Alan
Author of earlydatsun.com, The Complete Guide to the Datsun 320, Early Datsun in Australia, Classic Datsun Magazine Articles, The Nissan Silvia Resource Book and Planet Cedric.
Former President of the Datsun Sports Owners Assn.
Member of the Datsun Sports Owners Association since 1985.
Member of the Lotus Car Club of Qld.
Works as a Medical Oxygen Technician.
Alan's hobbies are .....
Going on day runs and events with his various car clubs.
Going to car shows and swap meets.
Collecting Datsun, Nissan or Prince sales brochures, service manuals, parts catalogs, owner's manuals.
Restoring and driving old Datsuns.
Restoring and collecting old Electro-Mechanical Pinball Machines.
Watching Formula 1 motor racing.
Playing golf, usually badly.
Collecting models of pre-1968 Japanese cars.
Hanging out with friends and fellow car nuts.
Being with Ruth.
Ruth
Member of the Datsun Sports Owners Association.
Member of Old Girls on the Road.
Works as a Clinical Nurse.
Former Treasurer and Website Editor of the Datsun Sports Owners Association.
Has been a regular contributor to Sports Torque, the newsletter of the Datsun Sports Owners Association.
Ruth's hobbies are .......
Going long drives in the country in 'Baby', her 1965 Fairlady.
Going on day runs and outings with her various car clubs.
Displaying 'Baby' at car shows.
Competing in Triathalons.
Playing her Baby Grand Piano.
Playing around on the internet.
Watching Formula 1 motor racing.
Watching Australian Rules Football.
Hanging out with friends, family and fellow car nuts.
All of our cars, past and present.
1965 NISSAN CEDRIC DELUXE G31
The G31 was the highest specification model offered in Australia, and is a deLuxe model with all the available options.
The car was fully restored under our house during 2009. It was originally Yoshihara Green with a green interior, it is now two toned blue and white with Tsunami Blue on the top section and Winter White below. The interior is blue with white piping.
1965 DATSUN FAIRLADY 1600 SP311
Ruth's "Baby". This is a very early SP311 that we have restored together throughout 2005-2006 to near perfect condition. She is painted Prairie Rose, which is an original Nissan colour from the early 1960s and was the colour the very first Fairlady sold anywhere in the world was painted. She is as close to 100% original as it is possible to get, except for the engine. The engine is a 2 litre Nissan H20 with U20 pistons, a 4 into 1 extractor, and twin dual throat 40PHH Mikuni Solex carbs.
1988 LOTUS ESPRIT TURBO
Yes, I know it's not a Datsun. It was one of my teenage dream cars and I finally got the opportunity to buy one a few years back.
It is the highest specification model offered in that year and is painted Calypso Red with a charcoal full leather interior.
1962 DATSUN 320
Being a 1962 model, with a very early chassis number of only 677, she is one of the earliest Datsun's to have come to Australia, and is the oldest known Japanese vehicle of any type still on the road in the state we live in. Purchased in 2001 and finally restored during 2007. She is painted Sora Blue and has a blue interior. It also has a custom made varnished timber tray that we made ourselves. The vehicle was restored using parts and optional accessories from a 1963 Datsun Bluebird deLuxe P312.
1965 NISSAN SILVIA CSP311
Purchased in 1986 and restored over a five year period. The car was sold new in New Guinea and privately imported into Australia. It was painted Blue Mica and had a white interior. It won multiple trophies on the local car show circuit in the 90s and continued to be used mainly as a show car and occasional driver until I eventually sold it.
1965 DATSUN FAIRLADY 1600 SP311
This is a very early SP311 that we have restored together throughout 2005-2006 to near perfect condition. She is painted Sora Blue, and has a black interior. The car was restored to as close to original condition as possible, but was eventually given a 2 litre engine upgrade.
1966 DATSUN FAIRLADY 1600 SP311
This was the first car I ever owned. I bought it as an accident damaged car when I was 16 and I restored it with my father over the course of the next year. It was painted Guards Red and had a black interior. This car was my constant companion and daily driver for the next 30 years. In that time I saw the odometer re-zero itself six times, we had some great times together this Fairlady and I.
1964 DATSUN 320 PICKUP
Another full restoration. Painted Merino White with a blue interior. Has a varnished timber tray. Fitted with a 1483cc 4cyl. OHV J15 engine. Was a pizza delivery vehicle for my pizza shop for many years.
1964 DATSUN FAIRLADY 1500 SP310
I still get upset with myself for selling this car ! I fully restored this car. A three seater, 100% original. Burgundy red with a black interior. Stunning, close to perfect.
1967 PRINCE SKYLINE GT-B S54BE-3
This was a Prince factory prepared race car. Originally purchased to be raced in touring car races, it's original owner was paralised in an accident before he could race it. It sat unused for years before it was sold again. Subsequent owners had raced it in hill climbs and rallies. Originally white, I restored it to road car specifications and painted it dark blue with a red interior. I sold it to a man who wanted it for his private collection of race cars.
