[Healeys] Datsun AH Fairlady Copy

[Alan Seigrist]

I forgot to mention the brakes are Hitachi copies of Dunlop brakes as well.

On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 4:21 PM, Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Reinhart -
>
> Yes, both before and after the war, Nissan had a very close
> relationship with Austin - in fact many of their 1930s models are
> Austin 7s build under license.  After the war they built A40s and
> A50s.   Actually the connection was so close that even after Datsun
> started building their own cars and motors, the engine-gearbox mount
> patterns were still interchangeable.  For example, Datsun 1500 motors
> are direct bolt up compatible into MGBs (MG was part of Austin in the
> 1950s and 60s).  In addition those of use with BJ8s in California were
> unable, for years, to find HD8 carbs at any auto wreckers because all
> the Datsun 240 racers and modders would take the HD8s and put them on
> their cars as a direct bolt on upgrade to the SU-Hitachi H6 carb.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alan
>
> On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Reinhart Rosner <reinhart.rosner at aon.at>
wrote:
>> Alan,
>>
>> thank you for sharing. I only knew about the later Datsun Fairlady, which
>> had straighter lines.
>>
>> Very interesting in the film is that they show an Austin at 0:14 which
might
>> be an A 30, from the size it is rather an A 40 or A 70. Did they produce
>> Austins in Japan?
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Reinhart
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Reinhart Rosner
>> 55 100 BN 1
>> Vienna - Austria
>>
>>
>> -----Urspr|ngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
>> Im Auftrag von Alan Seigrist
>> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 03. Oktober 2012 03:25
>> An: Healey
>> Betreff: [Healeys] Datsun AH Fairlady Copy
>>
>> Here's a very nice picture I saw today in today's WSJ of the Datsun copy
of
>> the Austin Healey.
>>
>> Figured you might appreciate it.
>>
>>
http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-SA732_0302da_H_20120302150341.j
>> pg
>>
>> And you can see one in the Nissan's DNA garage video:
>>
>>
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443890304578009284279919750.ht
>>
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>> 653971375934%26articleTabs%3Dvideo
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Alan