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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Don’t know about the L series, but I can tell you that the U20 cylinder head was a design licensed by Prince Motors from Mercedes that Nissan inherited when they acquired Prince in the mid 60s<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jerry Krakauer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>SRL311 00099<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Datsun-roadsters [mailto:datsun-roadsters-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gary McCormick via Datsun-roadsters<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 13, 2016 1:14 PM<br><b>To:</b> Gordon Glasgow; Roadster List<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Roadsters] Interesting historical note<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463150784450_90263"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>Isn't the L16/L24 of PL510, PL521/240Z fame based on, or a licensed version of, a Mercedes design?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463150784450_90265"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>Gary McCormick<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463150784450_90261"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>San Jose, CA<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463150784450_90259"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>’70 2000 SRL311-13921<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463150784450_90230"><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.25in;background:white'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463150784450_90228"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463150784450_90227"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463150784450_90226"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463150784450_90225"><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Gordon Glasgow via Datsun-roadsters <<a href="mailto:datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net">datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>To:</b> Roadster List <<a href="mailto:datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net">datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 13, 2016 9:04 AM<br><b>Subject:</b> [Roadsters] Interesting historical note</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463150784450_90267"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div id=yiv0032855320><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463150784450_90271"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463150784450_90270"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>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:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463150784450_90269"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>“1928: To enter the car business, BMW bought the Dixi Automobil Werke, which was building Austin Sevens under license.”<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Gordon Glasgow<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Renton, WA<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><br>________________________________________<br><br><a href="mailto:datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net">datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net</a><br><br>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br>Forums: <a href="http://www.team.net/forums" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/forums</a><br>Unsubscribe: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/datsun-roadsters/gkmcc@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/datsun-roadsters/gkmcc@sbcglobal.net</a><br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><br />
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