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Jamaican Up-date March 2007
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tony barnhill
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Re: Jamaican Update March 2007
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]240Z[/QUOTE]
Its almost like Datsun copied one!
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]240Z[/QUOTE]
Its almost like Datsun copied one!
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Re: Jamaican Update March 2007
Cross twix't a Daytona and a Pantera to me...
...and only think about a spook if th' front-end gets light at speed.
Nice job, Sir. VERY nice.
Though I never liked the "kit car" looks of the Jamaican: You've changed my opinion. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/thumbsup.gif
Cross twix't a Daytona and a Pantera to me...
...and only think about a spook if th' front-end gets light at speed.
Nice job, Sir. VERY nice.
Though I never liked the "kit car" looks of the Jamaican: You've changed my opinion. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/thumbsup.gif
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billspohn
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Re: Jamaican Update March 2007
Its almost like Datsun copied one! [/QUOTE]
Probably not, but the similarity IS striking. The Datsun had been in development at about the same time. The Jamaican was released in around 1967 and the 240Z in the Fall of 1969 (cars actually built in 1969 are highly desirable in those vintage racing groups that cut off at the end of 1969).
Maybe there was a secret spying trip from one continent to the other, but I really don't think so.
With the Stingray windscreen, and 911 rear window the Jamaican does look far less awkward than any other kit cat I can recall - maybe because it wasn't trying to emulate anything too closely, other than the Miura, but so distantly that there are a lot of other cars (as suggested by you guys) that come up before anyone latches onto a Miura.
tony barnhill said:
Its almost like Datsun copied one! [/QUOTE]
Probably not, but the similarity IS striking. The Datsun had been in development at about the same time. The Jamaican was released in around 1967 and the 240Z in the Fall of 1969 (cars actually built in 1969 are highly desirable in those vintage racing groups that cut off at the end of 1969).
Maybe there was a secret spying trip from one continent to the other, but I really don't think so.
With the Stingray windscreen, and 911 rear window the Jamaican does look far less awkward than any other kit cat I can recall - maybe because it wasn't trying to emulate anything too closely, other than the Miura, but so distantly that there are a lot of other cars (as suggested by you guys) that come up before anyone latches onto a Miura.