Miine is still painted black, as is the grill, and 1 1/2" stripe arond the
bottom
edge
from front to back including wheelwell arches(PO)
Russ Southwell 70 1600 sora blue and black
Gordon Glasgow wrote:
> If you look at Hidehiro IIzuka's early stying sketches as reproduced in Phill
> Brook's (excellent) book, it appears that the tailights and relatively flat
>rear
> panel were part of the design from the very beginning. I think the taillights
> have a rather jet-exhaust look, which was quite common in that era.
>
> Of course, the panel isn't completely flat but rather has some interesting
> contours, which I'm sure has caused no end of grief to less-than-knowledgeable
> body men.
>
> By 1969 Triumph had picked up the flat rear panel idea in the
>Michelotti/Karmann
> designed TR6, which I always thought looked great. In fact, at one time I
> painted the rear panel on my roadster flat black like the Triumph (partly to
> hide corrosion).
>
> Gordon Glasgow
> Renton, WA
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of snyler
> > Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 5:08 PM
> > To: Mark Sedlack; roadster List
> > Subject: Roadster styling (was originality thread)
> >
> >
> > Mark Sedlack wrote
> >
> > >However, I personally have never liked the "flat" rear-end panel on the
> > >Roadster, and have always suspected it was due primarily to ease of
> > >manufacture, rather than a planned styling detail.
> > I've wondered about the back recently myself. Perhaps it's a cost thing,
> > perhaps the roadster was ahead of its time, anticipating the Kamm-back
> > styling of the late 60s. I used to think the taillights were stuck
> > on...items pulled from the Nissan parts bin, but they're unique to the
> > roadster. If they'd used Bluebird (311) taillights of the era (which
> > look like they might fit) there'd be much more of an MGB resemblance. I
> > know the Roadster had its debut a year earlier, but it's hard enough to
> > convince folks of the order of appearance as it is.
> > -Marc T.
> >
> > ==========================================================================
> > Marc Tyler TDROC Sisterdale TX
> > 1970 1600 #SPL311-31016
> > 1965 L-320 #L320 013642
> > http://datsun_marc.tripod.com/cgi-bin/datsun_homepage.html
> >
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