Graham (G4FUJ) Posted September 5, 2023 Share #20541 Posted September 5, 2023 Advertisement (gone after registration) Datsun, as would have been known here in UK in that period. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pippy Posted September 5, 2023 Share #20542 Posted September 5, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, Graham (G4FUJ) said: Datsun, as would have been known here in UK in that period. Yes Graham! It is a Datsun / Nissan. Model and approximate year anyone? EDIT : Back at Base so here's a pic! Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! P. Edited September 5, 2023 by pippy Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! P. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4851077'>More sharing options...
Graham (G4FUJ) Posted September 6, 2023 Share #20543 Posted September 6, 2023 Looks too big to be a 120 - the only model I can remember apart from the Patrol and it's not one of those 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted September 6, 2023 Share #20544 Posted September 6, 2023 Do I get the Laurel wreath? From around 1978? Wilson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted September 6, 2023 Share #20545 Posted September 6, 2023 180b? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted September 6, 2023 Share #20546 Posted September 6, 2023 Apologies for the delay but I've been out'n'about... Graham wins the coconut! It is a 1970-'73 Datsun 120Y. Thanks to everyone and over to you, Graham, for the next puzzle! Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! P. 2 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! P. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4851894'>More sharing options...
250swb Posted September 6, 2023 Share #20547 Posted September 6, 2023 Advertisement (gone after registration) 11 minutes ago, pippy said: Apologies for the delay but I've been out'n'about... Graham wins the coconut! It is a 1970-'73 Datsun 120Y. Thanks to everyone and over to you, Graham, for the next puzzle! Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! P. Maybe I'm going mad, but if you strip out the obvious budget constraints its not a bad looking car for 1973 consumer rides? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted September 6, 2023 Share #20548 Posted September 6, 2023 No pie-dish wheel trims 🤭? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham (G4FUJ) Posted September 7, 2023 Share #20549 Posted September 7, 2023 Well, I thought it wasn't. a 120Y Open to anyone as I don't have any suitable pics. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted September 7, 2023 Share #20550 Posted September 7, 2023 (edited) 12 hours ago, 250swb said: Maybe I'm going mad, but if you strip out the obvious budget constraints its not a bad looking car for 1973 consumer rides? I agree, Steve! In fact if we read through the list of 'possible' guesses there are some very stylish motors mentioned which goes to show the company this humble car is almost keeping. I know that, at the time, there was a feeeling that the Japanese hadn't got their act together design-wise but many of those cars had some lovely detailing. Not always 'coherent' with the rest of the styling, perhaps, but there was clearly a lot of thought going in to the process back then. Apologies for having mis-read Graham's answer! As stated if anyone has something to post then please do so! Philip. Edited September 7, 2023 by pippy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted September 7, 2023 Share #20551 Posted September 7, 2023 Datsuns were pretty common here, and generally pretty awful. The one exception was the original 240Z - my cousin had one, and was kind enough to let me drive it. This would have been about 1974, before they wrecked the car with the 260 and 280 variants. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted September 10, 2023 Share #20552 Posted September 10, 2023 (edited) On 9/7/2023 at 2:46 AM, Graham (G4FUJ) said: ...Open to anyone as I don't have any suitable pics. As we wait in this intermission here's a slightly different take on the thread's focus (which might already be very-well-known to Graham!).... Name the primary user of this example of an incredibly hard to recognise car; Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Philip. Edited September 10, 2023 by pippy 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Philip. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4854605'>More sharing options...
