Fairlady Z Badge

frost

ignorant?

billydsz

Freely admitted, lol. I really don't get the attraction though.

frost

I think people just like to be different mate. Same reason they stick 370 badges on theirs, lol.

Trips

I like the idea and it looks good.

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sktvietdragon

do you really have to put the letters on one at a time?

theDreamer

No, there is two pieces on the lettering. One is clear on the top and the other orange which covers the glue/tape. You could remove the orange side and lay the whole name if you want, but be careful as I am not 100% sure how well the clear piece holds onto the letters.

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phelan

the clear piece actually does a very good job of holding onto the letters, so you can just yank the orange piece, place it down, remove the clear piece, then pull the mold up.

of course, be careful when you put it down in the first place, i think i missed horizontal by about 2 degrees ><' i think i'm the only one that notices, but it's enough that i may take it off and do it over.

Cjanik

^ i know how that is, ive done things that were ONLY noticeable to me, but it still bothered the heck out of me!

Its almost like a rock chip, nobody can see it but you because you found it while waxing, and now everytime you see your car, your eye's fixate on that spot every time, argh!!!

Trips

Hey guys a thought I liked the emblems to have been on the fender lower side like they did on the older Z's any of you guys thoughts of badging there side fenders? and I apologize I'm not trying to hijack the thread.

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xiven

the less badges the better imo

Ztoon

Love it........will be putting one on my Amuse rear end.

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370zproject

ok so no one ever told me what fairladyZ is all about anyone wanna explain... ?

theDreamer

Nissan S30 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Datsun Sports - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Ztoon

The Short Story:
Fair Lady and later Fairlady - The name given to the first line of sports cars designed and built by Nissan Motors Japan after W.W.II, with the specific intent of being marketed in the USA - 1960.
The name "Fair Lady" was given to the new sports car line by Mr. Katsuji Kawamata, President Of Nissan Motors Japan, after he attended the Broadway Musical "My Fair Lady" while visiting the US in 1958. He felt that the name would invoke an image of beauty for the car - because people would think of the beauty of the music and the leading lady in that Broadway Musical.

This is a common and accepted practice within the Japanese culture for selecting automotive names. It is not a usual cultural method here in the US however - so Nissan more commonly used engine size and model numbers as Model Names for the US market.

The More Complete Story: The SPL212 was introduced in 1960. It was a two passenger car with a 1.2 Liter four cycl. engine ( 2 12). The "S" stood for Sport, the "P" was the designation for the Bluebird chassis, and the "L" stood for left hand drive. It is significant to note that "L" left hand drive cars could not be sold in Japan at that time. Thus Nissan's first Sports Car was specifically intended for the US market.

To understand why the name "Fair Lady" was given to a Sports Car, one has to think in terms of the Japanese culture, rather than that of the America culture. The Japanese revere traditions of Art, Music, Philosophy and the study of Beauty. All of these cultural values are considered to be acquired tastes and skills, gained over a lifetime, through personal study and practice.

Here in the US we place a much higher cultural value on personal creativity. Art and Music are considered to be more a matter of inspiration, personal expression and creativity. We therefore place a higher value on personal creativity and expression, than the resulting traditions of the art or music.

While Mr. Katsuji Kawamata, the President of Nissan Motors Ltd., was visiting the United States in 1958 he attended a performance, on-Broadway, of the hit musical "My Fair Lady".

A couple of years later (1960), when Nissan was about to introduce its new Sports Car Line, Mr. Kawamata gave it the official name of "Fair Lady". He had been so impressed with the beauty of the music and the leading lady in that Broadway Musical, that he thought everyone would relate the name of Nissans new sports car "the Fair Lady" to the beauty of the music and the leading lady in the play. Indeed, that is what happened in Japan, the name made perfect sense there and was readily accepted in that market.

The Fairlady (now one word) Sport Car line continued to evolve through the 1960's with the introduction of the Fairlady 1500 in Oct. of 1962, then the Fairlady 1600 in 1965. Along with this evolution of its product lines, Nissan Motors was attempting to increase it's exports to the US Market.

Mr. Yutaka Kayatama, then President of Nissan Motors USA, knew that his customers would not accept the name "Fairlady" for a Sports Car here in the USA, so the Sales and Marketing departments in the US had used the cars model numbers for the most part, in advertising and sales promotion, and with the introduction of the new models for 1965 the badging on the front fenders was changed, on the US cars, from "Fairlady" to "Datsun 1600".

When the new HLS30 Sports/GT was designed and built for the US Market - Mr. Katayama suggested that it not be badged as the "Fairlady' in the US. Mr. K. thought that the car should be named something more aggressive, like "Tiger" or "Shark" in keeping with US cultural traditions and values. That idea having been turned down in Japan, he was willing to accept "Datsun 240-Z". The 240 was a shortened version of the 2400cc engine displacement, and the "Z", which had been the new car's product file designation within Nissan's Design Department.

Mr. Teiichi Hara, General Manager of the Design Department, had given the original sports car plans the file designation "Type Z", as most all of the other characters in the roman alphabet had been previously used.

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NYBladeZ

I love my Fairlady Z badge!

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