Prince/ Skyline Motor Company nostalgia thread

An interesting background history of the original predecessor that was assimilated as the leading aircraft manufacturer for the Imperial Air Force of Japan. After the great defeat, Japan signs a unconditional surrender. Japans war manufacturing industry was thus assimilated into productive society. Tachikawa Aircraft Company Limited was one of the leading manufacturing company that developed (through license-production rights) the Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra, the famed Mitsubishi Zero, the Ki-77 a long distance aircraft (recorded to have traveled from Tokyo to New York). Among the aftermath of the great defeat many of these engineers went into service for companies such as Toyota and Prince. Prince was then assimilated with Nissan in 1966, hence the famed Nissan Skyline began its role into the history books. Below is a link of the Prince & Skyline Musem in Okadani, Japan. Found it interesting that Nissan had the same role as BMW during WWII.

 

Prince & Skyline Museum

 

Ki-36 ida

 

Mitsubishi Zero-Yasukuni

 

Prince Chery: Nissan's direct successor FF model line was the Nissan Pulsar

 

 

Prince Skyline GT S54 (1964 Model)

 

A convertible version of the Prince Skyline Sport BLRA-3 (1961 Model)

 

PRINCE SPRINT (1963 Model)

 

 

Prince R380 (1965 Model)

 

PRINCE R380-II (1967 Model)

 

These are just a few examples, please feel free to discuss or post up any interesting material.

This is truly the most boring sub forum on Lambopower

This is truly the most boring sub forum on Lambopower

 

lol, give him a break Rob.... he's just informing some history... However I told him no more boring stuff... we are going NASTY AND FRESH now!

I've been to the Prince & Skyline Museum. To be honest, it was rather disappointing. First, it's WAYYY out in the suburbs so it took forever to get there --- a couple of hours on the train from Tokyo (it was an EXPRESS train too), hop on a taxi from the train station to a park (yes, a park) and then hike up a hill to get there. The building itself looks quite old (the last renovation, if there were one, probably happened 20 years ago) and the facility doesn't resemble a legitimate "museum" venue. It kind of resembles a bunker or a bomb shelter built inside a hill; you actually walk downstairs to the displays from the main entrance. The lighting was merely fluorescent tubes/energy-saving bulbs and the cars were parked too close to each other and not in pristine concourse condition. A serious car collector would have a better facility. I saw very little worker there and most are not too enthusiastic. The display and documentation were legit and whoever did them knows their Skylines; just that the presentation wasn't very interesting or attractive. Most people who drove there were in what else but Skylines. The place is more of a pilgrimage for Skyline owners than a public venue. They do conventions once a while featuring GTR racing drivers and veterans from various Skyline projects. But overall, it looks tired and outdated. It also says a lot when the place actually closes from mid-November to mid-April.