Put me down for a copy. If club orders are the prefered method, is there
an East Coast ROC, or VA ROC I could order it through? Whatever, we'll
work all that out when more orders are tabulated.
Alex Avery
Swoope, VA
At 04:00 PM 12/13/00 +1000, fairlady wrote:
>I am please to announce the release of Fair Lady, Japan's First Sports Car.
>
>As its name implies, this beautifully designed, high quality book takes a
>detailed look at the image building car that helped lift Nissan-Datsun from a
>local Japanese manufacturer to one of the world's largest car makers.
>
>This book has been 5 years in the making (with some sizeable breaks) and has
>involved the ipput and cooperation of a number of list members. I have
>conducted interviews with designers, engineers and notable owners of these
>cars in Japan, Europe, North America and Australia. I have also been granted
>access to a great deal of material from Nissan's own archives. I also
>commissioned a great number of original photographs to help make this book
>something special.
>
>The book focuses on the period from 1958 to 1970, a time of explosive growth
>for the Japanese automotive industry and Nissan-Datsun in particular. Fair
>Lady starts with a look at the history of Nissan, the mood and politics of the
>Japanese industry at the time and sports cars offered by Japanese
>manufacturers during this period. The book then moves on to take a detailed
>look at the design, construction and development of the various models that
>bear the badge Fair Lady. Later Chapters focus on racing and rallying
>accomplishments, production numbers and worldwide distribution and finally,
>tips for current and intending owners.
>
>There is also a chapter on the Silvia coupe. This stunning car was a
>mechanical sister to the Fair Lady convertible. The Silvia won acclaim all
>around the world for its beautiful styling but was a sales failure.
>
>This book is the first in the English language to focus purely on these cars.
>While it is aimed particularly at owners and enthusiasts of these cars, Fair
>Lady, Japan's First Sports Cars is also suitable for the curious and those
>with a general interest in things automotive.
>
>Details in brief:
>Title: Fair Lady, Japan's First Sports Car
>Published by Banzai Productions
> P O Box 615
> Artarmon NSW 1570
> Australia
>
>ISBN 0-646-40690-6
>148 pages (including 20 pages of colour sections) plus cover
>167 photographs and illustrations
>The size is 245mm by 190mm
>It is soft bound and printed on 130gsm paper
>Recommended retail price is US$30
>
>To keep costs down for everyone I would prefer to sell in quantities through
>clubs. This would save currency conversion and other banking costs as well as
>postage. For instance, a single copy posted by economy air would be US$36 to
>US$38 but 3 copies sent to the same address would total US$102 or US$34each.
>Larger quantities would be cheaper again. I would also look favourably at
>discounting on large orders.
>
>This Fair Lady will not be available in US bookshops for sometime, if at all
>(unless a lot of you start asking Motorbooks or Amazon.com about it). I have
>sold about 40 copies of the book in Australia so far and expect the first
>copies to arrive in the USA and Britain within the next week.
>
>Some list members are among those with copies of the book and should be able
>to confirm the quality of Fair Lady, Japan's First Sports Car.
>
>Please contact me if you require more information.
>
>Kindest Regards,
>Phill Brook
>
>BTW There are NO pictures of Z cars in the book.
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