1963 Datsun BLUEBIRD 312
Jun 29, 2021
3 minutes
BY DAVID CONWILL
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEFF KOCH
The Datsun 510 was one of the cars that helped elevate Japanese vehicles as worthwhile competitors to Detroit. When it appeared in 1967, however, it was not out of nowhere. Nissan, the company that built Datsun cars, had been exporting here since 1958. Business in Japan was so good, combined with growing overseas sales, that Nissan constructed its Oppama plant to expand production. Opened in
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