Nissan seems to have "formalized" part of the marking system a bit. I bought a G37 Infiniti convertible on Saturday and it came with a "Quality Inspection Certificate" signed by the Infiniti Quality Assurance Engineer who track tested the car for five miles. It includes the engineer's signature, car chassis #, and odometer reading at conclusion of testing.

I'll be looking for a frame and place to hang it on the wall tomorrow.

Dennis

Picked up another '73 dash over the weekend from a local salvage yard and found this one in the usual spot.

Hi,

I have just been amaized these Kanjis. Some are the name of person and some are the numbers.And some of them is just meaning-less.I think they wanted to have fun when they were in a production line.

I guess they were doing it with fun, having an imagination of when the oversees owners or mechanics would disassemble dashes in someday, with seeing unusual characters then they would try to understand what they would be.

Fantastic:classic:

kats

Got to bump up this thread, some great stuff here.

 

My dash,

Got to bump up this thread, some great stuff here.

 

My dash,

That means finished. phonetic sound Is KAN

This thread has been an interesting read, here's one from  the dash of my 12/70 parts car.

 

That

This thread has been an interesting read, here's one from  the dash of my 12/70 parts car.

 

Kanji under dash.JPG

That one looks like Race. phonetic sound is Kyo.

 

And this one, hr369? Thanks for the translations.

That one looks like Race. phonetic sound is Kyo.

 

It's a single Kanji that - like so many other of these - doesn't make any literal sense when used on its own.

 

It is indeed pronounced  'Kyo', but it doesn't say 'Kyo So' ('Race'). It would need the other character next to it to say 'Race'.

That means finished. phonetic sound Is KAN

 

Again, yes that Kanji character is pronounced 'Kan' but it doesn't - on it's own - mean anything that specific.

 

'Finished' / 'Complete' ('Kanryo' / 'Kampeki') would both need an extra paired character to make complete sense.

 

I think we have to be very circumspect about applying definite meanings to these marks. We might be able to read part of the message, but it doesn't mean we know what the message actually means.

 

 

 

And this one, hr369? Thanks for the translations.

 

 

That one reads 'Sam', as would be used in the word 'Samui' ('cold') or 'Samusa' ('chill'/'coldness') if it had an extra Hiragana character next to it.

 

But it doesn't. It's just 'Sam...' on its own, so it does not make complete sense.

It's a single Kanji that - like so many other of these - doesn't make any literal sense when used on its own.

 

It is indeed pronounced  'Kyo', but it doesn't say 'Kyo So' ('Race'). It would need the other character next to it to say 'Race'.

My wife is Japanese. She is sure that's what it means. Where are you getting your translation?