>>>R John Lye said:
> On Nov 2, 7:47am, Bruce T. Clough wrote:
> > Did British Leyland host Nissan engineers on an "engineer swap" program?
>
> Sort of - I assume you know that Nissan started out by building Austins
> under license, and only later began building their own designs. Take
> a look at the carbs and brakes on a 240Z sometime - they ought to look
> *very* familiar.
Ore for even more Deja Vu, look at a Datsun 1600 or 2000 roadster.
Take an MGB, replace all the BSF fasteners and with metric
Phillips-head cap screws....
Well, not quite but it's uncanny.
--berry
Berry Kercheval :: Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
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