( Formerly The Early Datsun Homepage ) 
 
Welcome to earlydatsun.com , the internet's most comprehensive data base on Nissan, Datsun and Prince cars and commercial vehicles built before 1968.

earlydatsun.com started it's life back in 1997 as the Early Datsun Homepage. It's author, a long time Early Datsun enthusiast and incurable car nut, was distressed to find that when he bought his first computer and got online for the first time, that there was an alarming lack of decent information available on the internet about his beloved pre-1968 Datsuns. So, he did what any obsessed car nut would do under these circumstances, he took on the challenge himself and started to try to compile the most comprehensive Early Datsun data base on the internet, and thus the Early Datsun Homepage was born.  

 
Keep an eye out on each page for the Datsun CUTIE, who has lots of Completely Useless Trivial Information on Early Datsuns
 		 Through all of it's life the Early Datsun Homepage has lived on a free website server at geocities.com which was paid for via annoying little pop-up ads on each web page. Eventually traffic visiting the website became so great that it's monthly data transfer limit was being reached by the 2nd week of each month, after which geocities.com shut down access, meaning it could only be viewed for about 50% of the time. So now, 10 years down the track in 2006 the Early Datsun Homepage has grown up and moved away from home, and has evolved into earlydatsun.com . No more annoying pop-up ads, no more irritating banner ads, no more data transfer limits, it's just wall to wall Classic Datsuns. Enjoy the ride ! 

Nissan sold their cars under different names in different markets. A car like the P510 series was sold in different countries as a Datsun Bluebird, a Datsun 510, a Datsun 1600 or a Nissan Bluebird. To save confusion, in this site we will refer to each car only by it's original Japanese domestic market name.  
 

When you have finished looking through the website, be sure to check out the 
earlydatsun.com shop
 
 
Our latest project
The Complete Guide to the Datsun 320
is now available in the earlydatsun.com/shop
 
  
 
DATSUN BLUEBIRD 
   ... from the 110 series in 1955 to the 510 series in 1970
NISSAN CEDRIC and PRESIDENT 
   ... 30, 31, 50 and 130 series Cedrics plus the 150 series President
DATSUN FAIRLADY and early SPORTS CARS 
   ... every Datsun sports car, from the 1932 Type 12 to the 1970 SR311
NISSAN SILVIA 
   ... Nissan's luxury coupe from the mid-1960s
DATSUN SUNNY 
   ... Nissan's smallest car from the late 1960s
NISSAN AUSTINS 
   ... the best of British, made in Japan !
POST-WAR SEDANS 
   ... passenger cars from the first post-war decade, from 1947 to 1954
Small POST-WAR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES 
   ... from 1946 15T to the 1970 512, and everything inbetween
Large POST-WAR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES 
   ... Caball, Homer, and other larger cab-forward trucks
NISSAN PATROL 
   ... and other four wheel drive commercial vehicles
PRE-WAR DATSUN PASSENGER CARS 
   ... from the first Datsun in 1932 until the start of WWII
PRE-WAR DATSUN TRUCKS & COMMERCIALS 
   ... Datsun trucks from 1932 until World War 2
PRE-DATSUN. Cars built before 1932 
   ... from little things, big things grow ! Where it all began.
PRINCE SKYLINE 
   ... from the automaker formerly known as Prince
PRINCE GLORIA 
   ... and other luxury cars by Prince
PRINCE TRUCKS 
   ... and commercial vehicles from the Prince Motor Co.
Early DATSUN BUSES 
   ... if it's got more that 8 seats it's in here !
Early DATSUN WAGONS 
   ... wagons .... estates ... station wagons ... shooting brakes ... etc.
Other EARLY JAPANESE Cars 
   ... what the other guys were up to
CONY cars. Aichi Machine Co. 
   ... the Guppy, and other tiny tiddlers from Aichi
The FLYING FEATHER 
   ... full marks for trying, but Mr. K went on to bigger and better things
MAGAZINE articles about Early Datsuns 
   ... road testing Classic Datsuns
Early Datsun BOOK REVIEWS 
   ... essential reading for Early Datsun enthusiasts
LINKS to other Early Datsun sites 
   ... we aren't the only old Datsuns nuts in the world, here's the rest !
CAR CLUBS for Early Datsuns 
   ... join a club, and join in on all the fun.
BAD TRANSLATIONS from Nissan's manuals 
   ... "Fall down the rear seat back to the floor and insert the two stopper male on the top."
SPECIFICATIONS and technical data 
   ... numbers, numbers, and nothing but numbers.
Early Datsun FACTORY photos 
   ... see where they came from.
Early Datsun Parts Suppliers 
  ... where to find that missing ____________ .
Take the EARLY DATSUN QUIZ 
   ... so, you think you know Early Datsuns, let's see ho good you are!
Find out about US  
  ... the slightly mad people behind earlydatsun.com
Our Restoration Projects 
  ... here's a few we prepared earlier
Global Headquarters of earlydatsun.com 
  ... visit the International Centre for the Preservation of Classic Datsuns
Miscellaneous Ramblings 
  ... was it all those nasty things I've said about MG owners (and their mothers) over the years?
Email Us 
  ... send us a message, or ask a question
 
NEW !
 Classic Datsun Magazine Articles CD 

After many hundreds of hours of work it is finally ready. 

Classic Datsun Magazine Articles is the largest selection of classic era Datsun, Nissan and Prince magazine articles ever gathered together in the one volume. On this CD-ROM you will find scans of over 235 different magazine articles and road tests from around the world, featuring a total of 827 seperate pages. Also included are over 300 Classic Datsun magazine and newspaper advertisements from various different countries. 

Click Here to find out more.
 

 

The Early Datsun in Australia CD ROM is available now in the  earlydatsun.com shop
Pre-1968 ? Why make that the cut off date ?
 
 
 

WARNING !   SHONKY PARTS SUPPLIER ALERT ! 
An urgent warning to all classic car owners in Brisbane about the business practices of O'Brien Glass (formerly Windscreens O'Brien) at Geebung. CLICK HERE for details. 
 
 
 
 

earlydatsun.com was last updated on 
Monday the 14th of December, 2009.