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1972 Datsun 240Z [S30]

1972 Datsun 240Z [S30] in Fox, TV Series, 1980 Ep. 1.07

Class: Cars, Coupé — Model origin: — Made for:

1972 Datsun 240Z [S30]

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Owner of this vehicle: sijar

Comments about this vehicle

Author	Message
Danzie ◊ 2017-09-12 19:30
the sad biker ◊ 2017-09-12 19:33	it'll be a 240 on a '72 plate.
dsl ◊ 2017-09-12 20:13	SPO 137K ✓ Taxed Tax due: 01 October 2018 ✓ MOT Expires: 30 August 2018 Vehicle make: DATSUN Date of first registration: January 1972 Year of manufacture: 1972 Cylinder capacity (cc): 2393 cc Fuel type: PETROL Export marker: No Vehicle status: Tax not due Vehicle colour: ORANGE ...... which is where things go slightly strange .... but "Classic Cars cover car is a ringer" which contains "Have you seen the new Classic Cars mag with a rather nice 240Z on the cover? Does anybody know the owner of this vehicle? If so tell them they have stolen the reg no from my friends 240Z, I have just checked with him and his car is still sat in the garage and is a different colour. The car has been well known in the Bristol area for over 20 years .... " "Guilty! You've caught us red-handed. That cover car is a ringer, but not quite in the way you probably imagine. In the magazine, you'll have seen the studio photography of Nissan UK's gorgeous, freshly restored yellow 240Z. We did an action shoot with that same car for the cover, but we were nervous of using it because the previous issue had a yellow Ferrari 275GTB/4 on the cover. To the untrained eye, from a distance, they look very similar indeed... So we 'resprayed' our yellow Z using a dash of computer magic. To try to avoid confusion, we changed its registration (again by manipulating the photographic image) to that of a Datsun press car that was lent out for road tests back when it was new. I'm glad to hear it's still very much alive and well, and that it's been rescued from its life as a drag racer." So SPO 137K has had an interesting career, and in a strange and ironic case of life imitating art seems to genuinely have become orange.
Danzie ◊ 2017-09-12 20:16	Wow, how odd, wonder if the owner knows it was used on TV.
dsl ◊ 2018-10-02 13:39	Passing comment after a second look that it has the strange JDM-spec wing mirrors on stalks - as far as I know UK cars had door mirrors instead.
sijar ◊ 2020-05-18 10:09	Hi. Thanks for this. I now (May 2020) own the car and have done so since 2015. I didn't know it had been on screen - so interesting. It was a Datsun press car in 1972 and features in motoring magazines of the day. Its now orange and sits on Wolfraces.
dsl ◊ 2021-04-26 01:15	See also probable appearance in Target.

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