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Hello Everyone: Mr. Matsuo, the Designer of the original Z Car visited California this past summer. He spent some time with MotoMan doing a video with Randy Rodriguez who's concept

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Old 12-02-2010, 08:45 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Hello Everyone:
Mr. Matsuo, the Designer of the original Z Car visited California this past summer. He spent some time with MotoMan doing a video with Randy Rodriguez who's concept sketches were the basis for the design of the new 370Z. You can see the resulting video at:

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I think everyone will enjoy this...

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Old 12-02-2010, 09:10 AM   #2 (permalink)
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that is an amazing piece of automotive history and makes me appreciate my Z so much more. thanks for sharing.
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Nice vid - thanks for sharing
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Nice! Thx
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Great memories on this video! Thanks
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Hello Everyone:
Mr. Matsuo, the Designer of the original Z Car visited California this past summer. He spent some time with MotoMan doing a video with Randy Rodriguez who's concept sketches were the basis for the design of the new 370Z.
The 240Z in that video is the same color as the one I owned!
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great video, after seeing that it makes you want the car even more, thxs.
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That is a great find -- thanks for sharing.
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Awesome video. It's great to learn more about the heritage of our cars. There are some really fascinating pieces of information during that half hour.
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lol ray drives a cube. thats awesome.
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cool video
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lol ray drives a cube. thats awesome.
Thats temporary because I m impatiently waiting for my white Nismo 370 which should come next month.
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thats kool man.. i wish i could design a car that i would end up driving.
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great find OP!
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Hello Everyone:
I'm glad you all enjoyed the MotoMan video. Several people were involved in making the joint interview between Mr. Matsuo and Mr. Rodriguez happen with MotoMan - - but it was Mr. Rodriguez that was the main organizer that coordinated everything on the West Coast.

Mr. Matsuo attended the 40th Anniversary Celebration of the Z Car in Nashville at this years Z Car Convention. Mr. Rodriguez flew in for the weekend because he had been an enthusiast for the first generation Z Cars since he was a kid.

I bought my first Datsun 240Z in March of 1970 - and I've been driving them ever since. So it was real honor and personal pleasure to spend the better part of the week with Mr. Matsuo and the weekend with Mr. Rodriquez. Both are real "Car Guys" and both were very down to earth.

While I like what Nissan has done with the 370Z - if Nissan had built the car as Mr. Rodriguez sketched it conceptually - it would have been a milestone design and a real homerun for Nissan.

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