1971 Nissan Skyline C10 Coupe

The first Prince Skyline was introduced in 1957 and was available in Japan until 1961. It wasn't until 1964 that the first racing GT Skyline was introduced, still under the Prince Motors flag. In 1966, following the merger of Prince and Nissan, the Skyline finally became a Nissan with the first performance-bred Skyline shown at the 1969 Tokyo Motor Show. The first GT-R's were produced until 1972 and were quite successful in Japanese touring car racing with 1,000 cumulative wins by the time the model was discontinued. Initially sold as 4-door sedans, a 2-door coupe, like this, was introduced in March 1971. Powering the Skyline is a 160hp DOHC 2-litre in-line six-cylinder engine. A total of 1,945 first-generation cars were built.