HS30-H Posted January 16, 2020 Posted January 16, 2020 On 1/14/2020 at 4:32 AM, C.A.F. said: I believe this to be the most accurate video about L series engine on the net! You're officially off my Christmas card list. OdinZ and gav240z 2 Quote
C.A.R. Posted January 16, 2020 Posted January 16, 2020 7 minutes ago, HS30-H said: You're officially off my Christmas card list. Shirley you jest?! Quote
HS30-H Posted January 16, 2020 Posted January 16, 2020 3 minutes ago, C.A.F. said: Shirley you jest?! Shirley's only my name on every second Friday of the month. Don't want to wear out those stilletos. OdinZ and C.A.R. 2 Quote
OdinZ Posted January 16, 2020 Posted January 16, 2020 13 minutes ago, HS30-H said: You're officially off my Christmas card list. Quote
HS30-H Posted January 16, 2020 Posted January 16, 2020 1 hour ago, OdinZ said: Full disclosure: I haven't got a Christmas card list... OdinZ 1 Quote
Administrators gav240z Posted January 16, 2020 Administrators Posted January 16, 2020 4 hours ago, HS30-H said: Does it get any better? Looks like I have about 25 minutes to go. Better get the blood pressure pills ready... Not really...once he moves on past the "history" it gets better. But you won't take away anything new. Quote
Administrators gav240z Posted January 16, 2020 Administrators Posted January 16, 2020 4 hours ago, OdinZ said: I was actually going to post this. But I thought you may want to reel him in further... OdinZ 1 Quote
hmd Posted January 16, 2020 Posted January 16, 2020 9 hours ago, HS30-H said: I've only got 6 minutes into it so far (can only take so much at one time...) I didn't make it that far, so I scrolled to the 21 minute mark to see what he has to say about Dave's M3 and he's still not talk about his much hype stage 1, so I quit and decide to watch something else with a better sound track OdinZ 1 Quote
260DET Posted January 16, 2020 Posted January 16, 2020 On 11/6/2019 at 7:33 PM, HS30-H said: Thank you. I don't know where they get it from. You'd think that social media and The Information Age would help truth and balance to spread, but the opposite seems true. Just dumber and dumber. Just last week I was having a 'conversation' with an American guy (although it was mostly him talking *at* me, and firing Google links in my direction like they were truth bombs) and he was a great example of a die-hard Katayama worshipper. According to this guy, Katayama single-handedly built "Datsun USA" (despite the bad guys back in Japan "hoping he would fail"...WTF?), and then conceived and designed the 510 and 240Z (and specifically "for the USA"). Claimed Katayama was "a qualified engineer" (he wasn't). It's like arguing with 'Truthers'... That's par for the course with Americans on any topic, I'm a WWII military history buff and some of the supposed info that makes it into video is just nonsense. But Americans invariably believe it, particularly if it's what they want to hear, if it's disputed the general reaction is either silence or references to other nonsense. There is virtually no original research involved in their responses, it's all cut 'n paste over and over again.. Quote
OdinZ Posted January 16, 2020 Posted January 16, 2020 5 hours ago, gav240z said: I was actually going to post this. But I thought you may want to reel him in further... well he watched more than i did! and i dont even know what is factually correct either Quote
KatoKid Posted February 20, 2020 Posted February 20, 2020 OdinZ, gav240z, JDM-TOY and 2 others 4 1 Quote
HS30-H Posted February 20, 2020 Posted February 20, 2020 "598th Zee car made". I reckon somewhere around 1,600th. gav240z and OdinZ 2 Quote
brent012 Posted March 20, 2020 Posted March 20, 2020 I'm 5 minutes in and there's already been stock footage from Edward Lee's channel and a bit of Mr K lore. But sharing as Donut Media is a massive channel and that, IMO, makes this a "cool" Z video. Quote
Administrators gav240z Posted April 3, 2020 Administrators Posted April 3, 2020 Z car garage in San Jose has a couple of nice S30z's featured. L28 turbo build. Safari Gold stroker L28. Quote
Kuba Posted April 3, 2020 Posted April 3, 2020 Anyone's using the brake kit mentioned in this video? Quote
Administrators gav240z Posted April 3, 2020 Administrators Posted April 3, 2020 33 minutes ago, Kuba said: Anyone's using the brake kit mentioned in this video? The Zcar Garage StopTech kit? I've been thinking about it. But would probably look for Mk63s first. Otherwise sounds like a good kit. Quote
AndBir Posted April 26, 2020 Posted April 26, 2020 Ross Dunkerton and Graham Alexander discuss Datsun 240/260Z's with James Nixon at Rally Retro 2020. Enzo 1 Quote
Administrators gav240z Posted May 12, 2020 Administrators Posted May 12, 2020 Anyone here had a go at this 1? Quote
C.A.R. Posted May 17, 2020 Posted May 17, 2020 I haven't watched it yet, so can someone tell me if it's accurate or not...? Quote
Administrators gav240z Posted May 18, 2020 Administrators Posted May 18, 2020 7:30 in and you're gonna give someone a heart attack... Quote
HS30-H Posted May 18, 2020 Posted May 18, 2020 9 hours ago, C.A.F. said: I haven't watched it yet, so can someone tell me if it's accurate or not...? 7 hours ago, gav240z said: 7:30 in and you're gonna give someone a heart attack... Thank heavens for Lisinopril Dihydrate. Same old same old, isn't it? It starts out looking like it might be a little less USA-centric than other efforts, and then proceeds to go down the same old route with the same old tropes. No name mentioned until Katayama's ("enter Yutaka Katayama...") and everything up to that point presented as some kind of failure. Apparently Nissan - and presumably Japanese industry in general - only existed in order to service the cheaper end of the USA market? Do the people who put these things together ever consider that Nissan - let alone Japan and the Japanese people themselves - might want to have a sports car in their line-up, something to aspire to and something to be proud of in Japan...? Why do these cod history pieces always revolve around the USA market? I don't get how anybody who considers themselves to be any kind of automotive journalist or historian can repeat The Great Katayama Removing Fairlady Emblems Fable without thinking through the logistics of it? How many cars do they think were involved? Why do they think those particular cars had 'Fairlady Z' emblems on them, and why do they think the 'Z' part was OK'd by Katayama but 'Fairlady' wasn't? Where did the '240Z' emblems suddenly come from? How come they - and the 'Datsun' scripts - just happened to fit in the same holes? What inspired the '240' name in the first place, and who came up with it? It's all just a load of bollocks draped around a germ of fact in a much wider - and far more interesting - story. Deja vu. All over again. Thank heavens for Lisinopril Dihydrate. gav240z, OdinZ and C.A.R. 3 Quote
Administrators gav240z Posted May 18, 2020 Administrators Posted May 18, 2020 Well after piecing together a gallery of HS30s for the past few weeks I'm already exhausted. And that's about 400 cars.. can't imagine how Katayama went removing badges from 4000 of them! Nissan must have been paying him well. C.A.R. 1 Quote
Enzo Posted June 7, 2020 Posted June 7, 2020 (edited) Hi Guys, Just finished watching this video of "Iconic engines", Datsun "L" series. Thoroughly enjoyable and a bit of humour. I'm not sure if it has been posted before. David. Edited June 7, 2020 by Enzo Quote
HS30-H Posted June 7, 2020 Posted June 7, 2020 6 hours ago, Enzo said: Just finished watching this video of "Iconic engines", Datsun "L" series. Thoroughly enjoyable and a bit of humour. I'm not sure if it has been posted before. Less than 5 mins in and already 'Mr K' is the messiah. No thanks. OdinZ 1 Quote
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