1955 Skyline ALSIS

[OKBANANA]

Yes, the first ever Skyline born.

Does anyone know if there are any about in Australia? With the origonal GA-4 motor? I personally haven't seen or let alone heared of any in Australia. I'm sure they're rare, any idea's guys?

Dallas

[PranK]

I dont believe any skylines came to Australia until '74 (the C110).

Heres some prince/Nissan info - http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Pit/382...823/prince.html

[funkymonkey]

couple of em got shipped to te UK from memory from a "Nostalgic Hero" mag in japanese. This was Nissan's way of showing the westerners that "there's a new player in town". Which is where Jag noticed them and offered supprt for them.

[OKBANANA]

Would there be any about in Australia though, im thinking alot of money and very rare.

[funkymonkey]

seriously doubt it, australia wasn't considered an automotive powerhouse or viable market back then.

Unless someone was daring enough to find one in japan pay a vast amount of money and bring it down here to put in a museum. Owning one of em in Japan is like owning a model T Ford.

[OKBANANA]

Cool, thanks for the responses guys.

[R34]

I had two 1965 models years ago that I rallied.

Both were 2000cc 6cyl with one having tripple webers and big fuel tank.

At the time I thought they were a bit of a slug with parts impossible to get.

Cheers

[Adam_RSX]

My old man had a triple weber mid/late 60's Skyline 4 door in the 70's, one of his friends had a few of them.

I've got photos of a few of them from the Winton Historic meeting a couple of weeks back if anyone is interested

[OKBANANA]

My old man had a triple weber mid/late 60's Skyline 4 door in the 70's, one of his friends had a few of them.

I've got photos of a few of them from the Winton Historic meeting a couple of weeks back if anyone is interested

I am interested in these pictures.

[V8skylineMAN]

ALSI- 1 Series - Nissan Skyline

The ALSI- 1 series was built from 1957 until 1958 in sedan and station wagon form. It was powered by the GA30, a 1500ccm OHV inline 4 engine pro-ducing 60 hp at 4400rpm.

ALSI- 2 Series - Nissan Skyline

1958 saw the introduction of the ALSI- 2 series, which was built until 1963. The car was basically the same as its predecessor, except for a different bonnet emblem and a single large horizontal bar in the grille. New were also the quad head-lights instead of the twin lamps featured in the ALSI- 1 series and the GA4 engine with now 70hp.

[stevesskylinenz]

Hey there, I am from NZ and stumbled across this site,(well the thread actually) by accident. As far as I know AU didnt get any Skylines untill 1964/65? when the S5 series was available. This included the S50 4cylinder A150, S54 6cylinder A200GTA and GTB (GTB had triple webers), that were raced. NZ had very few Skylines GT's sold here but had alot of 1965 S41 Prince Gloria 6 sedans. AU had few Glorias but more Skylines. NZ had the Skyline available in 1962 which was the BLSID-3 model (which is listed in very few websites) of which I own one. Next model was the S21-4 series which was a BLSI-3 model with a revised front end. The S5 series Skyline continued till 1967/68 known as a Nissan after 1966. The S5 series was replaced by the C10 model, which I understand, some were badged as a Prince. Prince Motors Division still exists as part of Nissan.

Check out my cardomain page for some pics.. http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/622621

If anyone has any more info please let me know..Cheers

[Fitzpatrick Speed Works]

my old man used to work on the first skylines the s5 series.... he used to work for nissan as a mechanic and serviced a gtb regularly for a customer... he loved the car said the 6's had a longer front on them to fit the engine or something, and went pretty damn well for the times!!!

[DR30RS]

This early one still competes here in Perth.Not the model you refer to but cool anyways

[V8skylineMAN]

Correct me if i'm wrong but that is a datsun six

[72GT]

Correct me if i'm wrong but that is a datsun six

Sorry V8 but that pic is of a gen u whine 1964-5 Prince Motor Company Skyline GT S54-Be2, hopefully still powered by the Prince G7 triple webered 2 litre.

Love the attitude of the car through the corner!!

Jim.

[V8skylineMAN]

Ok cool....there is a car that looks the same as that (minus warpaint) just down the road from my old place.....the badge on the back says "datsun six" in cursive writing at about a 45 degree angle on the left hand side of the boot.

maybe it is the poverty pack model of the one in your pic...i dunno

[72GT]

Ok cool....there is a car that looks the same as that (minus warpaint) just down the road from my old place.....the badge on the back says "datsun six" in cursive writing at about a 45 degree angle on the left hand side of the boot.

maybe it is the poverty pack model of the one in your pic...i dunno

If it's at all possible Jason, try and get a pic of the car....sounds intrigueing. Possibly someone has stuck a badge on the back of a Skyline from the "Datsun Six" just one of the many name formats of the larger Datsun 6 to be sold in Australia during the late 60's early seventies . Slightly larger/wider than a Prince Skyline, think of a Datsun version of a Toyota Crown.

"maybe it is the poverty pack model"

From what I remember the Prince range of vehicles to come to Australia didn't vary much in variants(?) They had the 1500cc 4cylinder Skyline, the 2litre Skyline GTB, the 2litre Gloria, (some badged as B200) and the Miler ute, all different bodies. That being said some interesting exceptions to the rule pop up every now and then...private imports, embassy and consular cars, just enough to make you wonder!? things like a Gloria Grande.

Something that does happen over the years is badges and scripting from cars destined for different markets to Australia, find their way into the country on panels sourced as spares, private imports etc and get used to replace lost or damaged originals thus causing confusion to the casual observer.

Then there is the naming and badging on the Skylines from 1964 to 1967....Geez don't get me started ....but thats a story for another thread! I think we've well and truely hijacked this one

Jim.