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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-11-27, Page 7• • By ART SPINELL• A Datsun U.S.A. revealed what has to be one 91-"tl "most ou 'standing bargains in the sports car field.. The car is called the 240 Z or "Z Car." The two seater fastback is priced around $3,500 which puts the completely new car in tie price range of the Buick Opel GT, Fiat 124 Spyderi MG -C and Triumph TR6. But for the money, the Datsun proves to be a bar- gain. bows each time they light a cigarette. * * * DATSUN CLAIMS the car to be all new; and for the first time in a great while "new" doesn't just mean sheet metal hanges. One of the most important atures which puts the Z Car a class above the competition the six -cylinder engine with ore horsepower than the cars m Italy and England. e fe in is m fro e • 4 In fact, the Opel and the Fiat both have four -cylinder engines. The Z Car, unlike the other imports, does not seem .small. The exterior is long and wide and passengers don't slam el - Tress your name is Lou Al - cinder, there won't be' a head room problem either, w * * THE Z CAR isa total package that was completely thought out before production. Seats are thick and comfortable, steer- ing wheel position is the right distance from the chest and all controls fall readily to, hand. One of the most delightful as- pects of the Z Car is the fact that it doesn't. resemble 'some other car.- (The Opel GT, for instance, more than just resembles the Chevrolet Corvette) . * * * STANDARD EQUIPMENT on the Datsun 240Z includes four - speed transmission, wood steer- ing wheel, wood shift knob, steering lock, rubber bumper inserts front and rear, bumper guards, tachometer, clock, con- sole between the bucket seats, radial tires and full wheel disks, full instrumentation and more. Because of the 2,400 pound weight, the over -head -cam engine SPORTING FLAIR FROM 'JAPAN I Nei, course .offered Datsun 240 Z is truly a -completely new. automobile I at Centralia will produce plenty of passing ! power and acceleration. Stand- ing quarter mile times given by Datsun were in the 14 second bracket which would probably make the 0-60 iiiph time in the high 8 second bracket. Another of the unusual aspects of the Z Car is the fully in- dependent coil springs on all four corners. Because of the necessary suspension towers, this type of suspension " has been limited to the front of fast- back sports cars. Datsun did it'l anyway, and eventhough the towers interfere with the luggage area in the rear, the interferance in minimal. Luggage area in the rear, the inter- ferance in minimal. Luggage area, by the way, is very good and--aecess is easy because of a swing -up tail gate. The only criticism of the Z Car is the rear lid spoiler. It is not integrated into the car's design'- and has . been „ added even after the pictures shown here were taken. It is the Japa- nese way of making a product specifically fora foreign market. The spoiler' is the only deti'actiott from the car. 'h A bursary that will help his education was presented to David Royal last week by Vic Pope, proprietor. of .the Kentucky fried Chicken, Kingston Street. The'presentation was made on behalf of Colonel Sanders and the : trustees of Colonel Harland Sanders Charitable Organization Incorporated. Mr. Pope, who selected the award winner, said this week the bursary is given to help a deserving student further. his education. David Royal, son of. Rev. and 'Mrs. G. L. Royal, was president of the student council at Goderich . District Collegiate Institute in 1968, he is a member of championship athletic teams at GDCI this year and is an honor student. He will use the bursary to help with his education when he starts at the University of Toronto next year.-- staff photo 0 • Isn't it funny ?- That so many Business men Will get up i Refresh them Clean their t Shave with an Wash and shay Put'on adverti Advertised hose CRAZY, TOO n the morning selves with a dose of advertised fruit salt, th with an advertised brush and advertised tooth paste. advertised razor, e with advertised sops sed underwear, garters, shirt, collar and shoes, Seat themselves at the table And eat advertised breakfast food and bread Drink advertised tea, coffee or cocoa, Put on an, advertised ' hat and gloves Light 'an- advertised"cigarette; - With an advertised match Go to work in an advertised • motorcar. Give letters to a typist 'Who types on an advertised machine, Use advertised carbons, Sign their letters