The 1965 Nissan Silvia has to be one of the most beautiful Nissans – ever. Based on a modified SP310 Fairlady chassis, the 1965 Nissan Silvia came with a 96 horsepower (103 lb-ft of torque), 1595cc, R-series engine (witht win single throat side draft Hitachi 38HJB carburetors) and a four-speed manual transmission.
Only 554 Nissan Silvias were built.
Check this out: “For the design of the Silvia, Nissan engaged the services of a German designer by the name of Count Albrecht Graf Goertz, who moved to Japan to assist their in-house designer Kazuo Kimura. Goertz was trained in Germany and in the 1950s traveled to the United States where he worked for Studebaker, designing the Studebaker Starliner. He then returned to Germany, where he was employed by BMW. His work at BMW included the gorgeous 507 convertible. He then moved to Porsche, where he was part of the design team working on the 911.” – – earlydatsun.com
Toyota had the 2000GT and Nissan had the Silvia. I would take either and so would you.
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