<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:24px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463170571785_3547">That is what I remember reading about the "L" series motors, that they were a Prince design which had Mercedes roots (at the very least).</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463170571785_3584"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463170571785_3589">Need to dig out and re-read some of my old Datsun books…</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463170571785_3585"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463170571785_3586">Gary McComrick</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463170571785_3587">San Jose, CA<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463170571785_3500"><span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463170571785_3443" class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463170571785_3422" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463170571785_3421" style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 24px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463170571785_3420" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463170571785_3419" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463170571785_3418" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Jerry Krakauer <jsk977@optonline.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> 'Gary McCormick' <gkmcc@sbcglobal.net>; 'Gordon Glasgow' <gsglasgow@comcast.net>; datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, May 13, 2016 12:51 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> RE: [Roadsters] Interesting historical note<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463170571785_3616" class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv9036951637"><style>#yiv9036951637 #yiv9036951637 --
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#yiv9036951637 </style><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463170571785_3615"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463170571785_3614" class="yiv9036951637WordSection1"><div class="yiv9036951637MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">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</span></div><div class="yiv9036951637MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv9036951637MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Jerry Krakauer</span></div><div class="yiv9036951637MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">SRL311 00099</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463170571785_3613" class="yiv9036951637MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv9036951637MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv9036951637yqt1660601946" id="yiv9036951637yqt98747"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463170571785_3618"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463170571785_3617" style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463170571785_3619" class="yiv9036951637MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> Datsun-roadsters [mailto:datsun-roadsters-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gary McCormick via Datsun-roadsters<br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 13, 2016 1:14 PM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> Gordon Glasgow; Roadster List<br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Roadsters] Interesting historical note</span></div></div></div><div class="yiv9036951637MsoNormal"> </div><div><div id="yiv9036951637yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463150784450_90263"><div class="yiv9036951637MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;">Isn't the L16/L24 of PL510, PL521/240Z fame based on, or a licensed version of, a Mercedes design?</span></div></div><div id="yiv9036951637yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463150784450_90265"><div class="yiv9036951637MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;"> </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv9036951637MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;">Gary McCormick</span></div></div><div id="yiv9036951637yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463150784450_90261"><div class="yiv9036951637MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;">San Jose, CA</span></div></div><div id="yiv9036951637yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463150784450_90259"><div class="yiv9036951637MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;">’70 2000 SRL311-13921</span></div></div><div id="yiv9036951637yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463150784450_90230"><div class="yiv9036951637MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.25in;background:white;"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;"> </span></div></div><div id="yiv9036951637yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463150784450_90228"><div id="yiv9036951637yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463150784450_90227"><div id="yiv9036951637yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463150784450_90226"><div id="yiv9036951637yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463150784450_90225"><div class="yiv9036951637MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;background:white;" align="center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"></span><hr size="1" width="100%" align="center"></div><div class="yiv9036951637MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> Gordon Glasgow via Datsun-roadsters <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net">datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net</a>><br clear="none"><b>To:</b> Roadster List <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net">datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net</a>> <br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 13, 2016 9:04 AM<br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> [Roadsters] Interesting historical note</span><span style=""></span></div></div><div id="yiv9036951637yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463150784450_90267"><div class="yiv9036951637MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style=""> </span></div><div id="yiv9036951637"><div id="yiv9036951637yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463150784450_90271"><div id="yiv9036951637yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463150784450_90270"><div><div class="yiv9036951637MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="">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.</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv9036951637MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style=""> </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv9036951637MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="">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:</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv9036951637MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style=""> </span></div></div><div id="yiv9036951637yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463150784450_90269"><div class="yiv9036951637MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="">“1928: To enter the car business, BMW bought the Dixi Automobil Werke, which was building Austin Sevens under license.”</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv9036951637MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style=""> </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv9036951637MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="">Gordon Glasgow</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv9036951637MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="">Renton, WA</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv9036951637MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style=""> </span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="yiv9036951637MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white;"><span style=""><br clear="none">________________________________________<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net">datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Donate: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br clear="none">Archive: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.team.net/archive">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br clear="none">Forums: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.team.net/forums">http://www.team.net/forums</a><br clear="none">Unsubscribe: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/datsun-roadsters/gkmcc@sbcglobal.net">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/datsun-roadsters/gkmcc@sbcglobal.net</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="none">
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