1965 DATSUN FAIRLADY 1600 SP311
A very low chassis numbered car, it was in very original condition when I bought it, just badly neglected. I restored this car to original condition. White with a red interior.
1963 DATSUN BLUEBIRD P312
Chassis number P312-3-32984
Bought her in 1988 and used as everyday transport for many years. Purchased for $200 from a wrecking yard, she was mechanically near perfect and just needed painting. Originally two toned grey and blue, she is now Merino White and Midnight Blue with a blue interior.
1962 DATSUN 320
A very early 320, it had been painted a gold colour with a brush when I bought it. I restored it back to near original condition. I built a replica of the "milk truck" body that was offered as an option in Australia when new, but made it out of marine ply. This was used as a camper van.
1965 NISSAN SILVIA CSP311
I bought this car in the late 1980s and it had been restored by a previous owner about 10 years prior to that. Whilst not perfect it was still in very nice condition and was as 100% original. Painted in it's original Silvia Gold colour, it still had it's original upholstery and carpets.
1965 DATSUN BLUEBIRD P411
This Bluebird was a one owner car, it is painted blue and has a blue interior. It was one of the most original P411s I have ever seen. A terrible photo, but this was a lovely little car. It was our family car for many years.
1964 NISSAN CEDRIC 1900 WAGON WP31
Purchased in 1996 and after a 6 month restoration it was used as everyday family transport for many years. It was purchased from a 91 year old man who bought her new in 1964. She had only 59000 miles on the clock when purchased. She was originally a metallic red colour with a red interior, but the previous owner had hand painted her a woeful brown colour. She was painted two toned Merino White and Midnight Blue with a blue velour and vinyl interior.
1973 NISSAN PRESIDENT H250
I had never contemplated owning a President before, mainly due to them being nearly non-existent in this country and therefore never really an option. But when this surprisingly came up for sale a short distance from me I had to get it. It was a V8 model with the full electrics package.
1965 DATSUN FAIRLADY 1600 SP311
The car on the right in the photo. I restored it to close to original condition. Red with a black interior. Very lovely.
1967 DATSUN FAIRLADY 2000 SR311
A bit of a mongrel. The previous owner hit a kangaroo at 150kph and seriously mangled it. He put the car back together with bits off several different models. Has a 2000 body and mechanicals, 1600 dash board and diff, '65 1500 guards and bonnet. I gave it a coat of black paint and sold it.
1964 PRINCE SKYLINE 1500 S50E-1
This was how the car looked when I bought it, unfortunately I don't have a photo of it after it was detailed but it was a very nice condition car. It had been badly neglected, but all it needed was a day of cut and polishing and detailing and she was like new again. I used her as my "sensible" car for many years. Easilly the nicest little sedan I have ever driven.
1965 NISSAN SILVIA CSP311
Just a body shell and chassis, nearly everything else was missing. Sold in 2008, she now lives in England.
1967 1/2 DATSUN FAIRLADY 1600 SP311
My father actually bought this car himself in the late 1980s when he decided he wanted a Fairlady like mine. It was in exactly this condition when he bought it. He never got around to doing anything with it and sold it as is to someone about 1/2 an hour away. When I decided I wanted a new project I though to myself I bet the guy who bought Dad's car probably never did anything with it, and sure enough he hadn't, so I bought it from him in exactly the same state as it was in the 80s.
1963 DATSUN BLUEBIRD WAGON WP312
Bought as a potential future project, sold it as is a few years later.
1964 DATSUN FAIRLADY 1500 SP310
A somewhat non-original 3 seater 1500 that we aquired at a very low price. Drove it for a bit and eventually sold it to an interstate buyer.
1966 DATSUN FAIRLADY 1600 SP311
I bought in 1991 at an insanely low price, it was one of those "I am going to restore it one day" cars but I never got around to doing anything with her and sold her as is a few years later. She was a burgondy red colour with a black interior. She drove nice, but was rough and ready and needed some love.
1965 DATSUN FAIRLADY 1600 SP311
A wreck. Parts car only
1966 DATSUN FAIRLADY 1600 SP311
A wreck. Spare parts car.
1963 NISSAN CEDRIC 1900 SEDAN 31
A spare parts car. I feel kind of guilty wrecking this car, but I needed the parts for the wagon. It was black with a coffee cream and black interior.
1964 DATSUN FAIRLADY 1500 SP310
Chassis number 4-SP310-00134
I bought this in 1995, she hadn't graced the road since 1981. She has never been in an accident but has substantial rust damage. I never got around to doing anything with it and I sold it to my father about 20 years ago who says he is going to restore it one day. He is now 95 years old and the car still looks like this, don't expect to see it on the road any time soon.
1964 NISSAN CEDRIC 1900 WAGON WP31
She's was a one owner car, metallic red and even has it's original pull out radio.
1964 DATSUN 320
Chassis number P312-4-????? (don't know, the number has rusted away!)
Basket case. Found in a cow paddock in Kingaroy by a friend, paid him a case of beer to bring her home. She was 100% original, unfortunately 95% of those 100% original parts were pretty rusty. She has donated her life so that other early Datsuns can live again.
