Datsun 2000 [PL130]

Datsun 2000 [PL130] in Goodbye Bafana, Movie, 2007

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

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Author	Message
DAF555 ◊ 2008-01-20 22:18	The blue one
DynaMike ◊ 2008-01-20 22:44	Looks like a late 60s Nissan Cedric [130], (in Holland sold as Datsun 2000/2400) but front and bumpers seem to be different. Locally built later model?
Citsa ◊ 2008-01-20 22:47	DynaMike wrote Looks like a late 60s Nissan Cedric [130], (in Holland sold as Datsun 2000/2400) but front and bumpers seem to be different. Locally built later model? Correct - in ZA also sold as Datsun 2000/ 2400. I am unsure when it was replaced by the next Cedric (branded 260/ 300C) or what the bumpers & front looked like elsewhere.
DynaMike ◊ 2008-01-20 22:57	I remember these cars (and there is still one around here in Amsterdam!) having thicker bumpers with shorter ends, like Link to "www.nipponclassiccars.org" . But on the same site I found this (Belgian) car with similar bumpers: Link to "www.nipponclassiccars.org"
Citsa ◊ 2008-01-20 23:14	DynaMike wrote and there is still one around here in Amsterdam! And so is there in our town - a beautiful, original one, just well kept by a doting young owner who uses it for everyday transport over every kind of road!
nzcarnerd ◊ 2008-01-21 08:28	I think this model began in 1965 and was known in its home market as the "Personal Six". There is the odd one or two of these in NZ.