The 1600 2 door has basically the same side silhouette as a four door. It is hard to tell the 2 door from a distance. The difference is that the "B" Pillar is moved back about 100mm and a longer front door is fitted. (Must be murder on those hinges). Rear of the B pillar is a fixed lower panel in place of the rear door. The roof profile is the same as the 4 door. There is a picture of James Fitness' 2 Door sedan in the "Feature Cars" Section of the Ozdat site.
The Coupe is a really different beast in the upper half from the front windscreen. It has the same longer front doors, but the roof line slopes lower after the front doors and meets a more steeply raked rear screen and boot line. It has a genuine "fastback" style. Inside, the trim is the same as a four door, it has a rear seat with very low head room, which you get into by flipping the back of the front seat forward - very cosy. A friend, Mick Ellis, owned one of only two 1600SSS Coupes in Australia in the early 1980's, both were imported by Datsun dealers in the early 70's. This one was red and it was fitted with an L18SSS engine and gearbox and a neat console on the tunnel. I have a slide of it somewhere, taken on holidays with the owner. I will try to find it and if its any good, I will post it on the members page. ----- Original Message ----- From: "james wade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, 28 June 2002 18:32 PM Subject: RE: 1300s, 1400s, (1500s?), and 1800s. > YEs, you can tell the diff. by just looking at them. The coupes have a > diff. rear design, but the 2 doors look exactly the same, just 2 doors. > I have a feeling the coupes dont have back seats? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Sandejas, > Ignacio > Sent: Friday, 28 June 2002 9:51 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: 1300s, 1400s, (1500s?), and 1800s. > > > Try this: > www.dimequarterly.tierranet.com/pictures/coupes > > Do you know that the 2 doors and the coupe's are different? I didn't and > was wondering why they were being referred to separately. > > Iggy Sandejas > Sydney Aust > Datsun 1600 FJ20t > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: james wade [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 10:05 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: 1300s, 1400s, (1500s?), and 1800s. > > > And do any people on the list have 510 bluebird coupes? I'd be > interested to have a gander at some photos perhaps. > > -James > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 28 June 2002 7:54 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: 1300s, 1400s, (1500s?), and 1800s. > > > James, > Here in Europe the first 510's came as either 1300 or 1600, both L > series engines. The 1300 was dropped in favour of the 1400, possibly due > to rationalisation of the range as the PB110 (the L series powered > version of the 1200) was using the L14 as well. Here all the sedans were > four door and all wagons were 1600 powered. The SSS four door sedans > were sold in some parts of Europe (but not here in the UK > unfortunately). > > It's interesting to note that out of the few 510 sedans I've heard of > here all, except one, have been either 1300 or 1400. It's also strange > that nearly ever 510 I see when in Norway is a '68 model with the early > tail lights and clap hand wipers and most seem to be 1300 powered. > > I believe the 510 was sold in south American as a 1500 with an A15 OHV > and a non-IRS rear end. > > I reckon that Nissan might have considered the 1300 and 1400 models > might have been a bit to gutless for Australian tastes (especially the > 1300...they are pretty slow). In Europe there were, at the time very few > large engines or V8 powered cars except for expensive luxury models and > 1000cc to 1500cc was the norm for a family car. Did you guys get Escorts > and the like with little engines like 1100cc? > > Eddie Rattley > England > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.ratdat.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "james wade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 2:07 PM > Subject: 1300s, 1400s, (1500s?), and 1800s. > > > > I was pondering my bellybutton recently when I began to think about > > the rest of the 510 series. It seems that there is a relative > > abundance of the 1600cc 510s in Australia when compared to the rest of > > > the models... I have been watching Ozdat, national tradign posts, and > > the list for a whiel now and it seems that not one has even been > > mentioned (i saw one on ratdat.com, though). > > > > So I take it that similar to the 1600SSS, two door, and coupe models, > > these other 510s were not sold in Australia? Where were they sold? Any > > > ides why they weren't sold here. > > > > Sorry for boring everyone who has no idea, but im sure one or two > > people have a vague idea and wouldnt mind sharing their thoughts. > > > > Yeah once again sorry, i just get interested in historical stuff when > > i ponder my bellybutton... back to the bellybutton > > > > -James > > > > James Wade / underground electronic magazine > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.ugzine.com > > PO BOX 140 > > Kensington Park, SA 5068 > > t:+61 8 8262 2850 > > f:+61 8 8219 1070 > > m:+61 (0)421 846 630 > > > > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send > submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised > redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send > submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised > redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