1979 DATSUN 280ZX
I can't find a photo of it anywhere in my folders, but it was the same model as the one shown in this photo, a 1st generation 1979 targa top 2+2. It was red with a red velour interior.
1963 DATSUN BLUEBIRD P312
A basket case ! Someone gave it to me. A spare parts car.
1969 NISSAN CEDRIC SUPER SIX 2400 G130-U
Paid $20 for it ! No engine, body in fair condition.
1963 DATSUN BLUEBIRD P312
A spare parts car. Now landfill.
1964 DATSUN FAIRLADY SP310
chassis number 4-SP310-00163
A total basket case! Spare parts car only. Painted the most repugnant slime green colour you have ever seen. I thought it looked nice sitting in my mother's front yard, but for some strange reason she didn't think so. There' not much of it left now.
1966 PRINCE ESTATE 1500 W50ADE-2
An incredibly rare Skyline wagon. I bought this car from a wrecking yard and started to restore it. Unfortunately my father sold the shed I was keeping all my Princes in, and I had nowhere else to keep them, so I sold this and all the following Princes to one person. None of these cars has ever been seen again. This car was red with a red interior. The only photo I still have is of it being retrieved from the wrecking yard.
1964 PRINCE ESTATE 1500 W50AE-1
Another mega-rare Skyline wagon. I bought this car from a guy who had a landscaping business. He used to cart gravel and dirt around in it, claims he could get a metre of gravel in the back. Blue with a blue and grey interior.
1964 PRINCE SKYLINE 1500 S50E-1
This car had been in a major accident. Who ever rebuilt it made it up with the front half of one car and the back of another. Very rough. A parts car.
1964 PRINCE SKYLINE 1500 S50E-1
A wreck. Red with a red interior. Spare parts only.
1969 NISSAN CEDRIC 2400 H130
Blue with a blue/grey interior. I never did get around to doing anything with that car.
1973 DATSUN CHERRY 120A COUPE
Quite rare in this country, I think I had the only one. Looked like someone had grafted the back of a Lotus Europa onto the front of a 120Y. I sold it to some loser who owned it for a week before he wrapped it around a telegraph pole. It was red with a cream interior.
1972 DATSUN CHERRY 100A
The 100A was Nissan's first front wheel drive. All front wheel drives are woe-ful things, but this one was particularly nasty. Blue with a black interior.
1972 DATSUN CHERRY 100A
Spare parts for the above car.
1965 HONDA S600 SOFT TOP
I restored this car to original. Was painted with flat white house paint, with a brush, when I got it. I painted it red with a black interior.
1965 HONDA S600 SOFT TOP
The car on the left in this photo. In fair condition when I got it, I just gave it a coat of red paint.
1967 HONDA S800 HARD TOP
Was painted frog green, I painted it metallic bronze. Had a neat little metal spoiler on the back.
1965 HONDA S600 HARD TOP
A basket case, spare parts car. Some loser had put a 5 litre Holden V8 in it and thought he was going to go drag racing with it. Somehow thought he was going to put 200+hp through the S600s dinky chain drive rear end.
1965 HONDA S600 HARD TOP
Another basket case. Just a parts car.
1984 NISSAN 300ZX KHGZ31
When everyone in upper management at Domino's Pizza got their company car allowance, they all bought new Toyota Camrys and other cardigan cars, I instead got a second hand 300ZX. It seemed like a good idea at the time, not the most reliable thing on the face of the planet either. Red with a brown velour interior.
1984 NISSAN 300ZX KHGZ31
A rusted out wreck bought for parts.
1989 NISSAN EXA N13
When I had to take my Fairlady off the road to do some major work I wanted something cheap but also wanted the wind in my hair. The Exa fitted that description. Black with a black interior.
1981 DATSUN 280C 430
When it became clear that I wasn't going to get the Cedric wagon restoration completed before baby #1 arrived I bought a 280C as a temporary measure. Was family transport until the Cedric wagon was finished being restored.
1974 DATSUN 240C COUPE 230
This photo of my 300ZX with the 240C coupe in the background seems to be the only photo of it I still have. Brown with a black interior.
1977 ALFA ROMEO GTV
Went great when it wasn't putting conrods through the block, setting itself on fire, etc. It's Italian, what more would you expect? Was a car I liked as a child, but failed to live up to it's image. My Fairlady outperformed it in every conceivable way, happy to see it go.
RENAULT 12
I don't remember what year the car was, and I don't care. What a god-awful, repugnant, ugly, under-engineered, fragile, pathetic, evil-handling device. Makes a Lada Samara look like a quality automobile. I had it when I was 18 years old. The car was a gift from my father, to give me something to drive while my Fairlady was off the road when someone ran into it.
1974 VOLVO 142GT
Another one of those "hey, we could throw a coat of paint on that and make some money" cars. We didn't make any money.
1988 LOTUS ESPRIT TURBO
A burned out wreck I bought for parts.
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