I read early 60's Mercedes body styles were copied from Rambler of all
places. Little fins and all.
At 09:34 AM 12/9/96 PST, you wrote:
>Keith Edwards wrote:
>
> >.....newsletter of the Austin-Healey Club of America, had a detailed
> >article on the installation of a Z engine in a Healey. I was _very
> >surprised_ to learn that the Datsun engine and tranny bolts right into
>a
> >Healey with no cutting or drilling. It seems to be no coincidence
>that the
> >motormount is in the identical location on both engines.
> >
> >Datsun was known for "copying" designs from British car manufacturers.
>
>Hello? The "myth" that I read recently in an 1970's Road & Track was
>that the Z-motor is so similar, internally & externally, to the late
>1960's Mercedes-Benz 6's that M-B did contemplate taking Datsun to
>court for copying the design so faithfully.
>
>So who did M-B copy? Anyone care to further the mythology of motor design?
>
> Shane Ingate in San Diego
>
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