quick question - j-tin/bosu

[SeventyNine]

what cars are these

[penski]

Left one's a Toyota, right one a Skyline C110?

I suck at J-tin recognition though

*n

[RetroMat]

their both skylines

edit:

one of these a C210?

[DarrenW]

retromicra said:

there both skylines

What he said, from what I know... Not sure what model code though.

[rmad]

Both C210 (240K UK code?) Skylines. Possibly.

[SeventyNine]

thanks you guys!

[spottedlaurel]

He he, would both have looked like my Skylines at one time. Never called Skyline in UK, 240K GT instead (but Skyline name there if you remove rear badge!).

Yup, model code is C210, though as they're Japanese they would actually be C211 model (J-spec models up to early 80's were all one number on, eg their F10 was F11, A10 was A11 etc. They simplified model codes from about 1981/82, fortunately.

Anyone know if there's a name for that extended nose styling?

[penski]

Yup - bosozuku.

Along with huge arch flares, vertical exhausts and giant spoilers.

Kiddie-decapitating bonnet extensions for the win!

*n

[kyteler]

spottedlaurel, in regards to the codes, I wouldn't be so sure sorry dude. The C110 came about in Sept 1972 and in June 1975 the facelift was introduced although not widely acknowledged was known as the C111, the same thing happened in regards to the C210 although I'm not sure of the dates.. you will no doubt be aware of the facelift though as being the difference between various grilles and the changing of the headlamps from quad rounds to twin rectangles. BTW I know of a local C210 with quad round lamps/grille (local being Invercargill, New Zealand) if you know of anyone interested I might be able to coax them from the guy.. although perhaps I would be better to get them for myself should I ever come across a KHGC210 to join the family.

[kyteler]

Oh and if you're interested Latham, I have another couple of picture of the red car there that I could post.

[spottedlaurel]

kyteler said:

spottedlaurel, in regards to the codes, I wouldn't be so sure sorry dude. The C110 came about in Sept 1972 and in June 1975 the facelift was introduced although not widely acknowledged was known as the C111, the same thing happened in regards to the C210 although I'm not sure of the dates.. you will no doubt be aware of the facelift though as being the difference between various grilles and the changing of the headlamps from quad rounds to twin rectangles. BTW I know of a local C210 with quad round lamps/grille (local being Invercargill, New Zealand) if you know of anyone interested I might be able to coax them from the guy.. although perhaps I would be better to get them for myself should I ever come across a KHGC210 to join the family.

Damn, now I'm going to have to go on some big brochure hunt tonight to check this out.

You are probably right about C111, but I've looked at C210/211 before. We got the facelift model here and it is still C210 (trust me, I've got the chassis number of every car Datsun UK sold here from 1971-92). I'm sure the Japanese brochures I have on round headlight model say C211, but only working from memory right now.

The Japanese brochures are great - most of them are unreadable to me, but they always have a detailed summary of models at the end with full model code in English.

[kyteler]

Hmm, interesting. I 'm interested to see what your brochures say.. nothing like a good bit of Japanese documentation to find the truth! Actually, I've got a complete list of codes from ALSI to R30.. I should probably have a look through that.

[kyteler]

OK... according to my list of codes for the Japanese market, the C210 was released in August 1977 and the C211 variants came about a year later in August 1978. The 211-series featured the introduction of the Z-series of engines replacing all the previously L-series powered SWB versions, the L-series 6's were still the mainstay in the LWB (GC210/211) variant though and the 211-series also featured the introduction of the L20ET the first factory turbo Skyline.

[SeventyNine]

kyteler said:

Oh and if you're interested Latham, I have another couple of picture of the red car there that I could post.

i think i can speak for everyone here:

PICS!

cheeRS you lot, youve settled a little argument that both of the cars were different

[Hirst]

And I really don't see why people even in Japan don't seem to love the C211, I think it looks ace!



I've got an early Shuto film where one of the characters in it has a 4 door one with ace spokey deep dish wheels. Looks real smart!

[spottedlaurel]

C210/211 series is definitely the orphan of the Skyline range, you couldn't even get one in Gran Turismo 4 and that had a million different Skylines. Its performance variant was probably the least well-endowed of any Skyline, being only the L20ET engine (about 150bhp?), and that was only available for the last year or so.

The extra digit does seem to come from the fitment of the NAPS anti-pollution system, it checked through with a few other models like C130 Laurel (though there were some oddities). Sometimes the two models run alongside each other, you can get C110 and C111 at the same time for example, so it's not a facelift related thing. Mad.

Kyteler, didn't you say the other day that Datsun codes were easier than Toyota? Poor old Seventynine, I'm sure you didn't want to be bored with this! If I could easily post pictures I'd be as bad as DarrenW and there'd be loads here, but with 56k I struggle.

[DarrenW]

I've got thousands of Skyline pics on my hard drive, and I once spent a few hours trying to put them into some sort of logical structure. But it got so confusing with all the different codes and stuff I gave up - and that was just with stock ones! Half the boso-modded ones I had absolutely no idea about! And then I suddenly realised that a lot of what I thought were Skylines were actually Laurels, but I still don't know how to tell the difference ;D ;D

[kyteler]

spottedlaurel, wasn't me that said it, but I agree despite this crazy extra 0-1 thing! ;D I think what screws things around, is the export variants.. they're seldom noted in lists that I find and therefore it makes it hard to place a timeline on them comparitively.

[Mr K]

Hmm, Cant say i like the exhaust, the rest is awesome though.
Why did they do that with the exhaust? a joke or somthing?

[DarrenW]

nickyboi said:

Hmm, Cant say i like the exhaust, the rest is awesome though.
Why did they do that with the exhaust? a joke or somthing?

It's just crazy mental-manga-madness

VW Beetle stinger exhausts taken several huge steps further ;D

I'd love to know what they sound like, and how they get into multi-story car parks etc

By far the best I've seen:



what's the car?


I bet that doesn't half rattle round a lot, and the exhaust mounts must be pretty substantial to support it!