Puzzle #579 - Solved! Nissan R381

[Otto Puzzell]

Know what it is?

Please, respond below and let us know the make and model designation of the car posted here.

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[chapel]

Nissan R381

In the Nissan motorsport museum... as the R380 next to it and the photos behind show.

[Otto Puzzell]

Good eye.

[chapel]

One of the few race cars I can actually identify...

[grobmotorix]

Who knows this car?

[grobmotorix]

Up!

[RayTheRat]

1966 Hamill SR-3, Chevy V8.

[grobmotorix]

It looks very similar, but it is not a US car.
Have a closer look at the driver and you may be able to choose the right continent.

[shamrock]

 Toyota ,

[grobmotorix]

Right county, but I´ve got to check if you´re right with the make when I´ll be back home...

[shamrock]

 NISAN R 381 , 1968

[Otto Puzzell]

It does look a lot like this car  

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=3004.0

[grobmotorix]

I had it named as "Nissan R.81, 1968", so I did not find it via its number designation...

One point for Shamrock in any case.

[el_monty]

Original puzzle pic not visible. I haven't found the one at the Nissan museum, but in this one taken in front of the Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse there is also an R380 beside it

[Otto Puzzell]

Original puzzle pic not visible. I haven't found the one at the Nissan museum, but in this one taken in front of the Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse there is also an R380 beside it

Restored

[GrahamClayton]

Built for the 1968 Japanese Grand Prix at the Fuji International Raceway on the 3rd of May. A R381 driven by Moto Kitano finished 1st, Yoshikazu Sunako finished 6th and Kunimitsu Takahashi retired after 31 laps due to a broken wheel hub. That was the R381's only race, it was replaced by the R382 for the 1969 Japanese Grand Prix.