Aussie Skyline History

[coupe72001]

The first Skyline was made by Prince in the 50's, then by Nissan, who purchased Prince in the 60's. Search for Skyline and Cedric in Wikipedia if you want to have a look at the chronology both models. As I said, there were some similarities between Cedric and Skyline in that era, but visually they are quite different.

[kitamijin]

I though some of you blokes would be interested that I have just finished some work for Nissan Aust. The will be a heritage display set up at all V8 rounds in the Nissan marquis written by me featuring never seen before photos of Nissan/Datsun cars from 1958 through to 1992 on the track. It is part of a book I am writing about the history of Nissan in Australian motorsports.

Couple of picks from 1966

1969 Bluebird and 1973 Datsun 1200

1986 DR30.

I have been given exclusive access to the photo library of several famous photographers and the book will have approx 100 never seen Datsun/Nissan racing shots.

Cheers

[V8skylineMAN]

Nice one!, keep us posted, this is something I would definitely buy

[Fatjap44]

Whats the difference between an MR30 and an FJR30?

Mine's an 84 FJR30-CA18S Built in Japan Sept 84 but Brought to Australia then exported to NZ in 91 then exported again in 2014 to the UK, sat in a barn until 2016 and after much wrangling got it UK registered June 2017. Its rare to see one over here. Thanks to the Aussie climate it is in excellent condition rust free. I have changed the rear lights from Aussie spec to the hot plate style though

 

[mrg ee]

A Skyline 2000GTB I had as a student in 1973