But LPC 566K (above) is claimed to be a works shell and hence my suggestion that it wasn't a normal Sam.
The reality is that there's not a single thing on the car,
not a single thing, that would suggest this was a 'Works'/'ex-Works' bodyshell. Nothing. The 'evidence' that has been offered up so far is just
breathtakingly poor.
The
what? is nowhere, but the
why? is just as obscure. Why, really
why, would this car be based on a 'Works' bodyshell. And even if it was, which one, and where's the provenance? If it was, there would be a clear lineage of descent and a proveable change either from Japanese 'carnet' registration documentation to UK licensing
or a period body serial number swap (with obvious connotations). Smoke and mirrors do
not suffice in such cases.
The truth is simple: It's an early 'Race Head Services'/'Samuri Conversions' customer car, based on a standard UK market HS30-prefixed 'Datsun 240Z' with the *usual* list of additions and modifications, plus some evidence of period repair, which was in roadgoing spec and - apparently - used in club sprints and time trials in period. It has been restored/refurbished recently to a really good standard and as such it should attract some willing buyers should it be put up for sale again. Interesting and unique enough, so why oh why does it need to be any more than that?
Why the need to sex up the dossier?
