And it all ties back to the Datsun Roadster...eh, well the Silvia CSP311.
Albrect Von Goertz, the chap who designed the Silvia CSP311, approached
Nissan with the design for the 2000 GT first. Nissan declined.
He next went to Toyota and they picked up the project.
The rest is history...
Dan Zubkoff
San Mateo, CA
>From: "Brian Hollands" <Brian_Hollands@adp.com>
>Reply-To: "Brian Hollands" <Brian_Hollands@adp.com>
>To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
>Subject: FW: James Bond
>Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 21:02:02 -0400
>
>Funny no one mentioned it but the convertible 2000GT in the movie (they
>built 3 of them) were for the movie and car shows only. Toyota never
>built a convertible version of the car for sale. Those in the movie had
>no tops and I think the boot area was done in plywood, not metal.
>Too Bad
>
>Brian '69 2000
>Tampa, FL
>web.Tampabay.rr.com/oilleak
>
>
_________________________________________________________________
Get 10MB of e-mail storage! Sign up for Hotmail Extra Storage.
|