Datsun Fairlady | Father of the Nissan Z Sports Car

[@PatrickFiffie]

I APPRECIATE ALL THE POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON MY DATSUN,THANKS AGAIN

[@MyClassicCarTV]

All well deserved Patrick. That’s a great car and you did an amazing job on it! Hope to see you down at CTC again this year.

[@dukeallen432]

Dig the owner and his vision. Great segment Dennis. Hope all is good.

[@sayeager5559]

Thats a lot of work and a beautiful car.

[@horizonsky9269]

This car is beautiful I love everything about it

[@aaronburratwood.6957]

Holy mackerel that is a gorgeous car.

[@aaronburratwood.6957]

I beauty from the assembly line with just the right amount of classy modifications & customization. Kudos to this great owner.

[@CarsAndPablo]

WOah! Love the engine setup! Gotta admire the owner's attention to all the detials for a super solid looking build! Also shoutout to Dennis for always showing love to the import cars along with the classic American muscle. Bravo!!!

[@mkshffr4936]

There was a 1500 before the 1600. The 1600 is my favorite.

[@N-Scale]

That is a totally beautiful car and a great guy !!!

[@rickkearn7100]

Great ride, that Datsun Fairlady. Gotta Love Dennis' enthusiasm and expertise. Great guy, great YT channel. Cheers.

[@MyClassicCarTV]

Thanks!

[@TornadoOfSouls777]

Wow what a Beauty! 😍

[@RandyJurgens]

What a great resto mod!!! This guy out did himself and should be very proud.👍👍👍🙏🙏

[@The_R-n-I_Guy]

I really like it. The only things I would've done differently are smaller wheels with a bigger sidewall tire, and low back seats that are flush with the doors. It's definitely cool

[@bondisteve3617]

Wotta great story and car...Oh Patrick!...Thanks Mr. Dennis.

[@sergioleone3583]

Very nice!

[@markcmann]

Very cool car and a very charismatic young man. 👍🏻

[@saltyreesescup3104]

Sweet Build Man...🙂🧂

[@Jakez408]

The car I bought in Australia in 1970 was not called a Fairlady but a Datsun 2000 Sports with a much more powerful motor. The factory realised Australians wanted a much more brutish sports car able to blow away the MG on our long stretches of 4 lane highways back in 1970, from Melbourne to Sydney. The MG had a top speed of 85 mph against the Datsun 130 mph.

[@ACCORDIONTUCAN]

What a beautiful car! I love the mods and the BBS wheels look incredible. Despite all of the changes, the car still maintains the Datsun essence. The owner lives in Georgia but the car has Cal Plates? I'm confused.

[@EvendimataE]

i like restomods....beauty of the past with performance of the present

[@bad41137]

Yes sir.

[@matdddd]

Those toggle switches on the dash are factory. Stock on everything 67 1/2 and back.

[@reckemroysrc3764]

Very cool

[@keithusace4352]

As the old saying goes, if he had a feather 🪶 you know where and I had the car we'd both be tickled. I'd like like to see this on a Jay Leno episode

[@tinystar3010]

Same. I'd love seeing Jay drive it and give us the feel experience

[@brucemitchell5637]

I've noticed that all of the people that Dennis videos love to talk about their cars and what went into making them look like show pieces . They all are immensely proud , ( and rightly so) of what they have achieved and like nothing better than to talk to someone who is extremely knowledgeable and who understands the incredible amount of time and hard work that goes into making a car of this caliber!

[@andrewphillips8790]

Why didn't they drop in a small block Ford, it would have been even more of a British rally type ca rdesign rip off

[@tinystar3010]

He did the motor HE wanted. It is his car. Personally I like that he kept it in the same oem family. Datsun is Nissan. It's a great choice imo, especially since most people don't want KA's, it's easier to find these cheap as replacements, modernizes his car as is his theme, and it's more aligned to what the original engine would be. An inline engine. A small block ford would be to wide, too heavy and too unreliable for this build.

