24th October 1969 - The S30-series Z public debut.

[HS30-H]

58 minutes ago, JSM said:

Curious in this advert, the one car has no paint protector on the bumper and no bumper rubber whatsoever?  Vs the 432 has it?  Also notice the holes for the bumperettes, but no bumperettes?

Interesting to not see the paint bumper protector in so many restorations? 

Japanese market models, at launch:
S30-S 'Fairlady Z-S'/'Z-S'/'Z-standard' = 'Standard', no frills model. No bumper rubber trims.
PS30-SB 'Fairlady Z432-R'/'PZR' = Super lightweight race homologation model. No bumper rubber trims.
S30 'Fairlady Z-L'/'Z-DX' = 'Deluxe' model. Comes with bumper rubber trims.
PS30 Fairlady Z432/'PZ' = 'Deluxe' version of 432. Comes with bumper rubber trims.

So what you are seeing is one of the visible external differences between 'Standard' models and 'Deluxe' models. There were many other differences too.

All Japanese models had the extra cost showroom option of bumper overiders, hence the presence of mounting holes in the bumper with black plastic grommets to fill them when not used.
 

 

 

 

[HS30-H]

55 minutes ago, 240260280 said:

I think the cars in these photos from Alan & or Kats posed for that brochure ?

They are from ~ Oct. 18, 1969 when, at the same time, two silver Z's were tearing up the USA and Canadian highways.

@kats @HS30-H

 

I believe this photo was taken at the Nissan press writers test driving event - where various members of the Japanese automotive press actually got their first drives in the various new S30-series models - held on November 5th 1969, and over the following days.

[HS30-H]

Thread bump for the 24th October 2019 50th Anniversary.

A couple more images from the 1969 Tokyo show stand:

[HS30-H]

The Nissan stand area at the '69 Tokyo show was quite extensive. Here are some images of other Nissan product on display:

[Patcon]

The upper car, I assume is a concept. It has very Maserati-esque lines

[HS30-H]

6 hours ago, Patcon said:

The upper car, I assume is a concept. It has very Maserati-esque lines

It was a half-scale concept model.

[HS30-H]

[240dkw]

I can imagine what kind of buzz this car generated at that first show, every photo you show us from that show has a large crowd around the car. It would have been very cool to be in that crowd seeing it for the first time. The hostess in the background looks very lonely.

[HS30-H]

On 10/24/2009 at 6:26 PM, HS30-H said:

 

Ten years ago, some of my photo posts on this thread were scans taken from original Japanese magazines of the period. Quality could have been better.

And now it can be. Morita san of MOTOR Magazine has kindly posted scans of some the original photos from their archives: 

 

[HS30-H]

Morita san has long been working on a new MOTOR Magazine 'mook', finally released on 24th October, and weighing in at just under 1kg. You'll see lots of never-seen-before photos and the usual high production and editorial values of MOTOR Magazine. Text is mostly Japanese, but the photos are in English. Heartily recommended!

   

[Jason240z]

where can I get hold of a copy Alan?

[240260280]

Ditto!  btw do you have any photos of the export S30 underside from the Oct 24 Tokyo Motor Show? I'm trying to see if it has a splash pan.