FAKAI DELUXE

[Anonymous]

Also...blows me down to see a Yank know who Peter Brock was

And knows what a lightweight car is. :wink:

 

[youami]

Pete Brock:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Brock

Peter Brock:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Brock

I don't think Peter ever drove Nissans.

 

[Ozeshin]

Wrong Peter Brock...it's some
geezer who drove Nissans and Datsuns :roll:
http://www.datsun.org/fairlady/BRE.htm

 

[leadguitar_323]

Not guitar related, but a story that may support this.

In 1988, I purchased a Datsun 2000 (Fairlady) racecar project that was rumored to be one of the infamous ?Purple Panel? cars.

The story went that, as Datsun were trying to market their sports car in America, successes in SCCA racing would help their cause.

They took 5 cars from the assembly line and built lightweight cars for sale to racing drivers only. The outer panels were stamped from very thin steel (which was prone to denting easily) and to avoid rough treatment before the paint shop the lightweight cars were marked with purple dye. These cars were driven by competent race drivers such as Pete Brock and Bob Sharp, to many successes.

After finding more and more clues that mine was one of those, (it was over 200 lbs lighter than a stock car stripped for racing. And had aluminum trunk lid hinges) I contacted NISMO, the Nissan Motorsport Division asking for more information.

I received a very polite letter in return, which said: Nissan has ?NO RECORD? of these cars.

It really baffled me until I realized that, by admitting the car?s mere existence, ALL of those victories and championships would be suspect.

If a major Japanese company is not going to reveal information to a private citizen about one of it?s ? schemes? that was successful, how forthcoming would they be about a program that did not work out so well?

Not trying to be contentious, just serving some food for thought.

The information i have on these fake Tokai came directly from Mr Adaichi the Tokai president. He never goes into much detail but always identifies the guitars for me. I couldn;t see him giving me the wrong information because it involves a lot of people and i am sure it would upset someone.
You will all be able to see all the info we have on our up coming site...

Mick

 

[murthog]

"I couldn't see him giving me the wrong information because it involves a lot of people and i am sure it would upset someone."




With all due respect, Mick, your point is the same as mine.

 

[Glenno]

I understand the point you're trying to make...but the vast range of the Fakai's and the half dozen or so factories used defies all logic.
Sure..if Tokai had chosen one factory to contract for them(as they did at one stage with the legitimate Korean range)then that theory might hold water...but the very fact that the Canadian distributor responsible admitted and bragged about what he'd done blows that one out of the water.
Also...blows me down to see a Yank know who Peter Brock was

Guess where I went for a visit at Christmas break?
It’s a strange twist of irony that companies making replicated models are now doing the same as Fender and Gibson did with regards to protecting product, only this time it’s a blatant cash grab.

 

[Sigmania]

What are you talking about?

 

[Glenno]

What are you talking about?

That’s Mt panorama where Peter Brock made himself famous.
The irony part was about the lawsuit era being the same as copies of Tokai instruments.
Sorry

 

[Sigmania]

lol. Sorry. I get some weird fake members sometimes and am a bit suspicious. You’re fine. Sorry about that. Carry on.