hmmmm.......
your thoughts!!
Dan Zubkoff
San MAteo, CA
1966 SPL311
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Re: datsun roadster
Posted by: Lanny Chambers
Date: 2000/03/19
Group: rec.autos.makers.mazda.miata
In article <38D43017.445215D8@ior.com>, Michael Heinitz <mph@ior.com>
wrote:
>I hear alot about MG, Lotus, Triumph,
>etc, but the little datsuns seem to be forgotten. I know it's no match >for
>a Miata, but they sure have style.
>Your opinions??
Back when they were new, in the '60s, they were considered cheap, crude
imitations of British sports cars, not stylish in the least. Datsun didn't
really understand sports cars. The SPs rode very poorly, didn't handle that
well, were prone to rust, and were rather ugly, especially with the top up
(Car & Driver nicknamed them "giraffe transporters"). But they were
inexpensive and had good power, and of course they passed all the MGs
sitting on the shoulder waiting for replacement Lucas parts.
:-)
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Lanny Chambers, St. Louis, USA
http://homepage.mac.com/lanny/
'94C
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