I live in Sydney Australia and own a 1965 Nissan Silvia csp311 which I have had for 20 years. The vin no is 70275 and it was the first one of 49 imported and sold new in Australia. Over a four year period Nissan in Yokohama only made 445 of these cars, which were all handmade, so each one was slightly different. On its last long trip , I drove to Noosa in Queensland and return covering 2500 kilometers with no troubles at all. These cars were made for the American market, but were designed using a 5 feet 8 inch dummy ( Japanese size ) so headroom was extremely limited. As I am 6 feet tall ( 183 cm ) Fairlady 240Z seats have been fitted and the driving position is now great with plenty of legroom and sufficient headroom. It was a very advanced car in its day with 11 inch disc brakes the same as an E type Jag, Porsche type gearbox internals and Ferrari type dashboard. It was built on a full chassis and had an AM radio, heater and retractable lap seat belts as standard equipment.I will post some pictures as soon as I can figure computers out a bit more.
There is a 4 and one half minute video of my car and myself on You tube which was made by a Japanese film crew. It is titled under Nissan Silvia csp311 Japanese Nostalgic car in Australia # 1. This clip was made on the roof of the old Harris Street Car Museum in Sydney and finishes with some shots inside also of my car.
At this time I also owned a very early Toyota Tiara that came in the first shipment of Japanese cars to Australia. Unfortunately due to lack of storeage I sold it on ebay a few years ago for only $1000 !
