Early Canadian 240z Promotional Poster

[Mike B]

hey mike..no offense, but i think what you're trying to say is that in 1973 1.00 CAN$ = 1.00 US$ (not $4325)

otherwise according to your chart you could buy a whole Z for 1 CAN$ !! otherwise that would be an heck of an exchange !!!!! :)

Well it made sense to me at the time. Especially if you read the last sentence before the chart "Here are the conversions I found for one US dollar." I was showing the conversions used and answering the question above my post of "What was $4325 Canadian in US dollars?" So in 1969 $1.00 US converts to $1.0770 Canadian, and $4325 Canadian equates to $4015.78 US. Sorry if that hurt anyones brain or if they were lead to believe you could buy a 240z in Canada for $1ROFL

-Mike

[Carl Beck]

If I had to guess, and a guess would be all it would be.... I'd say that the Z Car pictured is most likely one of the two North American Test Cars.... with pictures taken when they were in Canada in 69.

FWIW,

Carl B.

[geezer]

Would the models that were destined for Canada be different from the ones destined for the USA?

Yes, the Canadian models had a separate designation. After Jan 1970 all US market cars were mandated by law to have a fuel vapor recovery system and were also equipt with an air pump. Not so in Canada and also the fuel tanks continued to be vented to the atmosphere. Also, a higher amperage battery along with a higher output alternator were incorporated into the Canadian models to better cope with extreem cold. Other differences escape me.

I found it interesting how many different model designations there are. While doing some other research I came across a chart that shows the 36 different model designations for the North American market in the transition years of '74-'75. I have never seen a listing of model designations that includes all markets worldwide or a breakdown of the significance of each, but it would be quite an undertaking to lay all that information out. When these cars were built, the cars were accompanied with a build sheet that included the Model designation. This told the assembly workers what components were called for. Different models were needed to comply with mandates imposed by the various countries and also differences developed by Nissan. I'm of the opinion that all models destined for all markets were intermixed and run down the same assembly lines for the most part.

Back to the pamplet. I imagine the lead time was substantially longer than today to get this printed material developed and off to press. Also, many final decisions and changes to the final product were probably made but not reflected in print. It's all part of what makes the early cars so interesting.

[26th-Z]

If I had to guess, and a guess would be all it would be.... I'd say that the Z Car pictured is most likely one of the two North American Test Cars.... with pictures taken when they were in Canada in 69.

FWIW,

Carl B.

This photograph is definitely from the North American testing program.

[Carl Beck]

Yes, the Canadian models had a separate designation. After Jan 1970 all US market cars were mandated by law to have a fuel vapor recovery system and were also equipt with an air pump. Not so in Canada and also the fuel tanks continued to be vented to the atmosphere. Also, a higher amperage battery along with a higher output alternator were incorporated into the Canadian models to better cope with extreem cold. Other differences escape me.

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Back to the pamplet. I imagine the lead time was substantially longer than today to get this printed material developed and off to press. Also, many final decisions and changes to the final product were probably made but not reflected in print. It's all part of what makes the early cars so interesting.

Hi Ron:

Actually the gasoline evaporative control system was only required in California in 1970. The U.S. Clean Air Act gave the individual States the authority to set local standards based on their local air quality. Our EPA wasn't established in law at the Federal Level until Dec. of 1970.

Nonetheless, California accounted for over 35% of Datsun sales so all cars intended for the US were built to the California standards after Jan. Several of the early production (69) cars did not have the gasoline vapor recovery system, but so far all of them we have found had the Air Pump..

Canada did not require the Air Pump for their emissions standards in 1970, so several early cars into Canada were not equipped with them, although Nissan seems to have standardized production by late Jan/Feb of 1970 for all North American Z's, or the Canadian emissions standards could have changed as well.

Air quality testing, emissions standards and technical compliance were all iterative processes during that period. Our Federal Government, our various State Governments and the automotive manufacturers were all heavily involved. When legal requirements were passed, that some of the automotive manufacturers simply could not meet, they were granted delays, sometime by made and sometimes only to specific models...

I agree that in many cases the paperwork and the product didn't agree. Our recent discussion about the carpeting is an example.

FWIW,

Carl B.

[Mike B]

I was looking through some old pictures and noticed that I had saved photos of a French language version of the first brochure that I posted about. Google translator says "En grande vitesse avec la Datsun 240Z" means "Into high gear with the Datsun 240Z". No French translation for "Groove with it" I guess .

-Mike