Cars we never saw.... [PIC]

Living in Thailand on the late '60s. early '70s, you never knew what you were going to see on the road. From Soviet era cars, to cool Australian Chryslers, Fords and Holdens, as well as the Japanese cars that never made it to the States. It seems that everything was somehow kept running, including my '55 Plymouth that had Chinese gauges in the dash. I saw 1920s era Mercedes ragtops as commuter cars. My neighbor, a Master Sargent, Bought a really cool 'full sized' 1970 Toyopet Crown to fit his wife and 3 kids in that had all kinds of luxury appointments. Sure, it was only the size of a Dodge Dart, but in comparison, it looked like a limo! One thing you didn't see much of was real sports cars, unless it was part of the royal stable of incredible rare automobiles. "It's good to be the king" LOL. When I first got there, the Datsun Fairlady was a guess the most common sports car. It was kinda goofy looking two seater whose engine sounded worthy to power a blender.

Suddenly, there appeared the Nissan Fairlady "Z" in 1969 with its S20 2 liter DOHC triple carbed 6 that produced 160 HP @7000 rpm. It was aerodynamically sleek and actually capable of seating Americans! I can't tell you how many single officers in my detachment ordered one through the PX to be delivered to San Francisco/Oakland port to grab after they processed out in Travis AFB. I  was married then, so it wasn't an option for me. When FM released their '70 Datsun (what Nissan traded at in the US back then), the memories came back. But to be true to my experiences, I chose Ebbro's Fairlady Z. If anyone has both models, give me an idea as to how the two compare. Ebbro's Fairlady ZL S30 is the 151 HP 2.4 liter that became the 240Z in the States.