Donald Campbell was doing some interesting things in a car called Bluebird
around the same time. Coincidence ?
Alan Bent - Mapleton, Queensland, Australia
1962 Datsun 320 Pick-Up 320-2-00677
1963 Datsun Bluebird P312-3-32984
1963 Datsun Bluebird P312-3-39741
1963 Nissan Cedric G31-3-07024
1964 Datsun Fairlady 4-SP310-00134
1964 Nissan Cedric Wagon 4-WP31-50620
1964 Nissan Cedric Wagon 4-WP31-51579
1965 Nissan Silvia CSP311-70231
1965 Datsun Bluebird Wagon WP410-
1965 Datsun Bluebird P411-021358
1966 Datsun Fairlady SP311-00925
1966 Datsun Fairlady SP311-01060
1969 Datsun Super Six G130-005415
1972 Hodaka Wombat 125 Motorbike
1988 John Deere 755 Tractor
Early Datsun Homepage http://www.geocities.com/olddat
Nissan Silvia Homepage http://www.angelfire.com/ns/silvia
Planet Cedric http://nav.to/planetcedric
Datsun Sports Owners http://DSOAnews.tripod.com/index.html
fairlady wrote:
> Think "Bluebird of Happiness" and you will know where the name came
> from. Basically, Nissan was pitching the car at the new young, happy
> family set who might be buying their first car and aforementioned
> Bluebird suited the image.
>
> regards,
> Phill Brook
> www.users.bigpond.com/fairlady
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Adam Bradley <ambradley@yahoo.com>
> Date: Monday, February 25, 2002 9:20 am
> Subject: Re: Silvias
>
> > Well, Fairlady (My Fair Lady) doesn't involve hookers as far as I
> > know. It's about the play.
> >
> > Now how did they come up with Bluebird? I had one person try to say
> > the cars were mfd by the Bluebird bus company, but I *know* that isn't
> > true.
> >
> > Adam
> >
> > --- Thomas - Sweden <csp311@telia.com> wrote:
> > > I wonder how they found the name in Japan?
> > > Did they read about in a book or was it named
> > > after some hooker somebody liked on a trip to
> > > a foreign country? (It's a joke. ha-ha) You know
> > > the story of My Fair Lady?
> > >
> > > Thomas
> > >
> > > fairlady wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi All,
> > > > The Silvia is a very "Italian" coupe in its styling and it was
> > > > appropriate that it had an Italian name.
> > > >
> > > > The name "Silvia" comes from Greek Mythology and was the name
> > of a
> > > > beautiful Nymph. According to Roman Mythology (which borrows from
> > > the
> > > > Greek) Silvia was the mother of Romulus and Remus (By Mars)
> > and was
> > > the
> > > > daughter of King Numitor. Her uncle gave her to to the goddess
> > > Vesta.
> > > >
> > > > And then the Japanese gave her to us.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Phill Brook
> > > > www.users.bigpond.com/fairlady
> > > >
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