Rumor has it that Datsun purchased a number of the last BJ 8s made...
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----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Elliott <wcelliot@concentric.net>
To: <Herb_Goede@amsinc.com>
Cc: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 1999 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: Cars and Culture (No Real LBC Content)
> > The Datsun Fairlady (also known as the 240Z) was introduced in 1970.
> Actually, the Fairlady 1500 was introduced in 1962. We know them better
> as Datsun Roadsters. (OHV engines similar to their British counterparts
> until the OHC 2000 in 1967.5. This engine was a high production version
> of the Toyota 2000GT piece. Outstanding speed and reliability, but none
> of the finesse or handling of LBC's.)
>
> The 240Z was the "Fairlady Z".
>
> > The design and original development was actually done by TOYOTA and sold
to Datsun.>
>
> This bit I don't know for sure, but I doubt it. The "concept" might
> have been Toyota (2000GT), but the execution was simply the evolution of
> the Datsun Roadster using a copy of the big Healey engine and a
> TR6-style IRS.
>
> Bill Elliott
> ... a 2000 Roadster among the LBC's...
>
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