[Roadsters] Interesting historical note

[Gary McCormick]

Well, the "L" series being based on the U20 is one I've never heard.
Gary McCormick
San Jose, CA


      From: NOTMGB <roadsters311 at rogers.com>
 To: Gary McCormick <gkmcc at sbcglobal.net> 
 Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 11:50 AM
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the L series motor was more based on the U20 motor with the overhead cam design...they just use one chain instead of two...with a smoother rev .The 240 engine and later was just another two cylinders added to a 4 cylinder block design...there were also other motors Nissan used in Japanthat never made it to US or overseas  they had a V 8 version that was similar to the Mercedes that it had one timing chain in front. There wereso many differences that no one company could say you copied this from me...Japan or Nissan would buy licences for certain parts if they felt it was cheaper to do..ie..buying the fifth gearing for the roadster 5 speed..and that they used a NA automatic transmission for the 240 . AlOttawa From: Gary McCormick via Datsun-roadsters Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 1:14 PMTo: Gordon Glasgow ; Roadster List Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Interesting historical note Isn't the L16/L24 of PL510, PL521/240Z fame based on, or a licensed version of, a Mercedes design? Gary McCormickSan Jose, CA’70 2000 SRL311-13921


From: Gordon Glasgow via Datsun-roadsters <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
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Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 9:04 AM
Subject: [Roadsters] Interesting historical note
 #yiv2864968203 #yiv2864968203 -- filtered {panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}#yiv2864968203 filtered {font-family:calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}#yiv2864968203 p.yiv2864968203msonormal, #yiv2864968203 li.yiv2864968203msonormal, #yiv2864968203 div.yiv2864968203msonormal {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:11.0pt;}#yiv2864968203 a:link, #yiv2864968203 span.yiv2864968203msohyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv2864968203 a:visited, #yiv2864968203 span.yiv2864968203msohyperlinkfollowed {color:purple;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv2864968203 span.yiv2864968203emailstyle17 {color:windowtext;}#yiv2864968203 .yiv2864968203msochpdefault {}#yiv2864968203 filtered {margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}#yiv2864968203 div.yiv2864968203wordsection1 {}#yiv2864968203 I have sometimes heard Nissan/Datsun criticized by Euro-centric car enthusiasts for simply copying British designs. This was somewhat true after WWII, when Datsun was making Austin clones under license. But I just ran across an interesting note in a Car and Driver Web article about BMW, which began with airplanes prior to WWI, then switched to motorcycles after the war. Here’s the quote: “1928: To enter the car business, BMW bought the Dixi Automobil Werke, which was building Austin Sevens under license.” Gordon GlasgowRenton, WA 
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