"Where The 240-Z Really Came From"
Reference Materials

As of: 14 April 2006

1) YOU'VE GOT TO BE LUCKY
by: Albrecht Graf Goertz (Autobiography)
Published: (not dated) by: Goertz Industrial Design, Inc.
No ISBN Number

2) DATSUN 280ZX Published: 1979 - by: Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. Japan

3)The Complete Datsun Guide
by: Michael F. Hollander
Published: 1980 by TAB BOOKS, ISBN 0-8306-9753-5 & 0-8306-2060-5 pbk.

4) DATSUN Z-CARS BY THE EDITORS OF CONSUMER GUIDE
Principle Author - Mike McCarville
Published: 1981 - ISBN 0-89009-473-3

5) Nissan/Datsun, a history of Nissan Motor Corporation in USA 1960-1980
by: John Bell Ray
Published: 1982 ISBN 0-07-051112-8

6) THE RECKONING
by: David Halberstam
Published: 1986 - ISBN 0-688-04838-2

7) Z CAR Enthusiasts Guide - By: Ben P. Millspaugh
Published: 1986 - ISBN 0-96111-5702-0-2
(The only Z Car book that contains no mention of Goertz)

8) Z CAR - A Legend In Its Own Time - By Ben Millspaugh
Published: 1990 - ISBN 0-8306-4339-7 (paper)

9) ESSENTIAL DATSUN Z - 240Z TO 280ZX - By: Colin Shipway
Published: 1994 - ISBN 1-870979-51-6

10) DATSUN Z SERIES - THE COMPLETE STORY By: David G. Styles
Published: 1996 - ISBN 1-86126-001-6
(most incorrect report of the history of the Z that I have read)

11) DATSUN Z FAIRLADY TO 280Z - By: Brian Long
Published: 1998 - ISBN 1 901295 02 8

12) MR. K Yutaka Katayama, A Man Who Realized A Dream In America
Published: 1998 - ISBN 0-9667509-0-X
Translated From the Japanese by Brian Long and his wife

13) Fairlady Z Story - DATSUN SP/SR & Z
by: Yutaka Katayama & Yoshikiko Matsuo
ISBN 4-89522-244-6
(translation by Brian Long, sold at 2002 ZCCA Convention)

14) The Graham Legacy: Graham Paige From 1932
by: Michael E. Keller (Editor)
See: - Apendix B - "the Nissan Connection" by Bill McCall and Michael E. Keller
Published: 2003 - ISBN 1932439099

15) Z - 35 Years of Nissan's Sports Car
by: Pete Evanow
Published: 2006 ISBN-13: 978-0-7603-2181-2

Magazine Articles/Reprints etc.

1M) AUSTRALIAN CLASSIC CAR MAGAZINE - May, 2002
"1967 Prince Skyline GT"
by: Ross McGown

2M Thoroughbred & Classic Car Magazine - April 2000
"The Mysterious Count Albrecht von Goertz"
by: Lloyd McNeill

3M) SPORT COMPACT CAR - Nov. 1997
"Bloodlines" by Dave Coleman

4M) The New Zealand Classic Car, October, November, December 1994
"Prince Motor Company and the Skyline"
by: Allan Walton with Gray Arps

5M) AUTOMOBILE Magazine, Volume 1, Number 13, March 1987
"Count Albrecht Von Goertz - Father of the immortal BMW 507"
by: Henry Rasmussen

6M) Automobile Quarterly, Volume XXIV, Number 3, Third Quarter 1986
"The Datsun 240-Z: The Origin of the Species"
by Terry Greenfield

7M) CAR AND DRIVER ON DATSUN Z 1600 & 2000
Published: 1985 -ISBN 198 0-948207-51-5
20 Articles reprinted from Car & Driver Magazine

8M) THE CAR, No. 54, Volume 5 Part 54
"The Worlds Greatest Cars - Datsun 240-Z" By: James Davis
Published: 1985, Volume 5 Part 54

9M) ROAD & TRACK'S Guide to The All New NISSAN 300ZX
Published 1983

10M) DATSUN 240Z & 260Z Gold Portfolio 1970 -1978
published: Brookland Books -1983- ISBN 1-85520-3952
42 Magazine Articles Reprinted 1970 to 1997
(Sports Car Graphic, Road & Track, Car & Driver, Autocar, Road Test Mag., Motor Magazine, Modern Motor Magazine, Sports Car World, Motor Trend, Autosports, Popular Classics)

11M) Road & Track, July 1981
"Profile: Albrecht Goretz"
by: Wade Hoyt

12M) Road & Track, June 1975
DATSUN 280Z
by: no author credited

13M) Road & Track, Feb. 1974
Road Test - DATSUN 260Z
by: no author credited
(Earliest Mention of "Goertz" associated with the 240-Z)

14M) Road & Track, March 1971
Two Ways with Porsche, Goertz and Giugiaro build custom 914's in Turin
Photo Story by: Pete Coltrin

15M) Automobile Quarterly, Volume IX, number 4 (Summer 1971)
"Wanted the 240-Z / Anybody Who Ever Drove One"

16M)Road and Track, February 1970
"Tokoyo Auto Show"

17M)Modern Motor, Jan. 1970
Tokoyo's Finest 18M) MOTOR TREND, March 1969
Tokyo Auto Show Coverage, by: Mike Holmes

19M)AUTOMOBILE MAGAZINE, March 1967
"Count Albrecht Von Goertz - Father of the immortal BMW 507
By: Henry Rasmussen

20M) AUTOMOBILE QUARTERLY, Volume 4 No. 3 (Winter 1966).
"a designer decries the SAMENESS In 1966"

21M)Road and Track, Janurary, 1965
11TH TOKYO MOTOR SHOW

22M) AUTOCAR 8 Oct. 1965
"...Critical Appraisal Of Frankfurt Auto Show.". by: Ron Barker

23MRoad and Track, March 1962
BMW 507 - no author by line

24M) AUTOCAR 28 Dec. 1962
"RISING SUN Part Four - Prince and Toyota"
by: Harry Mundy

25M)SPEED AGE, August 1957
"the case for one man design: Goertz and the 507" by: Bob Fendell

26M)MOTORSPORTS Magazine, Jan of 1956
"BMW by Goert" - by: Bill Callahan

27M) MOTORSPORT Magazine, Volume 5, Number 3, May/June 1954
"1954 Styling Review by Albert Goertz"


28M) INTERNATIONAL MOTOR SPORTS SHOW Program, April 4-12, 1953
By: Albrecht Goertz

29M)Road and Track, February, 1951 "Custom Styling - Studebaker by Goertz"

30M) TIME Magazine, Volume 3, Number 20, Sept. 28, 1936
"Letters" - TRANSPORT - Japanese Myth