Author Topic: Puzzle #1958 - Clay Model Datsun 510  (Read 1242 times)

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Re: Puzzle #1958
« Reply #25 on: April 03, 2011, 07:15:30 AM »
It's a clay proposal for a Datsun 510...

Yep! Penned by in-house designer Teruo Uchino
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Re: Puzzle #1958 - Clay Model Datsun 510
« Reply #26 on: April 03, 2011, 08:35:00 AM »
Otherwise known as a Nissan Bluebird..
Or was it before they started calling them Nissans in all markets?
To be fair I only edited my original post to read 'Bluebird' after Aaron65's post, although it is what I meant to write in the first place and it only hit me I'd put the wrong thing whilst driving home!
I wasn't aware it was also called a Datsun 510, as it wasn't called that on the UK market.
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Re: Puzzle #1958 - Clay Model Datsun 510
« Reply #27 on: April 03, 2011, 09:06:08 AM »
As I understand it, the car was designed with the US market strongly in mind. Datsun, at that time, was eschewing names like "Bluebird" and "Fairlady" for cars sold in the US.
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Re: Puzzle #1958 - Clay Model Datsun 510
« Reply #28 on: April 05, 2011, 05:51:34 AM »
Front view of the same styling clay:

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