Produced with respect to the legendary champion car
Brock Racing Enterprises (BRE) competed with Japanese cars in SCCA (Sports Car Association of America) production races in the 1970s. The “Raku Shoukaku” introduced here was built concerning the Nissan (Datsun) 510 “Bluebird” of BRE, which accomplished the feat. He has reproduced realistically the paint and sponsor decals from the time when it was active in racing and added originality in some places to enjoy tuning his beloved car.
Japanese cars are very active in American races
Pete Brock, the president of BRE, is known as the aerodynamic designer for Shelby American and the man responsible for the exterior of the famous Shelby “Daytona Coupe”. After establishing BRE in 1966, Pete Brock entered the SCCA-C production races sponsored by Nissan North America in a Nissan (Datsun) SR311 “Fairlady 2000,” which was attracting attention as a reasonably priced, high-performance sports car.
After that, he was very successful with the “Fairlady 240ZG” and other cars, and as the team gained recognition, Nissan of North America was eager for him to participate in races with the Datsun 510 “Bluebird”. Despite various twists and turns, BRE tuned the 510 Bluebird and named it the “BRE TransAM510.
Injecting the know-how from the L24 engine installed in the BRE240Z, BRE developed the L16 race engine to be installed in the 510 Bluebird. The following year, the L18 engine with even more horsepower was installed. The following year, the L18 engine with even more horsepower was installed. The 510 BRE TransAM achieved excellent results in the race and was crowned the winner for two consecutive years, which made its mark in the SCCA production race history, and the BRE TransAM 510 became a “legendary champion car.
The wheels are the nostalgic Techno Phantom
“Raku Sho Accounting” built his machine concerning BRE’s 510 Bluebird that accomplished such a feat. The entire body appears to be in near-stock condition, but a closer look reveals that the front chrome bumper has been removed and a BRE-type front spoiler has been added. In addition, the inner two round eyes four headlights were used as engine cooling ducts, and the outer two headlights were replaced with the familiar Marshall lights with the cat symbol.
The fenders did not fit simply by knocking out the stock arches, so a new steel plate was prepared and some of the fenders were cut and welded. In doing so, ducts were also added to the front fenders.
The wheels that they wanted to put on the car, even after extensive fender modification, are a nostalgic model called Techno Phantom, 8.5J x 14 in the front and 10J x 14 in the rear. The key point is the negative offset to emphasize the rim width.
We thought that the wheels with gold discs and the standard street racer style of the time, plus the attractive machined cut finish that only machining can provide, had been discontinued, but with the recent boom in old cars, they are now selling reissued models.
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