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Title: Puzzle #1958 - Clay Model Datsun 510
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 25, 2011, 04:43:21 AM: Know the story? For 1 point, please respond below to identify the car this was to later become.

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Title: Re: Puzzle #1958
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 31, 2011, 05:10:16 AM: Experts?
Title: Re: Puzzle #1958
Post by: Carnut on March 31, 2011, 06:02:02 AM: Alfa-Romeo proposal (for Alfetta perhaps)?
Title: Re: Puzzle #1958
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 01, 2011, 06:09:45 AM: Not an Alfa
Title: Re: Puzzle #1958
Post by: Carnut on April 01, 2011, 06:40:53 AM: Is it a Bertone design?
Title: Re: Puzzle #1958
Post by: als15 on April 01, 2011, 08:17:41 AM: Proposal for the Fiat 132?
Title: Re: Puzzle #1958
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 01, 2011, 08:33:32 AM: Quote from: Carnut on April 01, 2011, 06:40:53 AM
Is it a Bertone design?

No
Title: Re: Puzzle #1958
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 01, 2011, 08:33:47 AM: Quote from: als15 on April 01, 2011, 08:17:41 AM
Proposal for the Fiat 132?

Not a Fiat
Title: Re: Puzzle #1958
Post by: Carnut on April 01, 2011, 08:59:18 AM: Is it Italian?
Title: Re: Puzzle #1958
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 01, 2011, 10:03:48 AM: It is not.
Title: Re: Puzzle #1958
Post by: Carnut on April 01, 2011, 10:31:02 AM: Japanese?
Title: Re: Puzzle #1958
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 01, 2011, 11:23:20 AM: はい
Title: Re: Puzzle #1958
Post by: Carnut on April 01, 2011, 11:27:39 AM: Quote from: Otto Puzzell on April 01, 2011, 11:23:20 AM
はい

Sorry to say my Japanese is even worse than my Arabic!
Title: Re: Puzzle #1958
Post by: Amsterdam on April 01, 2011, 11:49:51 AM: Quote from: Carnut on April 01, 2011, 11:27:39 AM
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on April 01, 2011, 11:23:20 AM
はい

Sorry to say my Japanese is even worse than my Arabic!

It is a Yes ;)
Title: Re: Puzzle #1958
Post by: Carnut on April 01, 2011, 12:00:14 PM: Thanks! (sort of guessed so..)

Mazda?
Title: Re: Puzzle #1958
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 01, 2011, 01:25:57 PM: Not Mazda
Title: Re: Puzzle #1958
Post by: als15 on April 01, 2011, 05:07:27 PM: Italian styling? Perhaps Michelotti?
Title: Re: Puzzle #1958
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 02, 2011, 07:01:18 AM: Not styled in Italy, nor by an Italian. The final production version had different, single-unit taillights.
Title: Re: Puzzle #1958
Post by: Aaron65 on April 02, 2011, 07:35:37 AM: Peugeot 104?
Title: Re: Puzzle #1958
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 02, 2011, 07:41:15 AM: いいえ
Title: Re: Puzzle #1958
Post by: Aaron65 on April 02, 2011, 07:49:41 AM: Oops...just caught the "it's Japanese" thing...back to your regular schedule... :P
Title: Re: Puzzle #1958
Post by: Aaron65 on April 02, 2011, 10:46:52 AM: Datsun 1200?
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 02, 2011, 02:13:15 PM: MUCH closer
Title: Re: Puzzle #1958
Post by: Carnut on April 02, 2011, 02:17:21 PM: Nissan Bluebird proposal?
Title: Re: Puzzle #1958
Post by: Aaron65 on April 02, 2011, 06:03:30 PM: It's a clay proposal for a Datsun 510...
Title: Re: Puzzle #1958
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 03, 2011, 07:15:30 AM: Quote from: Aaron65 on April 02, 2011, 06:03:30 PM
It's a clay proposal for a Datsun 510...

Yep! Penned by in-house designer Teruo Uchino
Title: Re: Puzzle #1958 - Clay Model Datsun 510
Post by: Carnut 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.
Title: Re: Puzzle #1958 - Clay Model Datsun 510
Post by: Otto Puzzell 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.
Title: Re: Puzzle #1958 - Clay Model Datsun 510
Post by: Carnut on April 05, 2011, 05:51:34 AM: Front view of the same styling clay: