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Pasta's bi-monthly updates: 1968 Nissan Fairlady 2000

Added 2024-08-10 09:45:28 +0000 UTC

Time to properly introduce this new project of mine to you all: the 1968 Nissan Fairlady 2000!

Greatly underappreciated thanks to its immensely successful follow up, the 240Z, this little 2L sports car defined Japanese sports car racing for much of the latter half of the 60s. In 1963, the Fairlady 1500 became the first Nissan to win a race in Japan, starting a lineage ranging from the small 1500 and 1600 models to the big 2000 model introduced in March 1967. The Fairlady 2000 became an instant winner at the 1967 Japan Grand Prix GT Race, and would claim this trophy in 1968 and 1969 as well. Thanks to the standardized parts, the Fairlady was a "relatively" affordable sports car for both racing teams and privateers, and as such many raced in Japan. In fact, the Fairlady was so prevalent, pretty much every major Japanese race from 1967 to 1970 had at least one Fairlady participating - usually at the top.

This first model represents the Fairlady in race trim with modifications seen between October 1967 and December 1968. Most of the cars had a Nissan sports kit installed, consisting of double-choke solex carb's, bumping up horsepower levels to around 170. Lightweight FRP panels and a hardtop help drop the weight to around 900kg. Period reports describe the car as being easy to slide, rewarding and most important of all; FUN to drive.

Alguecool has worked hard to make the model from scratch, while I've been busy painting the car in the many period paintschemes the car raced in. We hope to also get some custom sounds for the cars done, and completely scratch made physics by some of the biggest talents in the modding community.

Two race versions and a road going model are in the works. This is the 1968 "Clubman" style car, a 1969 widebody racer is in the works, based on historical data. It ran with the tires from the first Skyline GT-R! As per usual, I won't do any early access or throw around release date windows, it's done when it's done.

Stay tuned!