The Nissan Silvia first debuted at the Tokyo Motor Show in September of 1964.

For the design, Nissan consulted the expertise of the German man, Count Albrect Graf Goertz. Goertz was first hired by Studebaker, so hemoved to the United States for that job and then was hired by BMW, so he went back to Germany for that job, he worked on the 507 with that. He then moved to Porsche and worked on the 911. During the 1960s, he was employed by Nissan Motor Co. LTD. to take over the Silvia project.

The Silvia was the first Japanese car to use a full scale clay mock up. Goertz then made a four seater Silvia but never reached production. He then made a design for the 240z but Nissan never used it. --------------------------------------------------- The Silvias body was all hand built with hand beaten panelwork. The Silvia was built on a modified Fairlady 1500 SP310 chassis. The Silvia rode on 14´´wheels an was the first Japanese car to use disc brakes. Allot of the chassis was derived from the 1500, like the floor pan. The brakes were 284 mm

Someone else finish it, I have a big project due for school and cant work on it.

??? finish what??? not clear on that.

Anyone have a pic of the first silvia? I'm just curious..

The 'Silvia' referred to in this category - the Early Datsuns - is as pictured below.

It had the R16 engine in common with the SPL311 roadster and the RL411 (1600 or SSS) sedan and wagon.



I have better pix, just don't have the time at the moment to upload to the net for viewing.

You can go to:http://ckrockett-enterprises.com/Datsun ... 11home.htm for more Early Datsun stuff. And don't overlook the linx to Merlin's and Alan Bent's websites.

TC&E,Carl