A Classic Datsun Z Gets a Hollywood Ending

How a Sony Pictures executive discovered the car of his dreams, a 1972 Datsun 240Z, and fine-tuned it for modern driving

John Naveira of Burbank, Calif., an executive vice president at Sony Pictures, on his 1972 Datsun 240Z, as told to A.J. Baime.

At work, my parking spot is at the bottom of a 94-foot tall rainbow sculpture in Culver City. The rainbow is a nod to “The Wizard of Oz,” which was filmed on what is now the Sony Pictures lot in the late 1930s. When I park my 240Z there everyone can see it, and the symbolism is obvious. It is like a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

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