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 ...

Firing up this pristine 1973 Datsun 240Z, part of Nissan's Heritage collection ... but nailing the timing between the long throw, the falling engine revolutions, and the lengthy clutch travel ...

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.