"Fairlady Z re-badge"
 

"Fairlady Z re-badge"

OK so im kind of on the fence on this one, so I wanted to get some opinions on rebadging my Z. I think it's a kind of cool idea, paying homeage to the Z's of old... lil bit of history sort of thing, ya know? I ordered the FairladyZ badge from Nissan parts, but then called and canceled my order. I just cant seem to lean one way or the other on this thing. Im thinking of reordering it, but I need some opinions here!

http://www.courtesyparts.com/images/...95-Z34FL_4.jpg

It's not an old Z thing. Z34s in Japan are called Fairlady Z.

I say go for it. Nothing wrong with going JDM

If you decide to do it, let me know.

I've got the "Fairlady" part of the badge if you want it.
You can use your existing Z. It's the same size. I used the Z from the badge for another failed project. :(

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http://www.the370z.com/40th-annivers...s-giggles.html

http://www.the370z.com/exterior-inte...dy-emblem.html

I added one. Questions like "is that a special model" and "does it have more HP than the regular version" and then having to explain it make me feel like a poser. I regret it a bit now.

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All Nissan sports cars have been called "Fairlady".

Hmmm what about the GT-R? or the R390? :ugh2:

OK -- "sports car" meaning it was originally designed as a 2-seater (sorry, but cars with back seats are not really sports cars). The R390 was always a race car and never street legal (I think), so it does not really count.

2 road-going versions of the R390 were made

Side note, the original Fairlady's are pretty damn small, this is one from the 2010 Z Store meet..

http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/u...y/IMG_2098.jpg

http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/u...y/IMG_2097.jpg

I'm thinking you should stop trying to make your car something it isn't. Don't do it. I'm not putting zip-ties on my G20 or Ron Fellow's stripes on my white Z06 or any other dumbassery. You shouldn't, either.

Just my .02

Waizz -- actually the first Fairlady was built in 1959 -- the S211 shown below.

I am well familiar with the vehicle shown in your photos from the Z show; it is an SPL 311 and I have owned a few of them. However, it is not a Fairlady being as it is left hand drive. Outside of Japan, it was called a "Roadster" or a "1600" or "2000" depending on engine displacement. I have been buying, driving, restoring, rebuilding, wrecking Datsuns/Nissans (primarily Z's) since my first 510 in 1975 and have made a point over the years to study Nissan's history.

I was too. So I ended up not removing the "370Z" emblem. I applied my "FairladyZ" emblem in the passenger dash. It looks nice.

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n...stZPics055.jpg

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