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Datsun Roadster Production Numbers
The number of Roadsters built has been quite a matter of debate over the years.
Accepted Nissan sales figures seem to contradict production numbers leading to a lot of speculation on just how many Roadsters left the factory. The information below presents production number by model year.
| Model Year | Production Start | Production End |
| 1963-1964 | August 1963
SPL310-00001* | July 1964
SPL310-03816 |
| 1965 | July 1964
SPL310-10001 | January 1965
SPL310-11124 |
| Model Year | Production Start | Production End |
| 1965-1967 | January 1965
SPL311-00001 | January 1967
SPL311-11000 |
| 1967½ | February 1967
SPL311-11001 | September 1967
SPL311-17000 |
| 1968 | October 1967
SPL311-17001 | September 1968
SPL311-24000 |
| 1969 | October 1968
SPL311-24001 | June 1969
SPL311-27000 |
| 1970 | July 1969
SPL311-27001 | April 1970
SPL311-31350** |
| Model Year | Production Start | Production End |
| 1967½ | March 1967
SRL311-00001 | September 1967
SRL311-01000 |
| 1968 | October 1967
SRL311-01001 | September 1968
SRL311-06999 |
| 1969 | October 1968
SRL311-07000 | June 1969
12999 |
| 1970 | July 1969
SRL311-13000 | April 1970
SRL311-14450** |
*1963-1964 SPL310 chasis numbers are not sequential. Chasis numbers 00001-00086 came off the assembly line at the end of 1964 model year production.
**Estimated based on highest chasis numbers found.
Beer, Frank. "Some Productive Observations." Datsun Roadster Review. Summer 1993.
Frank Beer of the now defunct Fairlady Registry supplies his interpretation of Roadster production data.
Catalog Insert. Rallye Enterprises, Ltd., Kapowsin, WA.
Dann Bramhall of Rallye Enterprises has the largest collection of Datsun Roadster VIN's on file which is an invaluable resource in determining production number sequences. His latest theories on Datsun Roadster production can be found on his website.
Fairlady Volume II. Neko Publishing Co., Ltd., Japan: 1995.
Fairlady Volume II includes detailed production numbers by calendar year making it a challenge to compare production by model year.
Mullen, Ross. "Productive Observations - yet again" Datsun Roadster Review. Summer 1993.
Ross calls on a vaiety of sources to shed some light on production number data.
SP311 and SR311 Parts Catalog. Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.: March 1980.
Chasis numbers by model year along with photographs for 1600 and 2000 are found in the Introduction section of the Parts Catalog.
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