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RESURRECTING THE LEGEND: THE REAL DATSUN SCARAB STORY

By Randall Lewis

Self-published rlewis1957@cox.net

$35

Scarab, the small-block-Chevy-powered Datsun Z-car-based sports car of the late ’70s, had a brief moment in the sun before onerous California regulators started breathing down creator/visionary Bruce Morrow’s neck. Scarabs were more than just a big engine in a small

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