The Chilli Mouse! Custom-built, street-legal Datsun Bakkie Racecar

Ciro De Siena

17 Nov 2021

This is one of the coolest Datsun bakkies we’ve ever seen. Join us as the owner talks us through the build and the incredible attention to detail.

Gary Law grew up watching his dad build and race cars, with a particular love for Datsuns. When his father passed, it left a void which he felt an urge to fill, and he came up with this, his custom build affectionately known as the Chilli Mouse.

His fabrication and customs business involves building and modifying some exceptional cars, including real halo cars like the Nissan R34 GT-R Skyline. But Gary wanted something a bit more close to home, and he set about building his dream Datsun 1200.

This is definitely one of the cleanest builds we’ve come across, with incredible attention to detail, and some of the widest tyres we’ve ever seen on a little bakkie!

Join Gary as he walks us through the build and the story behind it.

Check out Gary’s business here: https://machiningman.co.za

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Ciro De Siena

Ciro De Siena

Ciro built his first car website back in his university days and despite denting his first ever test car, it launched his career. He's still at this car journalism gig 16 years later and over the years has hosted live TV segments on national television and hosts a regular car segment on CapeTalk radio. He is most at his happiest however producing content for the Cars.co.za Youtube channel.

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