Short Sleeve T-Shirt - DATSUN - 81' Shekhar Mehta Datsun Violet GT

81' Shekhar Mehta Datsun Violet GT

This Rally T-Shirt is based on legendary Kenyan Rally Driver Shekhar Mehta and his Datsun Violet GT at the 29th Safari Rally in 1981.

The Car:

The Violet GT was Nissan’s most successful car in the World Rally Championship. It won with Shekhar Mehta as the driver at the Safari Rally in 1981 and 1982. This GT version came with a DOHC ( A dual overhead camshaft) engine.

The Driver:

In 1981, Shekhar Mehta and Mike Doughty won the inaugural African Rally Championship, the Kenya Safari Rally and scoring the WRC podium with third place at Rallye Cote d'Ivoire.

Shekhar' Mehta (1945-2006) was a Kenyan rally driver, born in Uganda and of Indian origin, and active in rallying between 1966 and 1987, scored several national and regional rally titles and winning five times in the World Rally Championship. He achieved all five WRC wins in the Safari Rally.