With, an advertised pen Containing advertised ink, c° And • Turn down a proposal to advertise on the ground That Advertising Doesn't rtd�rirl� ay I 'i g nat- West Street 524-8331 Institute on respiratory disease to be held Janua'ry 14 An institute on respiratory disease for ail nurses (occupational, public health, hospitals, etc.) will be held on Wednesday; Jan. 14 in the new Perth -Huron Regional School of Nursing, Stratford. This is being sponsored by the Huron -Perth Tuberculosis and Respiratory Iiisease Association and will have morning and afternoon sessions. Tentative plans call for, registration at 10 a.m. and adjournment at 4 p.m. with a luncheon at the school. Good business sense is becoming more and more important in successful farming. For this , reason, a new Agricultural Business Managemerrt course is to be offered this fall at the Centralia College of Agricultural Technology. The College, a branch of the Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food, is changing the scope of its present agricultural course to place greater emphasis on courses such as an introduction to business, business accounting and analysis, financial management, to,tation, and agricultural policy and marketing. Personnel administration, human relations, and selling ' and - sales management will also be featured. More activities are planned to allow students to deal directly with farms and commercial agribusinesses. Specialists in business law, accounting and other, aspects of successful management will give courses in these subjects. This approach is preferred to the `guest -lecture' concept because a single lecture gives only a surface impression of the topic involved. Don McArthur, head of the Business Management Division at Centralia, said that in spite of the change of emphasis, physical science courses would continue to be a vital and integral part of the curriculum. Courses in soils, . crops, livestock and agricultural engineering would play a key part in the Agricultural Business Course. son A tote of. $8f4g00,960 sales of the 1969 series of Canada Savings Bonds through tQ payrolldate savings byOntahasrio obeginrganizers achievei4 the current campaign. A progressreport on • the cheadarnpaigu today shows that nearly 108,642 applications have been processed by aampatgn quarters here. The six -weeks payroll savings campaign is being conducted --in more than .2,500 establishments throughout the province ' by a. 504nan force of area directors and organizers. Campaign officials are hopeful of an. increase in Canada Savings Bonds purchases through payroll savings over last year's record sales in Ontario which amounted to • more than $99 -million. The current series will be sold at par until Nov. 14. The 1969 CSBs prow g,e an ,average annual yield of 8 percent le TAR, MIR AY, if i f held to mnatu ' in y+ rs, The annus im.00 of interest is 7 percent in the first year; 8 percent in' thesecondiand third' years; .and. IN permit tOr each, of the remaining Six Year .' The new series also has .a compound interestoption that will return twice the face value of the bond at maturity. • Last. Year, nearly 6.6,000 ° lies employees Nought. 1 through the payrolt inl SAW to date tOr the. .Sound,. Collin ►ood Coderich- area t Organizeerfor. th Blaaksha.�*'��yyy . Area 4pe for for the Warn Ontario region. is, D. Rx flattet of Kitchener, QUESTION: SIR; - We 'just( finished a motoring tour through Ontario and for the 'best part of the trip .1 was on roads that were strange to me. It was not the rules of the road or the roads that caused the problems, it was the .strange traffic signs that "I noticed. along the way. I think it is time I sharpen up on my signs. Please tell me where I can obtain this information. acre -ANSWERalone: `becauDon'tse, .feel y(hdat c1nyveoufia are in the same boat. You ,ma3r obtain- a driver's handbook 'which is prepared and is&ied free by the Ontario Depart ept of ' ° Transport. This . book. contal'; most of the new traffic signs and;: can be obtained at most .Police offices' or where licence plates. are issued or by writing the Ontario Department of Transport. SEE OUR COMPLETE SELECTION OF . AS WARM, AS SINCERE, AND AS FRIENDLY AS A—HANDSHAKE Gobtritti i§ignal-t)tar 5248331 West Street SEE TME ATIONL LINE Our Christmas Gift Storyin 1,000 Words (Bearing In Mind A Picture Tells 1,000 Words) OPEN EVERY WEDNESDAY IN DECEMBER Open 'Till 9:00 p.m. 1 venings Starting December. 15 n Corner The" Square and" Montreal' St, (In The W+oolhorth B1o+ k)' J