I still see more of a Roadster in a B.
For a joke some guys in my MG club put B tailights on my car and as we all
know, they do fit well.
Several members told me if they didn't know it was a Datsun they would have
thought it was a stylized B and one member didn't notice the difference
until he looked at my engine. He commented that my B was in excellent
condition!
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen McCartney" <sgam@hotmail.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 11:47 PM
Subject: Datsun Sports styling cues - MGA?
> Here's a bit of controversy, maybe.
>
> Most of us are probably used to telling people, "It kinda looks like an
MG"
> when talking about our cars with people who don't know them.
>
> Most of us are also aware that the Datsun Sports was released before the
> MGB.
>
> Having said that, I pulled up next to an MGA today, and some similarities
> struck me. I don't know the measurements, but at a glance, the length &
> width of the "A" is quite similar to the Datsun. Furthermore, the line of
> the front fender on the Datsun is reminiscent (sp?)of the MGA - that
lovely
> curve from windshield to headlight is one of my favourite parts of the
> Datsun design. There's even a sort of similarity of the two front
> treatments, respectively.
>
> Certainly, it made me think of the Datsun more than an MGB does - some
> people's taillights notwithstanding! ;)
>
> So, what do you guys think? Our beauties a kind of squared off MGA? Like
a
> seperate family tree! (Bastard black sheep son ran off to Japan, the rest
is
> history!)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Steve
> '68 MGD 2000 Solex ;)
>
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