[@andrewphillips8790]

@@tinystar3010 I wasn't putting him down, I was talking about the Datsun designers who used cars by AC, Sunbeam, etcetera as a template for their own designs, I'm thinking that the copied basic design was for the hope of offering a less costly lookalike, I'm not even actually putting down Datsun, it was a smart move to try to get into the market of the little sports cars, I imagine that the Japanese vehicles were a less expensive way to have the styling, I'm not to sure that the Z cars would a natural progression in the evolution of the zippy little boxes! You are correct, he's free to do any kind of modifications, modernizations, etcetera! My original comment was just the attempt at humor, it wasn't the only Japanese vehicle to borrow styling from existing car makers when they decided to compete with the world's established automakers while they worked on their own styles!

[@andrewphillips8790]

@@tinystar3010 remember how the Toyota Land Cruiser resembled the styling of the Land Rover don't you, I believe that the Land Cruiser eventually surpassed the dated Land Rover in quality etcetera, so don't think that just because I make an off the cuff comment about the Japanese car industry that was still working towards what is today, in my and Scotty Kilmer's opinions, the best made vehicles in existence!

[@tinystar3010]

Ohhh okay, yeah I see what you meant now. You're wording was vague. You meant Datsun/Nissan themselves using a Ford based V8

[@もふちゃん-x9h]

restmod! very clean! cool!

[@tinystar3010]

Very impressed with his build! This is modernizing as a classic car, properly. Nothing gawdy. Tasteful mods. And even the engine swap was tasteful and kept in the OEM family. Definitely deserved a video feature!

[@goldblueberries326]

Beautiful Datsun Fairlady.

[@HotRod-wv4vm]

Nice Datsun

[@LAP1050]

Great job on the Fairlady Patrick. You made a beautiful car even more beautiful 🤌

[@eddierools]

I actually love these more than the 240z's, these early Fairlady's are just so pretty and this one in particular is absolutely stunning!

[@Tax_Mny]

Great car 💪🏾💪🏾

[@Ikomomato]

Que lindo, gran canal .

[@MrTurboRotary]

Awesome car. I love it👍👍👍 It reminds me of one that was abandoned by me in NJ on the back of an abandoned house. I wonder if the car is still there.

[@bertamusprime618]

Very nice machine.

[@carlbeamon1343]

I owned a 70’ Fairlady Pearl white , loved this car which I paid 500 for discovered in a garage from a lady who just wanted gone. Keep it for 10 years and sold it to a lady friend who drove it another 10 years.

[@stevenhinkle6957]

The hella flush takes this car's looks over the top... A very tasteful update to a classic car!

[@JAMESPATTERSON-mk9sr]

This man is a gentleman : Yes Sir . No Sir !

[@bryduhbikeguy]

A Very well done ride.Super sweet !

[@sousay2000]

Hardly see any of these cars around where I live

[@jaimetorres9050]

We love these cars, we’ve restored three of them.

[@simont9984]

Love a good resto mod! Super cool!

[@62_C10]

Nice car. Nice builder. cheers!

[@matdddd]

Bring it to Solvang next year

[@jamesmisener3006]

Nice car Patrick. Cheers 🇨🇦

[@kdm71291]

Fun little car to drive!

[@d3adman]

Dream car

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

Really Nice car. 😊

[@michaelbrinkley9323]

Love the color!

[@rgbigdog]

Awesome car!

[@chrisbarba516]

That's sexy

[@leegoddard2618]

Beautiful.

[@markreynolds3850]

👍👍😊❤

[@danmar007]

A great name for a car. But not for a sports car. :-)

[@tinystar3010]

And that's why Nissan rebranded itself as Datsun before trying the American market. It's also why the fairlady name fell off and Nissan went to numbers like 240Z 300ZX 350Z etc... All still Fairlady in Japan because most Americans are too narrow minded to get out of their own way. A name is a name. It's the car that matters.

[@nicholasagnew2792]

Now why in the world would you put electronic steering in a Datsun, some of the best handling cars ever?

[@Matisto1]

Such a humble and nice guy, great car!

[@nicholasagnew2792]

In reality the brake "upgrade" was a waste of money. Stock brakes are just as good as any aftermarket brakes and if you believe otherwise you are prolonging a fallacy. Nice car though.

[@wackaircaftmechanic2312]

You have never felt the difference clearly.