Indeepthought Posted September 11, 2023 Share #20553 Posted September 11, 2023 Forestry Commission followed by the RAF. 🍷 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham (G4FUJ) Posted September 11, 2023 Share #20554 Posted September 11, 2023 6 hours ago, pippy said: As we wait in this intermission here's a slightly different take on the thread's focus (which might already be very-well-known to Graham!).... Name the primary user of this example of an incredibly hard to recognise car; Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Philip. A thing of beauty - at least in its relative simplicity. Lights behind grille suggest it might be one of the 48 pre-production prototypes, although the free-wheeling front hubs negate that as the early cars had the Rover car freewheel on the gearbox. Oversize tyres 7.50 x 16" (original 6.00x16). Background photo could well be Ynys Mon (Anglesey) where Willks had a farm and tested the very early prototypes - they wanted to build something that would replace ageing ex-WD Jeeps in use on the farm. They were also looking for a stopgap vehicle, until steel supplies built up again during the austerity years following WWII - one reason Land Rover bodies were made from Birmabright (aluminium alloy). And before anyone calls it a "Defender", it isn't. That name came along much later, for the 1991 model year. None of that has directly answered Philip's question! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted September 11, 2023 Share #20555 Posted September 11, 2023 HRH Prince Philip? Wilson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted September 11, 2023 Share #20556 Posted September 11, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Graham (G4FUJ) said: A thing of beauty - at least in its relative simplicity......Lights behind grille suggest it might be one of the 48 pre-production prototypes, although the free-wheeling front hubs negate that as the early cars had the Rover car freewheel on the gearbox. Oversize tyres 7.50 x 16" (original 6.00x16)...... My first thought exactly, Graham!............ 1 hour ago, wlaidlaw said: HRH Prince Philip?... ...and his 'Significant Other'! Well done, Wilson! The Landie is seen here 'berthed' on board HMY Britannia. A placard adjoining the area tells us that the royal couple would select whichever vehicle would be the most sensible mode of transport depending on their chosen destination. Sometimes it woud be the Land Rover; other times they would take, say, a Rolls Royce limousine. Whilst there is plenty of space here for this car things became a tighter fit with some of the longer vehicles. To stow one of their RR Phantoms, for example, it was first neccessary to remove the bumpers... The Wee as seen above; Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ...and The Muckle on display alongside the Royal Yacht; I hope some of you enjoyed that little diversion. Now; back to the Game!... Philip. EDIT : A vaguely amusing little thing. We were visiting the boat along with a couple of friends who hail from France and who, on seeing this car, were trying to work out which praiseworthy institutions were being honoured by the pair of bumper-badges. They were slightly disappointed to learn the more prosaic reality... Edited September 11, 2023 by pippy 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ...and The Muckle on display alongside the Royal Yacht; I hope some of you enjoyed that little diversion. Now; back to the Game!... Philip. EDIT : A vaguely amusing little thing. We were visiting the boat along with a couple of friends who hail from France and who, on seeing this car, were trying to work out which praiseworthy institutions were being honoured by the pair of bumper-badges. They were slightly disappointed to learn the more prosaic reality... ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4854783'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted September 11, 2023 Share #20557 Posted September 11, 2023 One of our local GP’s, when I was a newly qualified HGV driver (18 y o in Scotland at that time), asked if I would mind collecting a couple of his daughter’s ponies and their trailer, that had been on loan in Aviemore for the pony trekking season. His tow vehicle was an 80” wheel base early Landie, like HRHs’ with a diesel conversion, using a 1500 BMC diesel, with I think around 35 BHP. Pulling a large heavy two horse Rice trailer and two fat highland ponies, I had to stop and change into low range to crawl up some of the steeper hills on the A95. A one hour drive took me nearer three. Wilson 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted September 11, 2023 Share #20558 Posted September 11, 2023 No Takers? OK. Here's something chanced-upon in a car park at my local Sainsburys Pebble Beach Concours paddock today. You Know the Gen; Sock it to me! Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4855757'>More sharing options...
Indeepthought Posted September 11, 2023 Share #20559 Posted September 11, 2023 (edited) 14 minutes ago, pippy said: No Takers? OK. Here's something chanced-upon in a car park at my local Sainsburys Pebble Beach Concours paddock today. You Know the Gen; Sock it to me! Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Pontiac Fiero Edited September 12, 2023 by Indeepthought Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indeepthought Posted September 11, 2023 Share #20560 Posted September 11, 2023 Pontiac Fiero 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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