The Datsun Roadster Book - Part III The Translations and Service Bulletin Manual

by Scott Sheeler

The Datsun Roadster Book is THREE Parts - It has over 880 pages! It still has 20 road tests and racing articles - most not seen in the US. It still has 44 pages of translations and pictures from Fairlady I and II. It still has 13 old Datsun Competition Bulletins including one of the very FIRST competition catalogs from 1970. In the three volumes we have over 180 color pictures and illustrations. We've included 3 classic Datsun Service Bulletins for more historical information.This is Part III - The Translations and Service Manual. When we released The Datsun Roadster Book back in 2006 we included a small translated section of the original NEKO Fairlady books. We received so many positive comments that we decided that Part III would have to be built around additional translations. Well, our translator from Part I had returned to Japan so we were left without a friend nearby that could translate Japanese. What to do? In lieu of a live person we discovered a software package that could provide a translation to English that, even though far from perfect, gave us a starting point to translate a bunch more information. We made the financial commitment, purchased the software, and Part III includes 44 more pages of pictures and translations from the 1977 version of Fairlady I and II. As we made our way through the translation process we learned the following interesting words:thorexes = solexesoil air conditioner = oil coolerfair ready = fair ladyload star = roadsterkarbureta = carburetoreguzosuto = exhaustkavua = coverhob shiyahu = Bob SharpJapanese sentence structure is very different from what we in the USA are used to. Many of the Japanese meanings required consultation with a thesaurus to figure out exactly what they meant. It took about 8 hours per page to translate the text - sometimes we'd get half the paragraph done and then have to move on and fall back later. Sometimes one translation result helped with another. In the end we believe we've gotten it pretty close to the intended thought. In any event, it's our interpretation, although not completely "Americanized".In addition, we added some more road tests - many from foreign magazines - some more brochures, three 1960's vintage Datsun Service Bulletins, and a 20-page color spread from the from October 2007 "Z File - Fairlady and Fairlady Z History". We got permission to publish these pages courtesy of our "roadster friend in Japan" and D.R.F.C. member, Takeshi Izuka. Takeshi, by the way, is the proud owner of an "imported" LHD 1969 2000 that he has maintained in showroom condition.Each volume of The Datsun Roadster Book is sold separately so you can buy what you need when you need it. Check Amazon for all three of our volumes.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1795148233
• ISBN13: 9781795148238
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.6" x 8.5"