Thread: Is it just me, or do you laugh at all the "Fairlady" badges?
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Old 06-08-2012, 08:48 PM   #27 (permalink)
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Actually, if you're totally serious about getting a FairladyZ badge, then you should convert to RHD, get even more emissions friendly, and also put a limiter on your car at 155kmh (is that the Japan limit?).


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Originally Posted by Lemers View Post
The first car the be named the Fairlady wasn't a Z at all it was a Datsun Sports model the 1200. The Fairlady name was a reference to the Broadway musical My Fair Lady. Which by the way wasn't written in Japan.

So the name really doesn't belong solely to the people of Japan or the Z.
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