Read more: How To Clean Your Car's Engine Bay: A Step-By-Step Guide Nissan (Datsun at the time) first started production of the 240Z in October 1969 for the 1970 model year. Allegedly designed as ...

Yet the 240Z was seen as a bit of a risk at the time ... you’d swear you’d catch your reflection in it, and an engine bay dominated by six mesh-topped trumpets. Then the green car appeared.

The Z was only ever a small player in the UK, but it virtually built the Datsun ... and elsewhere as the 240Z on account of its 2.4-litre, in-line six-cylinder engine. A starting price of $3 ...