Name this car...

[Zvoiture]

Here's one for the trivia buff's.......

[Dazza]

Hmmmm.. some type of Japanese Jeep??

[Zvoiture]

Hmmm..I would expect a better answer from your neck of the woods....

steve77

NO CHEATING NOW!!!

[Dazza]

Hi Steve,

Oops!!!!

I was viewing the pic at the wrong angle, and thought it was part of a Landrover type dashboard with the i.d. plate attached to it, instead of the rear of the engine bay A definate case of tunnel vision on my part.

Now if I could read Japanese, that may help... Any hints ??

:stupid:

[2ManyZs]

How about a Roadster?

[halz]

i'd say its a roadster too. The "sp311" on bottom left of the plate is a dead giveaway. That makes it a late '65-early'67 with the 1595cc engine.

[halz]

sp311 on botom right (I can't read Japanese!)

[Dazza]

sp311 on botom right (I can't read Japanese!)

I would say you are right on the knocker there Halz. Looks like you may get the Kewpie doll prize from Zvoiture, possibly.

[HS30-H]

Reading Japanese won't help much with reading VIN / Chassis Number tags on Japanese-market cars. What you need to bone up on is the factory build codes.

This one says "CSP311" - so its the "first" SILVIA, a pretty-much hand-built 2-door coupe body on a Roadster frame. Nissan did not build very many of them, and just a few got outside Japan.

They were really pretty cars. Albrecht Goertz always claimed more than his fair share of design-input on this model ( what's new? ) but I believe the first styling sketches and follow-through on the design were done by Nissan stylist Mr Kazuo Kimura. Goertz made some "suggestions" on it..................

What's the story on this one? Where is it?

Do I get the Kewpie doll?

Alan.

[halz]

Interesting... it says csp311 at the top of the plate and I'm sure it only says sp311 on the bottom right...maybe that's just the chassis type..? Anyhoo... here's a picture:

[2ManyZs]

:stupid: Darnit, forgot about that Silvia coupe. Here I was just looking at one on Ebay not too long ago and forgot all about it. Oh well, can't get them all right.

[Zvoiture]

I knew the split second Alan saw this thread, the game would be over!...This car is pretty beat...strange bumpers..lots of ugly mods...twin sunroofs??? It was given to a Nissan race driver who lived in Hawaii and the current owner bought it and had it shipped over. He doesn't have a bunch of money to dump into it, but is slowly putting it back together with the help of interested parties in NZ. Runs great...drove it to the show...

steve77