Before 1986 the brand name was plain old "Datsun". There were parts and
pieces on the cars branded "Nissan", but the vehicles were Datsuns. Then
they decided the US market was sophisticated enough to use the company's
actual name. For 1986 they used "Datsun by Nissan". After that they
dropped Datsun altogether and just used Nissan.
BTW, Datsun was a made-up name for the US market.
Rick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Daniels" <ladaniels@sbcglobal.net>
To: "derf" <derf247@gmail.com>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: How were Spridets sold originally?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "derf" <derf247@gmail.com>
> To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 9:21 PM
> Subject: Re: How were Spridets sold originally?
>
>
> Actually, wasn't it "Datsun by Nissan"?
>
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> I had a 73 240Z. It was called a Datsun yet then, but the valve cover said
> Nissan.
>
>
> LD
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