Calspeed,
According to Datsun.org and most of the literature that I have seen, there
is no way short of the factory build sheet to confirm it for a US car.
Canadian and Austrailian cars got the 150hp tags, but all US cars got the
135 tags.
Sid
>From: CalSpeed@aol.com
>To: datsunmike@nyc.rr.com, CalSpeed@aol.com, spl310@hotmail.com,
>solex67@hotmail.com, datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: 67 2000s for sale
>Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 18:27:33 EDT
>
>In a message dated 5/22/01 1:19:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>datsunmike@nyc.rr.com writes:
>
> > Not all 67.5 cars with Solexes had the ID plates if they weren't
>equipped so
> > from the factory...Does that make them less valuable or unoriginal? I
>don't
> > think so.
> > Not all 67.5s were delivered with Solexes but the dealers would gladly
> > install them for you ...If you want to nit pick get a Solex tag from the
> >
>
>Uh...... as I opened my original email. It isnt that I dont believe anyone
>about the Solex option "stuff". And certainly I cant be called a nit
>picker.
> Especially since I have done things to my 67.5 that would make it
>unoriginal. Red interior...? Please!
>
>But I understand how my original email may have been taken incorrectly so I
>will redo it to make it sound more appropriate.
>
>Is there a way to distinguish which cars were original Solex cars? I know
>that in 1967 is was a dealer option. In 1968-70 the carbs were not options
>but rather a parts counter purchase due to emission controls.
>
>I was wondering...... ;>) if there is a way to tell which cars were the
>original Solex cars. Is the ID tag marked 150hp? How about you Canadian
>folks...? Your cars didnt come with smog equipment. Did it? Maybe in
>Canada 1968-70 cars were also dealer options. Were they?
>
>Thanks you,
>
>Calspeed
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