Always wanted to talk to some one that had both the N and Life cars. Will the engine from the life bolt into a Z or Coupe 600 subframe? That water cooling has to be the best. I traded some parts for a single wire A600 trans from Roger Roy in Australia. Last I heard from Roger he had joined the Navy and was doing things on the high seas.
Bill
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> 2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com [mailto:2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com] > On > Behalf Of > Mark Kuran > Sent:
> Friday, June 20, 2008 10:24
> PM
> To:
> 2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com
> Subject:
> [2cylinderhondas] Re: Z and AZ ?
> Just to confuse everyone, in Australia the sedans had a prefix > of "N".
> We had the N360 and N600 but were more commonly known as > Scamp. They were > known as a 360 Scamp or 600 Scamp available with > manual or automatic > transmissions. My Honda Life with a manual > transmission is an A360. There > were 2 door and 4 door versions of > the Life but no automatic > transmission.
> The coupe which was known here as the "Z", had two variants.
> One
> with an aircooled 360 motor and the other with a water cooled 360
> motor like the Honda Life but with two side-draught carburettors.
> Not
> sure what the letter prefix to the "Z" was but I'll try and post > it when I > next see one.
> Mark.
> --- In
> 2cylinderhondas@ yahoogroups. com
> ,
> "Miles" wrote:
> > I had a Z Coupe that
> had the Z emblems but it was a z360, RHD,
> Life
> > with automatic
> trans :-) It also had the round dome light and
> not
> > the aircraft
> type overhead console. VW had the GTi trademarked for
> > the USA market
> and went after Suzuki Swift for their 100hp 4
> cylinder
> > twin cam 4
> wheel disc braked Swift GTi. They had to drop the i and
> > just be GT.
> > Which brings up my next question. The AA600 which was the
> Automatic
> > Sedan, never sold in the USA but brought in for
> testing. In other
> > countries was it just the A600?
> Miles
> > --- In
> 2cylinderhondas@ yahoogroups. com
> ,
> Bruce Dewing
> > wrote:
> > > The
> domestic market Coupes (Japan) are known as Z coupes. The
> medalion on the rear piller for Japanese coupes has Z on it. The
> USA
> > car vin begins with 'az', and IIRC doesn't mean anything
> officially.
> > Datsun has the USA trademark on Z, so it didn't
> get made for the
> US
> > market.
> > > A buddy of mine swore
> his early coupe had the Z medalions, but
> > someone busted them
> off. My ex-brotherinlaw (also a coupe owner)
> had
> > a similar
> recollection. But unless someone has pictures, it's
> still
> > a
> myth.
> > > Bruce D.
> > > Santa Clara, CA
> > > ----- Original Message ----
> From: infinkc
> > > To:
> 2cylinderhondas@ yahoogroups. com
> > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 8:42:15 AM
> > > Subject:
> [2cylinderhondas] Re: Z and AZ ?
> > > dont
> quote me on this but i think the "A" stands for American > Honda.
> > > --- In 2cylinderhondas@ yahoogroups. com, "billtucker66"
>
> > > wrote:
> what is the difference between the Z and AZ coupe?