At 10:23 AM 8/26/97 -0400, you wrote:
>A few years ago at the Carlisle Import car weekend, we happened upon a
>parking lot outside of town that was filled with what appeared to be
>LBCs. Thinking it was an MG gathering, I decided to impose myself upon
>this group for a little chat (hadn't had the Midget long, it wasn't on
>the road yet, and I didn't know much about LBCs yet), We started
>looking around at the cars and, to my surprise, it turned out they were
>DATSUNS! I never saw them before (apparently aren't any in our area),
>but they looked just like our MGs! I don't know how many mecanical
>similarities there are, as I never got to see under the hood, but
>without seeing the Datsun badge, you would never know the difference.
Almost certainly the Nissan/Datsun Sports Fairlady. Personally I think its
supposed similarity in looks to the MGB is overstated, but it was peculiar
since both came out in 62. Many arguments about who copied whom. I think the
similarity is coincidental and, again, not all that similar. I can tell 'em
apart easily, and their differences are even more telling when side by side.
. .although the Datsun's taller shape (made more pronounced by a taller
windshield) makes it look something like the offspring of an unholy union
between an MGB and a TR4.
Many people say they are good cars in their own right, however. Don't know
personally.
Michael, New Bern, NC
I can tell you from years of driving the Datsun 2000 was one hell of an
automobile.
It would take lots of abuse, handle fairly well and would run FAST.
Overhead cam
engine redlined at 8000 and it had a 5 speed. I drove one from age 23 thru
27 and
it shouldn't have lasted that long(my younger, careless days).
Gregg Baker
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