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Nissan Silvia Racing Images

It is quite rare to find images of the Silvia race cars, but I dug these up this weekend-- enjoy!

The 13th Macau Grand Prix race (1966/11/20)

ACP Trophy: # 26 Silvia / Yokoyama Seiichiro








Enjoy,

Michael

It a really sharp car. Were there any left and versions made?

ed B wrote:It a really sharp car. Were there any left and versions made?

I believe so? But as I recall it's not very many. Maybe 3?

According to Rumorpedia...

Production ceased in 1968 after a mere 554 were made (mainly in 1965), each one of them unique with body panels crafted by hand. Most of the vehicles remained in Japan; however, 49 examples were exported to Australia and another 10 went to other countries.

So I'd wager 10 or less were LHD?

wow, pretty rare.

there was one around....2009 listing....
http://bringatrailer.com/2009/01/02/bla ... ia-csp311/

rad! Michael where do you get all these fantastic images?!

Remember Les' U20-powered Silvia? This was from Solvang 2007

Don't know why I missed this, I am a Silvia guy after all....

There were no LHD made, except a prototype, all production models were RHD. I think most of the export countries the Silvia's went to were driving on the left.

The Silvia had a good run at racing back in its native Japan, see my website for a few more images and what race results I have found.

https://csp311.net/silvia-in-motorsport ... %E3%82%A2/

Pretty cool, love vintage pics, not just for the topic of the image but for other things like advertising, social norms, etc. Noted the left hand side air intake, assumed to help the carbs? Wonder if they ran a complete airbox.

Saw one of these at the Petersen Museum









not going to lie, I kinda fell in love!... also saw a lot of similarities of parts used on the Silvia and Roadsters

not going to lie, I kinda fell in love!.

You can see why I love them! As the Silvia is basically a coupe version of the roadster in its production form (it was based on the SP310 after-all), there a lot of parts from the early roadsters, and a few from the Bluebird 410/411's.

CSP311 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:59 am not going to lie, I kinda fell in love!.

You can see why I love them! As the Silvia is basically a coupe version of the roadster in its production form (it was based on the SP310 after-all), there a lot of parts from the early roadsters, and a few from the Bluebird 410/411's.

They look like they are extremely rare though!... and that means they are going to be expensive

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They look like they are extremely rare though!... and that means they are going to be expensive
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Yes they are, but I listed one for sale in the US on my website (look under, for sale)

https://csp311.net/

2mAn wrote: ↑Mon Jul 16, 2018 9:04 pm Saw one of these at the Petersen Museum









not going to lie, I kinda fell in love!... also saw a lot of similarities of parts used on the Silvia and Roadsters

the back end of this kind reminds me of the "brat" that little truck with bed seats installed too . I haven't thought about those trucks in years . and I didn't know these cars existed.