If you like rare early Japanese cars, this certainly ticks all of those boxes. The Nissan Bluebird is an iconic car in Nissan’s history This a Japanese market only 1965 Datsun 411, and is claimed to be one of only two such deluxe coupes imported into the US. These cars were actually designed by Pininfarina, and are quite desirable in the higher trim levels. They’ve been likened to the Lancia Fulvia, and the styling does have an Italian and possibly Lancia look to it.
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It is equipped with a three cylinder motor, and a 3 speed column shifter. This specific car is upgraded with period correct bucket seats and bridgestone wheels (both original seats and original wheels included in the sale). It shows just 83,000KM (51,000 miles), and benefits from a recent repaint.
The Nissan Bluebird of this era had a higher performance model, the Bluebird SS, which came with a 1.2 liter motor producing 71 horsepower (or up to 78 with the double carburetor version). These higher performance models had four speed manual transmissions instead of the 3 speed column shifters. These SS versions are quite desirable, and fetch significantly more money than this base model.
