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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>nissan were making "Austin 7"s before WWII.<div><br></div><div>and Frazer-Nash - before WWII and Bristol after were making BMW's<br><br>Peter Harrison <br>818 448 3181<br><br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">To: gsglasgow@comcast.net<br>Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 19:15:53 +0000<br>CC: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net<br>Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Interesting historical note<br>From: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net<br><br>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="">Gordon,</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="">Mechanics from the Brits for sure,
<span style=""> </span>but it looks to me like they mostly borrowed from a Fiat Spider.<span style="">
</span>Check this 1964 Fiat out:</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style=""><img width="514" height="210" id="ecxPicture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D1AD21.F5546590" alt="http://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Fiat-1200-1959jpg.jpg"></span><span style=""></span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="">Here is my 1964:</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="">Look at the headlight buckets on a 1969 Fiat Spider.<span style="">
</span>Looks Nissan was not the only company pilching design ideas.</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="">Respectfully,</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="">Charlie Hubbard</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><b><span style="">From:</span></b><span style=""> Datsun-roadsters [mailto:datsun-roadsters-bounces@autox.team.net]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Gordon Glasgow via Datsun-roadsters<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 13, 2016 11:05 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Roadster List <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Roadsters] Interesting historical note</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal">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.</p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal">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:</p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal">“1928: To enter the car business, BMW bought the Dixi Automobil Werke, which was building Austin Sevens under license.”</p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal">Gordon Glasgow</p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal">Renton, WA</p>
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