The story
The Safari Rally ran on open roads across Kenya: thousands of kilometres of dust, mud and rough tracks, often flat out between towns. It was the rally that broke cars, and Datsun built theirs to survive it. From 1979 to 1982 Shekhar Mehta won it four times running for Datsun, the last two in the Violet GT. At the 30th Safari in 1982 he started as the defending winner, with number 1 on the doors.
The piece
- Front: Red octane rital logo.
- Back: “Octane Ritual Rally” under a red chevron, over the Datsun Violet GT in its works livery, with hand-written notes on the car, its engine and its four wins · “Season 2026 · Safari · OR · Rally · Round 03”
- Grey melange crewneck
- Regular · Sizes [XS–XXL], see the Size guide
- Hand screen-printed · Sewn and made in Greece
- Wash inside out at 30°C · No tumble dryer · Iron inside out, never on the print
- Collection S26-OR-R03 · Made once, never restocked
