CalSpeed@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 5/22/01 1:19:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> datsunmike@nyc.rr.com writes:
>
> > Not all 67.5 cars with Solexes had the ID plates if they weren't equipped so
> > from the factory...Does that make them less valuable or unoriginal? I don't
> > think so.
> > Not all 67.5s were delivered with Solexes but the dealers would gladly
> > install them for you ...If you want to nit pick get a Solex tag from the
> >
>
> Uh...... as I opened my original email. It isnt that I dont believe anyone
> about the Solex option "stuff". And certainly I cant be called a nit picker.
> Especially since I have done things to my 67.5 that would make it
> unoriginal. Red interior...? Please!
>
> But I understand how my original email may have been taken incorrectly so I
> will redo it to make it sound more appropriate.
>
> Is there a way to distinguish which cars were original Solex cars? I know
> that in 1967 is was a dealer option. In 1968-70 the carbs were not options
> but rather a parts counter purchase due to emission controls.
>
> I was wondering...... ;>) if there is a way to tell which cars were the
> original Solex cars. Is the ID tag marked 150hp? How about you Canadian
> folks...? Your cars didnt come with smog equipment. Did it? Maybe in
> Canada 1968-70 cars were also dealer options. Were they?
>
> Thanks you,
>
> Calspeed
Calspeed:
I have been playing with various Datsuns in Canada since about 1967. All
the 67.5 cars in Canada that I have seen, which isn't very many, have
had solex carbs, finned oil pan, 150hp tag etc. All 1968 cars that I
have seen in Canada have had solex carbs, finned pan, 150hp tag, 160mph
speedo. In 1969, most if not all cars in Canada, came with SUs, however
solex carbs, finned oil pan etc were a dealer installed option which is
the way mine was delivered to the original owner.(My car now has next
generation of solex carbs). There was no smog equipment on any of these
cars, however by law I believe the '69s in Ontario should have had air
pumps.
Fred
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Fred Davidson
Kemptville, Ontario
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