@Sajeev Mehta - You write: "His affinity for the Jaguar XK-E provided the inspiration for design chief Kazumi Yotsurnoto’s team, which styled the Datsun 240Z” - - - Kazumi Yotsurnoto was the Manager of the Passenger Car Styling Dept. Mr. Matsuo, the Chief of the Sports Car Styling Studio writes that Mr.Yotsumoto was not supportive of the future Z Car design.Mr.Yotsumoto told Mr. Matsuo to focus his efforts on the more conservative path of restyling the existing roadsters. Mr. Katayama many times spoke of relaying his thoughts about the styling of the future sports car for the USA to Mr. Matsuo and his team. Mr. K supported Mr. Matsuo’s vision of a completely new Sports/GT for the American market. "Built between October and December of 1969, the first batch of “HS30” series 240Zs (538 units) were likely all left-hand-drive;” - - - Model Information in the VIN: “H” = 2.4L Engine, “L” = Left Hand Drive and “S30” = Sports Coupe. Thus the Datsun 240Z’s produced during Oct., Nov. and Dec. of 1969 were HLS30 (not HS30 which were Right Hand Drive). "That said, the “HS30 Series I was produced in full swing by January of 1970, with eight exterior and two interior colors” - - - - - By the end of March 1970, in the first six months of production only 2739 Datsun 240Z’s had been produced. Averaging some 450+ cars per month. It wasn’t until Jun of 1970 that production was in full swing at something close to 1500 per month.
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