Lagavullin

I concurr, if my memory serves me correctly the articile appeared in the now defunct Sport Car World or a simular publication around the date mentioned or it may have been earlier, a copy of which I belive may still in my poccession in archive storage, and if time permits I venture in to the repository and have look for it.

At no point did the writer state that cars where here sold here in 1969, although there is public record of 240's being in Australia 1969 and orders being placed for them with delivery taking place in 1970. the offical records would reflect the date of the finalisation of the transaction ie the date of registration.

No ZedRally I dont concede anything but was awaiting a reply with a level of abstemious logic, as you have now managed to acheive some close to that. Whilst the US, was the primarly objective for Datsun in 1969 in terms of market penetration with the 240, a number of cars did appear for sale in England and to a limited degree in New Zealand as well as a few in to Australia, with the majority of the Australian Cars arriving after Jan 1970 and interestingly there was also a number of English Spec Cars that found their way here also when a shipment was apparently diverted due to industrial disputes in England in late 72."

Given that data quoted was straight from documents ex Datsun/ Nissan and they where exported in to a number of counties apart from Australia and USA including England. Its unfortunate that I dont have the break down from country to country, But MOM, even the data published in Victoria British Catalogue of 2000 is questionable.

Based on the data that I have from the Datsun/ Nissan Car office that the car was built in early 1970, as there records indicate the following in terms of production 1969 438 1970 17892 1971 41595 1972 61595 1973 34584 1974 1310 Given that according to Japan Automobile Federation that construction didnt comence untill Oct 69 with chassis H(L ) 30-00001 and engine number L24 -2001, bearing in mind that the base L24 was used also in other Datsun Models of the era. One other point to remember is that the fittment of compliance plates where in fact optional by the dealer or distributor during this period.