1961 Datsun Fairlady [SPL213]

1961 Datsun Fairlady [SPL213] in The History of Nissan Z: The Definitive Story, Documentary Ep. 2.6

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin: — Made for: USA

00:04:38 Background vehicle

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ShantJ ◊ 2009-07-08 00:17	It's a Sports 1600. The Fairlady name was used only in Japan.
an_unusual_eye ◊ 2009-12-05 04:51	~ while true that for later models the roadsters were sold as "Fairlady" models in Japan, and by use of their displacement as a model name in the U.S. ("Sports 1500", "Sports 1600", "Sports 2000")... for 1959-61 (SPL211, SPL212, and SPL213) these cars WERE sold in the U.S. badged as "Fairlady" models. this car would be a Datsun Fairlady (with a 1200cc motor, though that wasn't yet used in place of the model name). -- Last edit: 2010-01-17 22:34:48
dsl ◊ 2018-08-30 22:59	an_unusual_eye wrote ... for 1959-61 (SPL211, SPL212, and SPL213) these cars WERE sold in the U.S. badged as "Fairlady" models. This car would be a Datsun Fairlady (with a 1200cc motor, though that wasn't yet used in place of the model name). Agree for 1960 SPL212 and 1961 SPL213 - these were both exclusively sold in US with all examples being LHD. But the first version - the 1959 S211 - was a batch of 50 sold only in Japan, all with RHD and just called Datsun 1000 Sports. The Fairlady name started with the US-bound SPL212 and was an impromptu marketing ploy taken from the hit Broadway musical. This is a 1961 SPL213 with silver wheel paint and single colour. SPL212 had wheel paint in the non-white colour of the body split (which could be white-over-whatever or whatever-over-white)

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ShantJ

◊ 2009-07-08 00:17

It's a Sports 1600. The Fairlady name was used only in Japan.

an_unusual_eye

◊ 2009-12-05 04:51

~ while true that for later models the roadsters were sold as "Fairlady" models in Japan, and by use of their displacement as a model name in the U.S. ("Sports 1500", "Sports 1600", "Sports 2000")... for 1959-61 (SPL211, SPL212, and SPL213) these cars WERE sold in the U.S. badged as "Fairlady" models. this car would be a Datsun Fairlady (with a 1200cc motor, though that wasn't yet used in place of the model name).

-- Last edit: 2010-01-17 22:34:48

dsl

◊ 2018-08-30 22:59

an_unusual_eye wrote ... for 1959-61 (SPL211, SPL212, and SPL213) these cars WERE sold in the U.S. badged as "Fairlady" models. This car would be a Datsun Fairlady (with a 1200cc motor, though that wasn't yet used in place of the model name).

Agree for 1960 SPL212 and 1961 SPL213 - these were both exclusively sold in US with all examples being LHD. But the first version - the 1959 S211 - was a batch of 50 sold only in Japan, all with RHD and just called Datsun 1000 Sports. The Fairlady name started with the US-bound SPL212 and was an impromptu marketing ploy taken from the hit Broadway musical.

This is a 1961 SPL213 with silver wheel paint and single colour. SPL212 had wheel paint in the non-white colour of the body split (which could be white-over-whatever or whatever-over-white)

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