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Of 240Z, TR6 & A-H motors

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Subject: Of 240Z, TR6 & A-H motors
From: ingate@shiseis.com (Shane F. Ingate)
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 96 09:34:36 PST
Keith Edwards wrote:

        >.....newsletter of the Austin-Healey Club of America, had a detailed
        >article on the installation of a Z engine in a Healey.  I was _very
        >surprised_ to learn that the Datsun engine and tranny bolts right into 
a
        >Healey with no cutting or drilling.  It seems to be no coincidence 
that the
        >motormount is in the identical location on both engines.
        >
        >Datsun was known for "copying" designs from British car manufacturers.

Hello?  The "myth" that I read recently in an 1970's Road & Track was
that the Z-motor is so similar, internally & externally, to the late
1960's Mercedes-Benz 6's that M-B did contemplate taking Datsun to
court for copying the design so faithfully.

So who did M-B copy?  Anyone care to further the mythology of motor design?

        Shane Ingate in San Diego

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