it to me and
eventually he decided to... "Yup, we'll let you have it." Now, he actually
regrets it and wishes he hadn't sold it and from
what I understand he's actually bought another one.
- Obviously both cars are very, very different in style and most people think
that they're clean and Concord's car is my Dad's and the rat look one is mine but
it's far from it. It's completely the other way around. And it just so happened
that it wasn't intentional, really, and yeah, the Ratsun's a little bit different
from anything else you've got in the shed, here. It's a bit of a head turner and it's
absolutely bonkers. That captures more attention, definitely, when you drive them
both through a street, but it sounds superb. It's really cool.
- It's a completely different driving experience. You come back, you've had a
drive and you know you've had a drive because you're worn out. With that car,
the tires are so wide, suspension's so hard
and it is an animal to drive. It really is. Yeah.
- The Ratsun is a proper blood, sweat and tears job. It's not an easy drive but it
is by far the most fun I've ever had driving with a Ratsun.
- Yeah, I think Ollie would like this car. If he had the choice. He keeps asking me
to buy this car and when I wouldn't sell it to him,
he went out and bought his own car.
- I'd like to have his car as well. I'd like to have both.
- Mine's the one that actually turns the heads and people
take a second look at it. Definitely.
- It's nice 'cause you don't see so many of these on the road. I think there's only
140, 150 of these in the country. I think there's a fair few over in America but
over here they're a rarity. I haven't seen another one on the road apart from the
ones we've got.
- Ollie and I often take the cars out together and we take them on a
Sunday afternoon drive and go for a pint or something and we enjoy looking at each
others cars as they're being driven. Good.
- I'll never sell this car, I don't think. I think I'll keep it for as long as I
live. It's quite special to me, so, yeah. I don't see any...
There's no reason to sell it.