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Jun 19, 2005 18:36:02 GMT
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seeing as I'm nearly the owner of a 180b sss does anyone know what the SSS badge stands for. Is it the tuning are of datsun? early version of nismo sort of thing over to you guys andy
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TRIPLE SSSBenzBoy
@benzboy
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Jun 19, 2005 22:42:24 GMT
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I think (and this is my foggy memory of someone else on this forum saying something about the SSS models...) that Datsun used the SSS badge to denote the sportier models. Originally they were used only on the very quick cars - serious performers. Then, some time in the '80's they slapped the SSS badge on pretty much anything...
The J-car gurus will be able to shed much more light on this than me (and probably tell me I'm talking a load of bow locks!)
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antdat
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super sports sedan
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mercmad
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Flush Hard,it's a long way to McDonalds.
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Jun 20, 2005 10:43:11 GMT
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Genuine datsun 510 SSS cars (and what ever else they built) had the HP out put written on the cars I.D. plate,I'll post a pic of one tommorrow,I left it at work..Of course the out put was significantly higherr than the run of the mill blue bird etc and those plates fetch huge Yen. ;D
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Many years ago I changed my driving style to cope with rising fuel prices; I have now reached the stage where I am contemplating keeping my eyes shut in order to lower wind resistance.
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Jun 20, 2005 11:52:12 GMT
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what antdat said, super sports saloon or super sports sedan, however, post 910, the SSS badge really meant nothing at all, it just got slapped on any old farting 'bird.
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antdat
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Jun 20, 2005 11:54:56 GMT
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Genuine datsun 510 SSS cars (and what ever else they built) had the HP out put written on the cars I.D. plate,I'll post a pic of one tommorrow,I left it at work..Of course the out put was significantly higherr than the run of the mill blue bird etc and those plates fetch huge Yen. ;D a lot of the datsuns had the hp on the vin plate, well here in the Uk they did and not just the SSS modles |
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Jun 20, 2005 13:06:45 GMT
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cheers guys most helpfull andy
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antdat
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Jun 20, 2005 13:12:27 GMT
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SSS was not only used on bluebirds it was used on other older models too
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Jun 20, 2005 13:58:33 GMT
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Agree with what ant-dat says ^^^
Bluebird
Violet
Sunny/1200 ( in NZ anyway)
These model ranges had a SSS version
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