Tom, my posting, though rambling and waay too long.

It was supposed to imply that we [I] wanted an alternative to the "Micro-Car" and the Datsun 1200 with modern electronics would be a nice option.

Datsun's back in my day had cast iron rings, unlike Toyota who copied Chrysler with Chrome faced rings for a "fast-break-in" period.

Lots of old Datsun freaks here got well over 200k mi without rebuild.

Not to say modern cars are inferior, I'm only saying "make a simpler auto"

Thanks for reading this mess
Rusty Wrench