Not Z related but I stumbled on to this site today and it's pretty fantastic.

http://www.earlydatsun.com/index.html

There's some interesting reading on that site. I also liked the bits about show cars at the end of the model listings. They do show a Z and mention that it replaced the roadster.

Dennis

That site is bad, very bad. I need to go to work and it won't let me. Love that 65 Silvia though.

Yamaha developed early L engines for Nissan according to this: http://www.earlydatsun.com/nissana680x.html

and this http://www.earlydatsun.com/nissan130mk1.html

Edited March 2, 201510 yr by Blue

I want a 1962 Cedric wagon!

Yamaha developed early L engines for Nissan according to this: http://www.earlydatsun.com/nissana680x.html

and this http://www.earlydatsun.com/nissan130mk1.html

 

Correct in the case of the B680X, but incorrect in the case of the L20 itself.

 

Lots of other small inaccuracies on earlydatsun.com. Be careful of single-source, non peer-group critiqued websites. Best to cross-reference from multiple independent sources.

The Silvia stuff is a bit Geortz centric, for me, missing the Japanese side of things. But overall site is a nice starting point covering the early Nissan range