Old Nissan Cedric

[mrdatto]

Funny, there was a thread on this recently. Check out whats for sale on ebay.

It reads to me that this is the actual car from the movie!!

Wonder if the odometer has been around a time or two.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2030&item=4526392188&rd=1

At that price you cant afford not to. (if you are alot closer than me)

[Alfadog]

I read it like that too.. I hope they can prove it! Looks like it's still very clean and straight. Pictures are kind.

[Aussie Zed]

Many years ago, so far back in fact I cannot honestly say where I heard this ...but here goes;

The scene is Nissan Japan, early 1960's. The players are market researchers (or the equivalent) and a gathering of motoring journalists from Australia. Nissan was keen for some Australian market penetration and was canvassing the visiting journos with names that they hoped would be appealing to the Australian public at large. Now one must understand the perception of the name "Cedric" in Australia in the early '60's to appreciate what happens next. In some circles if a guy was a bit of a "Mummys boy" or overtly effeminate he might be referred to as "A bit of a Cedric".(try and say it with a lisp...you'll get the picture!) Gawd only knows how this name ended up on the list of names to run by the Journos but the story goes when it did, one of the journos, in a bit of a private Aussie joke , turned to one of his mates in the room and said (tongue in cheek!) " 'Ay , here's a good one...CEDRIC!! There's a few "Cedrics" in Australia isn't there mate ...hurhur hur!"...and thought no more of it, just a light moment in a day at the office.

Well... the Japanese researchers, not being endowed with an Aussie sense of humour, or privvy to the alternative meaning, took this as a sign of a standout name that would be well accepted by the masses, after all, if they get excited enough to yell it out and draw attention to it .....well it must be a winner! The rest is marketing history!

Like I said, this story was relayed to me as fact, but if it's not quite the truth...well it's still a good laugh :cheeky:

Cheers chaps :laugh:

Jim.

That story reminds me of another Jap car with a questionable name. Mitsubishe, having produced the Colt during the '60s (and with Ford selling the horse-named Mustang), they brought out the Starion. Which, if you were Japanese is how you would say Stallion!

Surely there's some Jinglish confusion going on there!?!

[Aussie Zed]

Oh, we had to watch 'The Big Steal' for English at school in about year 8 I suppose. Classic Australian filmographgy that was!

[Mr Camouflage]

That cedrics gotta be worth the $500 its for sale for. Who wants to start a datsun museum in their own backyard?

Would look good painted black with the chrome work all shined up, and a Nissan V8 thumping under the bonnet. old-school-gansta!

Ahh, back to reality.

[Murph]

Would look good painted black with the chrome work all shined up, and a Nissan V8 thumping under the bonnet. old-school-gansta!

*Nods*

That'd be very cool.

[AChev]

Can anyone hear tell me more about the president which was released in 1965 or so. I read on an earlier link that it had such technologies like air conditiong and power windows, astounding. I drive a car from '97 and it does not have power windows!

[MikeW]

I read on an earlier link that it had such technologies like air conditiong and power windows, astounding. I drive a car from '97 and it does not have power windows!

This got me curious so I did a quick web search:

First power windows in a car: 1946

Automotive air conditioning: 1939

http://www.sae.org/sae100/history/timeline/timeline.htm

[AChev]

Gee thanks Mike, that really make me feel good about the car I am driving

[MikeW]

Gee thanks Mike, that really make me feel good about the car I am driving

Hey, don't feel bad. My daily driver is a 1990 240SX (Sylvia as it relates to the rest of this thread) without power windows. A/C is, of course, mandatory here in the Atlanta area.

[Mr Camouflage]

Another Cedric for sale on ebay. Tidy looking, complete.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Nissan-Cedric-1963_W0QQitemZ4575272187QQcategoryZ101895QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

<img src="http://i13.ebayimg.com/01/i/04/eb/ce/58_1_b.JPG">

[mazingerz1976]

Nice car!!! my Dad had a 1973 Cedric (known here in Colombia as 260C) coupe, soft top. With A/C, power windows, electrical antenna..... and many other things that made that car really luxurious, that was my first car...