by "Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
Published 08/03/2017 at 18:37
by "Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
Published 08/03/2017 at 18:37
Tags: Vintage
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STARS: 2
"fintail" (fintail)
08/03/2017 at 18:56, STARS: 0
Not sure which one would be more rare, the Mustang II that was never sold there when new, or the Datsun 710 that would have been sold there, but almost all have long since evaporated. Mercury might have a higher survival rate due to land yacht fixation.
The Ponton, Volvo, and VW of course will last forever.
"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
08/03/2017 at 19:10, STARS: 0
The Datsun would have been a 140J or 160J here though depending on engine. I think they liked to have higher numbers in America, like the Audi 100/5000 and 80/4000.
How it survived forty odd years I can’t imagine, Japanese cars of that era used to dissolve as you watched.
"fintail" (fintail)
08/03/2017 at 21:00, STARS: 0
The naming is funny. Like the 120Y that was mocked in Blighty for so long - it’s a B210 here (and now somewhat rare, but now being saved rather than scrapped).
In the gentle climate where I live, these cars soldiered on into the 90s, but seem to have vanished overnight around 1995-96.
"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
08/04/2017 at 17:42, STARS: 0
Nissan used to use names and numbers, so:
100A/120A Cherry
120Y Sunny
140J Violet
160B/180B Bluebird
200L Laurel
300C Cedric
The names were much more commonly used, except the Cedric. Nobody was going to buy a Cedric (not that anyone bought it as a 300C either!). Eventually the numbers disappeared
Obviously the numbers represented the engine size.
Meanwhile, have a pair of Bluebirds from the name-only era.
"fintail" (fintail)
08/04/2017 at 22:12, STARS: 0
In NA, it was larger numbers, as you expect. Over the years we had 210/310/510/610/710/810. The Bluebirds above would have originally been 810s here, soon switching to Maxima, I think starting in MY 1982. We also had weird Datsun/Nissan co-branding for a few years, the cars were badged “Datsun by Nissan”, in preparation for the name change which I think was MY 1984.