Remembering Japanese cars from the past
I did post some Skyline van videos before and all of them were by Deluxe1969. Now this video shows his own van: his Nissan Skyline VC110 van!
Beautiful, isn’t it?
The car itself is a G-16 powered Skyline deluxe, so double barrel carburettor and 100hp on the tap. I have no idea what the thing on the roof is, but IMO it looks like an ex-ambulance…
You can also see it in action in this video:
Now I want one too! Anyone who wants to buy a kidney? ;)
I found an early 70s short documentary about the development of the Nissan Skyline C110! It starts with the the C110 development, then moves to manufacturing of a C110 and then comparing a C110 to previous generations around 2:00 with a four-split screen.
The only touges we saw in the past were nicely paved mountain passes with screaming twin cams drifting in a downhill battle. Nice to see there were actually rough touges in the 70s!
The end of the first and second video continue on the design and crash testing of the Skyline C110:
The test track is, of course, the Oppama Grandrive. Funny to see they already covered the looks of the testcars/prototypes with black cloth as well back then! And just when you think everything is going well they show the C110 Skyline crash test! What’s even more heartbreaking are all those crashed C110s piled up with foliage growing through them.
I must say this is one of the nicest vintage videos I’ve seen in ages!
Ever wondered what the difference is between the taillights of a EU/AU 240K GT GC110 and a JDM Skyline C110?
JDM on the left, EU/AU on the right.
I must say I like the JDM a lot better than the EU/AU spec. Let alone for having the double brakelights. ;)
Oops I did it again…
Datsun 240K GT GC110
Yes: I bought another car folder… And this time I found the Dutch Datsun 240K GT and could not resist myself from buying it…
Datsun 240K GT GC110
In contrast with the sober looks of the Dutch Nissan 2400GT this folder really goes wild with the styling! Beautiful 70s girls dressed up in fashionable 70s style. Somehow it really fits the GC110 well!
Datsun 240K GT GC110
While the Nissan 2400GT was marketed as a performance car the 240K GT was clearly marketed as a stylish sports car.
Datsun 240K GT GC110
Lucky enough this time Nissan allowed the export models of the Skyline to retain famous the round taillights!
Datsun 240K GT GC110
And the car still has the same 2.4 liter L24 engine.
Scans will follow soon! (I hope)
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