Happy 2019! A lot of 50 year milestones coming up!

[240260280]

Some interesting ones below thanks to data and images from @kats  @HS30-H @Mike B @Carl Beck & @26th-Z and anyone I missed (BIG THANKS!)

 

    

 

 

May 1969 - total 2 cars - one domestic, one export:

1 = S30-00001 (Factory prototype 1)

2 = HLS30-00001 (Factory prototype 2)

 

June 1969 - total 1 car - domestic:

3 = PS30-00001 (Factory prototype 3)

 

July 1969 - total 4 cars - two domestic, two export:

4 = HLS30-00002 (Primary Production prototype 1)

5 = S30-00002 (Primary Production prototype 2)

6 = PS30-00002 (Primary Production prototype 3)

7 = HS30-00001 (Primary Production prototype 4)

 

August 1969 - total 7 cars:

8 = S30-00003 (Primary Production prototype 5)

9 = S30-00004 (Primary Production prototype 6)

10 = S30-00005 (Primary Production prototype 7)

11 = PS30-00003 (Primary Production prototype ?

12 = HLS30-00003 (Primary Production prototype 9)

13 = S30-00006 (Primary Production prototype 10)

14 = PS30-00004 (Primary Production prototype 11)

 

October 10  Two 240z test cars and parts arrive in North America in crates
- HLS30-00004 (Silver Manual      Mfg:09-69) Seisan Shisaku: #14
- HLS30-00005 (Silver Automatic Mfg:09-69) Seisan Shisaku: #15

 

< October 22  Three 240z demo/photo/show cars arrive in North America
- HLS30-00006 (Green)
- HLS30-00007 (Silver)
- HLS30-00008 (Red)

Oct 17 Press Presentation Ginza HQ, Tokyo

Oct 20 First Ad in Japanese Paper (432)

Oct 22 NYC International Preview Pierre Hotel (and press kit release HLS30-00006 Green)

Oct 24 16th Tokyo Motor Show

Oct 24 Wilshire Motor Show Preview LA

Oct 27 Calif Competition Press and Autoweek Article on the new 240z with photo of Test car

Oct 30 Boston Motor Show

Oct ?? HLS30-00013 & HS30-00003 produced

 

Nov ?? 432 Race Track Testing Suzuka Circuit 

Nov 25 Japan Test Drive for Journalists near Mt. Fuji

Nov 25 ARRC Daytona Speedway 240z (red HLS30-00007)

 

 

Dec 20 Refined Z's Shipped by plane to North America (following Seisan Shisaku road testing feedback and export production slow down to resolve)

 

 

Early Z Production car

 

Early Z Photos

 

 

 

Early Z Advertising and Promotion

 

 

 

 

Early Z Brochure

 

 

Press Show in Japan

 

 

Tokyo Motor Show

 

 

Boston Car Show

 

 

ARRC with Early Promo Z in Public

 

 

Press Test Drive in Japan

 

 

 

Early Z Coverage in Magazines

 

 

 

Manufacturing

 

 

 

 

 

 

Testing in North America

 

Edited January 1, 2019 by 240260280

[Mike]

Very cool!  Happy 2019!!

[TomoHawk]

You need to add 10 to whatever number people are usually using, because Mr. K came up with the idea for the Zed in 1959!  Or you need to be specific to reference the anniversary of the first American sale. 

Edited January 3, 2019 by TomoHawk

[240260280]

23 minutes ago, TomoHawk said:

You need to add 10 to whatever number people are usually using, because Mr. K came up with the idea for the Zed in 1959!  Or you need to be specific to reference the anniversary of the first American sale. 

Just 50 year milestones.... nothing more.

[240260280]

Here is a 1965 drawing from Mr. Matsuo

[Namerow]

On 1/1/2019 at 10:21 AM, 240260280 said:

images

The Z advert from 'Parker University Datsun' in Hamilton caught my eye.  I've been living in nearby Burlington for the past 10 years and had never heard of this dealership, despite its location near the McMaster University campus (which I visit frequently on business).  A quick check using Google Map shows that the site is now occupied by a Hebrew Memorial Chapel.  It looks like it was a terrible location for a dealership -- well off the nearest main thoroughfare and well outside of the Hamilton city core.  Probably one of those small entrepreneurial retailer operations that tended to pick up franchises from the likes of Fiat, Volvo, and BL back in the day.  There's no such thing as a 'University Nissan' or 'Parker Nissan' in the Hamilton area these days, so I would guess that they got axed by Nissan Canada corporate in the 1980's when 'Datsun' transitioned to 'Nissan' and went up-market (or tried to).

Even the Harvey's fast-food franchise is gone.  For non-Canadians, Harvey's make the world's best, greasiest onion rings (along with a nuclear hamburger and a tasty-but-highly-synthetic milkshake).

[240260280]

HLS30-00007 in 1969.  Still and two videos

 

[psdenno]

Who would have known?  In addition to being a capable sports car, it's an off-road vehicle, too!  

Dennis

[240260280]

I wonder where that place is?

 

[w3wilkes]

My guess is it's in the American west...

I used to do the off-road stuff in my 73 240Z. At about 40MPH on washboard dirt road it was kind of like being on ice, felt like you were floating. Once we drove the 73 into a fishing hole on Flaming Gorge reservoir and there were a couple of guys in a 4 wheel drive truck that couldn't believe we got there in the 240Z. On the way out we hit a rock and separated the exhaust pipe from the headers, man was that loud getting back to Manila, UT where we were able to put it back together at a gas station (back in the day when gas stations had lifts and would let you use them).

Here in Google Earth

41°02'03.20" N 109°33'38.20" W

[240260280]

10 hours ago, psdenno said:

Who would have known?  In addition to being a capable sports car, it's an off-road vehicle, too!  

Dennis

I'm sure @Carl Beck would agree ?

[jfa.series1]

I'm just hoping to be able to stick around to celebrate my own 50 year anniversary in a couple of years.