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Joining the festivities for the Z's 40th anniversary, the folks over at the NICOClub, a forum dedicated to Nissan and Infiniti cars, published these two black and white photos of the first 240Z and its modern day successor, the 370Z. The original picture with the two pre-production 240Zs and a Datsun 510 support car that were driven by Datsun engineers was shot in October 1969 on Van Buren Street in downtown Phoenix.
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Forty years ago, on October 22, 1969, the 240Z made its way to North America offering Datsun (now know as Nissan) its first true sports car on this part of the world. The 240Z debuted in the U.S. as a 1970 model (click here for our photo tribute on the...
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Cars
Nissan Club Celebrates Z's 40th Birthday with 'Back to the Future' Photo Shoot
Joining the festivities for the Z's 40th anniversary, the folks over at the NICOClub, a forum dedicated to Nissan and Infiniti cars, published these two black and white photos of the first 240Z and its modern day successor, the 370Z. The original picture with the two pre-production 240Zs and a Datsun 510 support car that were driven by Datsun engineers was shot in October 1969 on Van Buren Street in downtown Phoenix.Nico Club forum member 'AZhitman' and his pal re-staged the photo shoot at the same exact location during a test drive last year replacing the 240Zs with two Nissan 370Zs and the Datsun with a new Nissan Maxima that were positioned in the same way as they were 40 years ago.
PS: We digitally enhanced the second photo with the 370Zs to give the impression of an aged effect
Via: NICOClub , Photos: AZHitman
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Datsun is back some three decades after Nissan came to the decision that it would be to its best interest to kill the name in the early 1980s. Now, Datsun is starting afresh as the third Nissan Motor Company's brand after Nissan and Infiniti as a...
- Scoop: Mildly Facelifted Nissan Micra Caught Unguarded In Thailand
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Shortly after releasing MSRPs on the 2010 Rogue S Krom Edition, Nissan announced pricing for another special edition model, the 370Z 40th Anniversary Edition, which is scheduled to go on sale in early spring 2010. Created to commemorate the 40th anniversary...
- Nissan Usa Marks Z's 40th Anniversary With Special Edition 370z
Forty years ago, on October 22, 1969, the 240Z made its way to North America offering Datsun (now know as Nissan) its first true sports car on this part of the world. The 240Z debuted in the U.S. as a 1970 model (click here for our photo tribute on the...
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