Wednesday 12th December 2012

Time For Tea? The Skyline is born

The unlikely story of the Nissan Skyline's first battle with Porsche

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Nissan's track-based grudge match with Porsche has involved Skylines and GT-Rs of various types over the years. But this neat little video from Nissan telling the story of the first on-track encounter back in 1964 at Suzuka is a fascinating history lesson in where it all began.

Nissan's unlikely Porsche challenger is back

Namely with a seemingly mis-matched battle between the very first Skyline - based on the three-box Prince saloon - and the sleek and beautiful 904 Carrera GTS. Seeing the two on the same track seems bizarre enough, that the Skyline GT was able to get anywhere near the Porsche the more so.

The full story is in the video so brew up, grab the seasonal accompaniment of your choosing and enjoy.

 

 

[TACottle]

Cool.

[Loplop]

Yes

[thomablue]

I want a skyline.

[SuperNiceBig]

Must own a Skyline one day.

[SR20]

Very nice video, thanks for sharing. Love old Skylines!

[gforceg]

"...As long as it is stored in the garage at Zama, it's as if it's asleep, almost dead..."

Enough said.

[Amirhussain]

Would love to own a R34 Skyline one day.

[endo]

fair bit of history to the skyline name which most people don't seem to realise

[trunks82]

endo said:

fair bit of history to the skyline name which most people don't seem to realise

awesome picture! gotta say i love the 72 and 87

Edited by trunks82 on Wednesday 12th December 18:37

[Dangermouse78]

endo said:

fair bit of history to the skyline name which most people don't seem to realise

I like the 1972 Skyline here

[melvster]

endo said:

fair bit of history to the skyline name which most people don't seem to realise

The R34 Z-Tune from 2005 is pure porn.

[dapprman]

Saw a mint '70 (?) in Tokyo at Senso-ji, Asakusa - I believe it was actually owned by one of the priests there.

Edited by dapprman on Wednesday 12th December 20:12

[Gilhooligan]

You really can't go wrong with bolt on arches, watanabe wheels and a trap lip!

[offspring86]

Gilhooligan said:

You really can't go wrong with bolt on arches, watanabe wheels and a trap lip!

You should be banned for posting pornography like that.

[GC8]

Beautiful. I tried to buy a simialr Skyline at auction in Japan. Obviously there was no guide price because anything before R32s was a rarity.

It sold for approaching three million Yen, which was well over £12,000, but would be closer to to £20,000 wat the current exchange rate!

I saw a couple of others over the course of a couple of years, but didnt bother bidding...

[Munich]

endo said:

fair bit of history to the skyline name which most people don't seem to realise

I own two Skylines, a 1972 and a 1962. Unfortunately the 1972 version is a scaled down Hotwheels toy while the 1962 is only available to me when I play GT5. The 1962 cost quite a lot of credits on GT5 and was so slow compared to the competition I had to race against that I ended up spending another virtual fortune tuning it up!!

BTW, message to Pistonheads, for these "Time for Tea" pieces, please can you have less youtube videos because youtube is banned where I work

[PATTERNPART]

Love it

[vwsurfbum]

Gilhooligan said:

You really can't go wrong with bolt on arches, watanabe wheels and a trap lip!

That is gorgeous!

Great story, loved the video too.

[ode]

Gilhooligan said:

You really can't go wrong with bolt on arches, watanabe wheels and a trap lip!

That's great, I'd love something like that in my garage. Is it wrong to like the '71 and earlier models more than the latest efforts?

[VinceFox]

really enjoyed that