FILMS "Road test in the U.S. & CANADA Oct-Dec 1969"

[HS30-H]

.......those journalists must have been having fun.

Gav,

They were not journalists, they were much more important people than that! They were the official test crew for the North American / Canada testing in late 1969.

Kats posted some fantastic stuff on this subject back in the "Philosophy" thread ( although it deserves its own thread ). He posted stills of the title sequence of the cine film, and first-hand background stuff from the staff involved. You need to start looking around page 6 or 7 onwards : "North American testing" on 'Philosophy' thread:

Kats,

Wonderful stuff. Thank you.

In the next instalment - they take an engine apart? Fascinating. That's a must-see.

Cheers,

Alan T.

[26th-Z]

I think this is what he is talking about, Alan.

[HS30-H]

Ah, you got a preview then 26th-Z?

Will we see footage of Katayama san ripping off the 'Fairlady Z' emblems, throwing them on the ground and jumping up and down on them?

[Gav240z]

Thanks for that Alan.

[26th-Z]

No, no! Don't touch that fair lady!

Those are just pictures I grabbed from the thread you refered to, Alan. Not to take any smoke out of Kats' fire, this is great. I can hardly wait for the next episode "where Doris gets 'er oats"!

[kats]

Thank you everyone for watching them!

26th-z and Alan,I am happy if you help me as usual!

Today I revised the website for adding some films,you will enjoy them.

http://www.geocities.jp/datsunz903/films.html

"Test vehicles arrived" you can see how the vehicles are transported and please feel what a great moment when they open the box!!I imagine they must be so excited like children opening their birthday present.

"Heavy maintenance" I am sorry this bad condition,original tape is not good too.According to the report from the crew,they did 4 times of maintenance in the test operation.Once I asked Mr.Uemura that the maintenance period of 240Z service manual was scheduled after their test in the U.S. & Canada? He told me "NOT".He siad the maintenance period had already scheduled before the test.I think I made a stupid question because the first service manual of 240Z is dated "1st November 1969".The test was completed very late of December.

And one thing I was surprised is,the test crews DID maintenance themselvs!Also they are specialists in their company,each of them have a specialized field for making S30 project.Mr.Uemura is a specialist of the suspention & drive train components,Mr.Osawa is not just a cameraman on this test operation,he is a specialist of instrument & dash compornents.

And,who are they?? you can see 2 ladies are invited to "STAFF ONLY" area and looking around at 240Zs.I think they must be feel the beauty of 240Z.

"Cold weather operation" you can see the defroster is working!!

Thank you,

kats

[kats]

Thank you Gav240z,

My wheels are japanese made "ENKEI".I wish I had american made wheels like American racing,Western wheels,etc.I bought them aprox.$100 U.S. then I did polishing by myself. Off set is plus 6mm,I still prefer 0mm or minus off set like american made wheels which I think looks cooler than mine.

They are 14X6,tires are 205/70-14.

kats

[zhead240]

well, i just finished watching the first film....next

very enjoyable

[26th-Z]

Bravo!! Bravo!!

Thanks Kats. Great. I like the custom sound effects!

[bpilati]

Katsuhiko, this is great stuff!!! How do you find this stuff? Is that Mr. K in the first film? Also, does Nissan still have design drawings stored around at their facility? Anyway, I loved watching the footage, too bad they didn't have a better camera at the time. It must have been 8mm film or something. Thanks again for your efforts.

[philUK]

absolutely brilliant, priceless footage - thanks Kats!

[Alfadog]

Absolutely fantastic footage. Thankyou so much for sharing this with us. If it weren't for you, I'm sure many of us would never ever see it. There's something really awesome about seeing a brand-new Z-car. As a younger person it's hard to imagine how a new 240Z would have been like..... would have liked to been around back then!