Whilst in the short term the Prince name continued on, once the new range of Prince designed vehicles hit the market in 1968 the Prince name had been dropped altogether, and from then on all the previous Prince models would be sold as either a Nissan or a Datsun. The Prince dealer network was kept in place, and rather oddly, you often had to go to two different Nissan dealers in your town in Japan to see the whole range, with Bluebirds and Fairladys, etc. sold through traditional Nissan Datsun dealers, whilst Skylines and Glorias were sold through Nissan Prince dealers.
The most obvious change to this model was the new tail light treatment. The classic round tail lights were replaced by a pair of rather odd looking tail light clusters shaped like a sideways capital D. This involved pressing a whole new rear panel for the car. The other change that required new panels was to the C pillars of the car. The S50-2 now has cabin exhaust vents mounted to the base of the C pillars, which de-pressurised the cabin and improved the ventilation of the cabin. This meant you no longer had to wind a window down to get a flow-through ventilation effect.
The Deluxe model continued to have full length stainless steel side strips, though it now featured a new grille design. The new grille was a cast alloy moulding with one wide horizontal bar 3/4 of the way up the height of the grille, with 4 thin bars above it and 12 thin horizontal bars below. Badges on the Deluxe model were mounted below the side strip at the rear of the car and said "Skyline 1500 Deluxe". The badge on the boot lid says "PRINCE", and some later cars had a discrete "NISSAN" badge on the rear panel between the number plate and the tail light on the right side. Deluxe models had a 4 speed floor change gearbox and two front bucket seats. The Deluxe had a cast alloy panel in the middle of the dash that contained a clock and radio. The Deluxe has rubber tipped over riders on the bumpers. It also has a metal trim on the tail light panel.
The standard model continued to use the same pressed steel grille as the previous S50S-1 model, though now the standard also has full length side strips, whereas the previous one had the strips finish halfway along the front doors. The badges are mounted in the same location as the Deluxe Model, and say "Skyline 1500". This model has a 3 speed column change gearbox and has a front bench seat. It has no clock, no radio, no shiny trim around the windows, no shiny gutter trims and no over riders.
A wagon version, the W50A-2 was also available, that had a similar trim and equipment level as the deluxe sedan. This was badged as the Skyline 1500 Estate. A commercial van version was also built called the V51A-2, which was badged as the Skyway 1500. It's trim was similar to that of the standard sedan. Unlike the previous Skyway it now had full length side strips. It had bars inside the rear side windows to save them from being damaged by moving cargo in the back. An export version of this van, without the cargo bars, was known as the W50AE-2. It's badges said "Prince A150".
