Andy first competed in motorsport in the Wairarapa while at secondary school and continued to campaign a modified 1966 Mini in various clubsport events in the lower North Island during the late 1970s. Career and family intervened and later in life with none of his children wanting to have a serious shot at karting, Andy devoted his energy to re-launching his own twilight motorsport career by buying a 240Z and running it first in trackdays, then in the ERC race series. From 2008 he started competing in Targa events, with daughter Abbie and son Ari sharing the navigator’s job. Andy now runs with legendary Z campaigner Anthony Baker as his co-driver and mentor and they won the 2WD Classic Targa Rotorua this year. Andy has also achieved moderate and controversial success in a return to the ERC race series – this time running closer to the front in the hotly-contested Arrow Wheels group.

Andrew Mygind - 1972 Datsun 240Z

Andy first competed in motorsport in the Wairarapa while at secondary school and continued to campaign a modified 1966 Mini in various clubsport events in the lower North Island during the late 1970s. Career and family intervened and later in life with none of his children wanting to have a serious shot at karting, Andy devoted his energy to re-launching his own twilight motorsport career by buying a 240Z and running it first in trackdays, then in the ERC race series. From 2008 he started competing in Targa events, with daughter Abbie and son Ari sharing the navigator’s job. Andy now runs with legendary Z campaigner Anthony Baker as his co-driver and mentor and they won the 2WD Classic Targa Rotorua this year. Andy has also achieved moderate and controversial success in a return to the ERC race series – this time running closer to the front in the hotly-contested Arrow Wheels group.

1972 Datsun 240Z:

These cars in Japan initially ran either the now rare twin cam S20 or single cam L20 6 cylinder injected or carburetted engines. Cars were reputed to be running 250hp when competing at Fuji so the S20 was like Japan’s Ford/Cosworth BDA albeit a far rarer engine. The 240zs had a brief WRC rally history during the early 1970s but were hard to tame on gravel with the driver sitting nearly on top of the diff. The 240Z achieved more success in the USA, dominating SCCA/IMSA with Pete Brock, Bob Sharp and Electromotive-prepared cars showing Porsche, Alfa Romeo, BMW and Corvette the way.
The BuildLink Z remains registered and warranted to compete in Targa tarmac rallies. It now runs a 300hp bored, stroked and injected L28, through a Quaife dog leg close ratio gear set in an original Datsun casing through a Nissan/Quaife ATB final drive – set to a high 4.6 for Leadfoot!