Hi Tom,
Speaking of 240 Z's. Just saw one at show we attended last night. It was
really
awesome. He had the engine bay in chrome. Real nice looking car, complete with
a modern roll cage. It even sounded good, had a nice rasp to it. He said it
would really turn some R's, and it even handled pretty good on the corners too.
Did a real nice restoration on it. So, I guess the time for our classic
Japanese
cousin's cars to join us at the shows is upon us.
Rick
Tomsjetta@aol.com wrote:
> Hey, I welcome some real talk about cars.
>
> The Datsun 240Z was a great car, but it could be called a poor man's E-Type.
> It was a two seater with great styling, reliability, a lovely straight six
> and a sweet sticker price.
>
> How about the Toyota 2000GT? This car, in great shape, fetches good money on
> the auction circuit. I think the car has a unique look to it. Yes, the NSX is
> Japan's answer to a Ferrari 328/348. Well, Ferrari is now beyond the
> incredible F355, but we're "stuck" with the original NSX more or less.
>
> The original and final version of the RX-7 had a hell of a lot of spice and
> persona. None of us here can disrespect or deny that.
>
> The racer boy Civic Si, Integra GS-R are cars that are clearly not aimed at
> drivers like us. And that's fine-there is a lucrative market, and who can
> blame Honda for pursuing it?
>
> You could never put a car like the Midget on the market today as pure as what
> we drive. It would never sell. The MGF is slick enough to work, but it
> doesn't enjoy the "personality" our cars have, which is what endears us to
> them.
>
> It's not so much the Japanese. The times have changes, and things that were
> acceptable 20 years ago aren't today. The list questions cars like the
> Boxster, the Z3, and the S2000. These cars are as close as you can get to
> what you could call true sports cars today.
>
> A car like a Viper has a lot of guts to sell for what it does with no
> creature comforts. Most buyers won't accept that, and I give Dodge a lot of
> credit for putting a car like that to market. That's guts.
>
> Don't get me wrong-you couldn't pay me 10 grand to let go of my Midget. It's
> a good car, for me. But, if I'm forking out money for a new sports car, the
> Boxster is everything I want and more.
>
> Tom
> 78 Midget
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