Yutaka Katayama, 'father Of The Z' Nissan Sports Car, Dies At 105

[Mike]

 

DOCUMENTARY - In a three-part video series entitled Life & Times of Mr. K, Yutaka Katayama is portrayed throughout his eighty-year career. Watch the documentary.

 

 

Tomo, I edited your link to point at the documentary on our own site.  This will prevent any broken links in the future.  Thanks.

[TomoHawk]

"No worries, mate"

 

My 280S-type?   ::

 

 I think it's really neat that a newspaper across the World points out something important at CZCC.

Edited February 24, 2015 by TomoHawk

[bartsscooterservice]

^^^^ Thanks for sharing , I do like the  S -type designation , it makes the Z a special GT.

 

Uhm in Dutch it says Z types.. maybe Google translated it wrong.

Edited February 24, 2015 by bartsscooterservice

[TomoHawk]

S-type sounds fine to me...  S, as in S30.

[kats]

I thank you very much Mr. K.

My life is so enjoyable because I have Zs.

I miss you so much.

Kats

[TomoHawk]

Kats-

 

Is there any special program about Mr K in your area?

[kats]

Kats-

Is there any special program about Mr K in your area?

Details will be announced later from Nissan / Z car clubs / local city e.t.c.

Someone says in April , there will be big meeting about Mr. K.

Kats

Edited February 25, 2015 by kats

[sblake01]

Here's the New York Times article about him:

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/25/business/yutaka-katayama-father-of-the-datsun-z-dies-at-105.html?_r=0

[26th-Z]

Bob Bondurant writes:  http://www.bondurant.com/pit-row/news/farewell-mr-k-my-friend

[HS30-H]

Bob Bondurant writes:  http://www.bondurant.com/pit-row/news/farewell-mr-k-my-friend

 

Excellent. Best tribute I've seen yet.

[spitz17]

What a great tribute... 

[240260280z]

It would be nice to see a tribute car.

50th anniversary of his S30 in 4 years.... fingers crossed.