2/2/2012 PM Update: This Datsun has been sold! Stay tuned for more Bat Exclusives.

From 2/2/2012:

This 1967 Datsun 1600 Roadster and its owner have been a fixture at the La Carrera Panamericana road race in recent years, and he completed the race in this car in both 2006 and 2008. The black-plate car remains road registered in California, and is very likely your least expensive ticket to the soon to be sold out 2012 La Carrera Panamericana. It is available in San Francisco, California for $8800, or the buyer can own the car and have an arrive-and-drive package with the current seller as their experienced navigator for $28k.

Here are some excellent re-caps in the seller’s own words of both races completed in this car:

“When we arrived in Veracruz, Mexico for the 2006 La Carrera Panamericana, we had the least amount of horsepower and the least amount of experience. A week later, we slid sideways across the finish line in Monterrey, Mexico with 2000 racing miles behind us. We finished dead last, limping along with a blown motor, the result of a water pump failure. The only cars we beat were the19 cars that had blown up or crashed.

With a fresh 1600 engine from Datsun guru Mike Young, we set our sights on the 2008 Carrera. After I drove SF to LA back to SF doing 90mph I knew the car was reliable. We completed our 2nd Carrera; 7 days, 2000 miles from Chiapas to Nuevo Laredo on nothing more than an oil change. In the rainy mountain stages we passed numerous 6 and 8 cylinder cars and ran as high as 58th. Overall, we finished 70th of 110. We ran both Carrera’s on the same set of tires and brakes.”

The car was built for the Historic A class before there was a Historic A+ introduced. With it’s current motor, this car should be registered as a 1965 Fairlady 1600 in Historic A according to the seller. This car could also run in Historic A+ with a vintage 2L motor or a modern 1.6L Inline 4, (with carburetors) and 5 speed transmission. Cooling and braking upgrades are allowed and encouraged. Rule changes for 2011 limits the fastest cars to 145mph. Prior years saw front running cars doing 180mph and faster. The Fairlady will do just over 100MPH. In 2008, we drove her at 90+mph all day, everyday.

This Historic A Class Datsun Roadster 1600 running a totally stock 5 Main vintage 1967.5 low mileage R16 1600cc engine. It is fed by twin SU carburetors. It features a rebuilt 5 speed 1970 Warner-type transmission, Nissan competition sway bar and springs, KYB gas shocks, 4 wheel disc brakes (Junk yard swap engineered by Greg Tuetken), Auto Meter gauges and Crow Racing 5 pt harnesses over faux Recaro seats. It’s street legal and licensed. Street tires 195/60/15 Yokohama’s riding on 15×6 Superlites courtesy of Pack Racing. Race tires 195/60/14 Falken Azenis on Panasports. Two sets of wheels and tires are included: 15×6 Superlites for street, 14×6 Panasports for race.

Entry info: US & Canada: www.panamrace.com

Carrera info: www.lacarrerapanamericana.com.mx

The seller’s race reports from 2006 and 2008 are here: www.luchalibreracing.com

Check out the additional photos of the car in the Flickr album and slide-show below.