Video - The Z Car Documentary

Ok, here is a little gift that some of you might enjoy. I downloaded this video about 2 years ago and found it when I was moving house the other day. Thought I would share it with you guys, I know that most of you will appreciate it.

It is a history channel documentary about the history of the Z car. From the birth of the Nissan/Datsun car company, expansion to the US, development of the fairlady roadster and the first Z car - the 240Z, all the way to the Z32 300ZX. Shows racing efforts, and includes interviews with "Mr K" - Mr Katayama, instrumental in the creation of the Z car range, and in the success of Nissan outside the Japanese market. Documentary is about 48mins long.

I have uploaded it to youtube, split in 5 parts:

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=filjihe00Go

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U4tfDL6ZXM

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL_BFqiJujI

Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piCuoqHfYEQ

Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGA9xTU8GQU


And for those of you who want to keep it, I have uploaded the full vid in .wmv format. Download link is here (260mb):

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IZBOWZ6B

Enjoy :zlove:

 

Man that was awesome, makes me wanna get a 240z now

 

awsomeeeeeeeeeeee just watched a bit of 1st one and all of last one, veryyyyy good doc. will watch rest soon

thanx man that must have taken you forever to upload

 

Looks like a better quality version of my copy. Awesome.

 

Awesome thanks!

Had a quick look over the first one, but i'll download the full one when i get home this arvo. Cheers!

 

Wowww...

Thanks very much for that, am downloading the full one (at work... SLAP!! ouch).
Brilliant!! :zlove:

 

same.

ill be watching this puppy tonight

 

Hehe yeah I love this documentary Actually I have it on my phone and watched it just the other night!

 

very good!

 

Would like to acknowledge the original uploader, but don't know who that was I did download it from this site originally, but couldnt find any links on search, so re-upload time

 

Thanks heaps for posting that mtentori, i have never seen that before.:zlove:

Will be burning that to 2 discs (1 put away for backup )

Thanks for a brilliant post.
Cheers
Patrick

 

nice vid im down loading it now at uni lol 300zx are more Important. :zlove:

 

The Zed Car History

NOW, that video was fantastic - Thank you.:thumbup:

Just shows how they really came of age, great job Mr. K...

 

just watched it tonight.

Compulsory viewing i say

Clearly dated, but since this is a 300zx club, its as up to date as we need

And yes, I too now want a 240 or a 260, or even a 280, even more than i did before lol

 

Excellent article .... have watched it all, downloading it now. Thanks.

Cheers,

Peter

 

Cheers and your all welcome.

And agreed Ugame, this should be compulsory viewing for Z owners/forum members.

 

there's so much info that i didn't know hey. Gonna have to watch it a couple more times to digest it all as i found my self drifting in a "oh to have a 240z" day dream lol

But like, never realsied that the military "jeep" the USA used back in the day was a Nissan product. Always assumed it was crylser or something.