[Moppie]

Hey, nice to have another Triumph fan around here.

I think you'll find the GT6 was around long before the 240z was made, and if anything the old Datsun is a spin off of the GT6.

The GT6 is actualy based of the orginal Spitfire Le Mans car's from I think 1963.
There were a few, and only a few road going Spitfire coupes made, with a worked Spitfire engine and the GT6 style body.
Then when it was shown there was a demand for a small coupe Triumph tidyed up the body design, and plopped it on the Spitfire chassis with a 2000TC 6cly to make up for the extra weight.