914Driver
914Driver SuperDork
12/7/10 2:01 p.m.

<Not mine etc., but looks too clean not to pass along.

http://albany.craigslist.org/cto/2096041246.html

Located in Vermont.

Karl La Follette
Karl La Follette HalfDork
12/7/10 4:38 p.m.

Hardtop nice , good price floors look solid

BoxheadTim
BoxheadTim GRM+ Memberand Dork
12/7/10 6:24 p.m.

I keep getting tempted by them - they occasionally turn up in NorCal in half-decent condition...

What's the parts availability like for these?

digdug18
digdug18 HalfDork
12/8/10 1:14 a.m.

mmmm, that would be fun with a v8 swap.

spitfirebill
spitfirebill Dork
12/8/10 7:47 a.m.

I didn't realize they still made them after the 240Z came out. I've always liked these cars, but would prefer the 2 liter.

racerdave600
racerdave600 HalfDork
12/8/10 3:11 p.m.

I've been considering buying one, which is ironic in that it is the same one that led me to my house. But that is another story.

Anyway, there is some conjecture that the 1600 is the better motor and can be uprated to 2000 specs pretty easily.

914Driver
914Driver SuperDork
12/10/10 8:56 a.m.

I had a 1966 1600 for a while, parts aren't a problem.

Dan

Ian F
Ian F Dork
12/10/10 9:36 a.m.

Yeah, I forwarded the link to that car to my g/f and she quickly found a site that sells pretty much anything you could need for the car.

NCtim
NCtim New Reader
12/11/10 1:47 p.m.

Interesting, when I lived in Japan in 1970 what Americans knew as the Datsun 240 was known in the home market as the Nissan Fairlady Z.

wspohn
wspohn Reader
12/14/10 11:01 a.m.
racerdave600 wrote: Anyway, there is some conjecture that the 1600 is the better motor and can be uprated to 2000 specs pretty easily.

Having pitted beside race cars of both types back in the day (SPL311 and SRL311) I'd have to take issue with that. I thought that the 1600 was simply a better built MG engine, while the 2000, especially with Solex carbs, was just brilliant. There was certainly no contest at all on the track!

Unfortunately they are getting pretty scarce these days.

racerdave600
racerdave600 HalfDork
12/14/10 11:45 a.m.
wspohn wrote:
racerdave600 wrote: Anyway, there is some conjecture that the 1600 is the better motor and can be uprated to 2000 specs pretty easily.
Having pitted beside race cars of both types back in the day (SPL311 and SRL311) I'd have to take issue with that. I thought that the 1600 was simply a better built MG engine, while the 2000, especially with Solex carbs, was just brilliant. There was certainly no contest at all on the track! Unfortunately they are getting pretty scarce these days.

I'm no expert here, so take it for what it is worth. A friend that's a professional racer and builder gave me that info. He started out in Roadsters and 510's many years ago. The 2000 motor has some sort of failure issue that the 1600 doesn't have. You can build up and stroke a 1600 (not the pushrod motor) evidently to the same capacity and it will be the stronger motor.

Tom Heath
Tom Heath Webmaster
12/14/10 1:30 p.m.
NCtim wrote: Interesting, when I lived in Japan in 1970 what Americans knew as the Datsun 240 was known in the home market as the Nissan Fairlady Z.

The Z car still gets the "Fairlady" name in Japan to this day; the Fairlady Roadster name died in 1968 and hasn't been replaced yet.

I like the name much better than the alphanumeric badges we get here in the states.

Nice find!

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