<< I met a guy at the Z-car meet in Las Vegas from South
Africa that has one.
> The July issue of Practical Classics (a great DIY British magazine)
features
> a '66 restored by Geoff Wright of Zimbabwe. He says there are three other
> Fairladys there. He had to have a windshield custom made!
>
> Leigh Brooks
> BADROC >>
Hi Leigh
I think that the guy at the Z Car meet will have been John Hunter - I've also
had a guy named Chuck Shah visit me from Zimbabwe - he has a lovely 1600 with
original Japanese hardtop and foglamps - I sold him some low screen roadster
parts. Chuck knows another 1600 owner called Vernon Rose from Bulawayo,
Zimbabwe, who is a friend of Geoff Wright (who's 1600 was featured in
Practical Classics last month) - small world!
Now for Rob's trivia time - 8 RHD Fairlady 1600s (they were all badged
Fairladies and were the same spec as the Japanese SP311s) were destined for
Zambia in 1965 - the story goes that because of political unrest they only
reached Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). The local Nissan/Datsun dealer sold them locally
- at least 5 (those mentioned above, and a Ford V8 engined Roadster) survive.
Now, going by that ratio, at least 25,000 of the 40,000 Roadsters ever built
should have survived!? (of which I gather at least 22,000 can be found in
SoCal!). Mmmm - perhaps not, but a nice thought.
Rob
<< I met a guy at the Z-car meet in Las Vegas from South
Africa that has one.
> The July issue of Practical Classics (a great DIY British magazine)
features
> a '66 restored by Geoff Wright of Zimbabwe. He says there are three other
> Fairladys there. He had to have a windshield custom made!
>
> Leigh Brooks
> BADROC >>
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