John875 posted this at the Cohort, and according to him, it’s a Datsun 2800 Super Six. I’d like to take his word on that, but all the info out there seems to say that this generation of the Nissan Cedric (130) came in 2300 or 2400 versions, based on the six cylinder displacement. And given their vintage (1965-1971), that was well before the 2800cc version of the L-family six appeared. But its a fine find; and not one I’ll ever meet on the streets here, as they weren’t sold in the US.
A nice looking car for the times, which can be explained by the fact that it was designed by Pininfarina, who also had the contract for several other Nissan cars at the time, including the 411. Now that’s something I have found…
Looks like a GAZ 24 Volga.
Also, I think this is where the early Infiniti Q45 got its door handles.
+1 Especially with the mudflaps
A good time to retell an oft repeated tale.
Apparently, in conservative Australia of the early sixties, the word “cedric” was a euphemism for homosexual so when the Cedric was released at the Sydney Motor Show it was to great hilarity to the attending motoring journalists.
One of the journos stopped giggling long enough to approach one of the Nissan people to raise the subject and the following is supposedly true.
” Do you realise that Cedric in Australia means, um urr, homosexual?
Long thoughtful pause….. Do you have many homosexual in Australia?
Journo, Well, I suppose we do.
Nissan guy……Good! We will sell many cars!”
Well, Datsun/Nissan had the “Cedric” . . . and in Australia, didn’t they sell the 411/510 as the “Bluebird” ?? Good thing they didn’t call a 1200 the “Swallow” !!
Don’t forget the Fairlady.
Paul, I may disagree.
There is a similar model on free Oz classifieds (gumtree, the kijiji of Oz!) and looking at the pictures/blowing up the trunk badge, looks like a “2800”. Blame the ozzies for have a weird local version (but never as weird as the RSA local versions).
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/booragoon/cars-vans-utes/1969-datsun-super-six-sedan-cedric/1003318382#
Also, it had a Rambler Resemblance, what say you?
I suspect you’re seeing a “2300”. The reason being is that the Super Six used the 2300 engine through 1969, and the 2400 beginning with 1970. The one in the ad is a 1969.
I can find zero reference to a 2800 Super Six. To the best of my knowledge, there was no 2800 in this series of engines until the mid-late seventies. If you can prove me wrong, I’ll be glad to reconsider.
I have the export-spec English language sales brochure. 2000 and 2300cc straight-6 engines in it – the L20 and L23. Wikipedia lists a few more, but not the L28. The first Cedric the L28 turned up in was the ‘330’ series.
I obviously mis-read the badge as 2800 rather than 2300 – didn’t realise they did a 2.3 version.
I was trying to figure out where I saw that side sculpturing before, and then I read Pininfarina. Aha — the Pininfarina Cadillac Jacqueline. In side view at least, this car looks like a Jacqueline from the beltline down and a BMW Bavaria from the beltline up.
Good call.
Nissan did a wagon version of the ‘130’ Cedric too. We got both sedans and wagons new in NZ – although the wagons were exceptionally rare and I’ve never seen one in the metal. In the usual CC-effect, the wagon brochure has just this week turned up on trademe, where I’m currently bidding on it. Here’s the actual brochure pic of the wagon:
Being an ‘Elderly Nissan’ geek, I love these Cedrics! Because we got them new in NZ, there are still a few sedans around. Our NZ-new ones were all the ‘Personal Six’, which was the usual export-spec model. But there was also an up-spec ‘Special Six’ for sale on trademe late last year. Apparently it was produced for the Olympics and was given to a Kiwi as an appreciative thank you for training the Japanese dressage team, and he then brought it back to NZ with him. The Special Six came with extra features, like power windows and rear seat controls for the heating. Here’s a montage of that Kiwi Special Six:
And a montage of the Special Six interior – the rear seat heating controls are visible on the back of the front seat in one shot. The car has been converted from column change to floor change, and the remnanats of the column change can be seen on the steering column.
Very nice! You can see a touch of all Pinifarina’s other efforts of the period there! As MadHungarian says, there’s Cadillac Jacqueline from the side; plus BMC Landcrab/3 litre from the front; Peugeot 504 from the back.
When I was a kid these always reminded me of American cars though I couldn’t say which ones!
I remember seeing some of these in Aussie they were ok cars as far as it went but you couldnt give one away. My brother had a Jap import one in black 82 from memory it had a shitload of miles on it and eventually died of rust but it went ok for what it was an overweight Japanese barge
These and the Toyota Crown pretty much killed the lower end British “luxury” cars like Wolsley here- turned out that we really were not that interested in “taste”, “breeding” and “Britishness” like BMC/Leyland etc thought we were!
I own the similar car its in perfect working order no rust but some faded paint. It is just stored in my warehouse. May be one day will repaint it and register it on club plates.
Now as the proud owner of the car in question, I am happy to clear an uncertainty over it’s identity. It is a 1969 Datsun 2300 Super Six and was owned by three generations of the same family from new until I purchased the car this year. It still features most of the original paint (be it very faded), interior, engine and trans.
The original 1966 130 Cedric was designed by Pininfarina, but this Mark 4 130 was redesigned in house by Nissan. It features the now rare L23 based on the original L20, which shares little in common with the L20A, L24, L26 & L28 which came later.
The car still drives well but it does show signs of wear as it should after 49 years as an every day driver. It is now garaged in Country South Australia, still in the same town in which it was sold.
Thanks for the clarification and additional details. A great survivor.