CicliDevotion Posted June 22, 2019 Report Share Posted June 22, 2019 I have a factory light bar on my 1983 4X4 and I am looking to have decals made for the "NISSAN" lettering on the side. Researching and trying to find the exact style used at the time, I have learned that the logo I need was a transition era version, ONLY used in 1983. For 1982, trucks still had "DATSUN" embossed across the tail gate... For 1983, a rounded "NISSAN" appeared: Then for 1984, the new version with a "squared off" space in the "S" appeared: Same for the side emblem badges. 1983 (rounded version): 1984 (squared off version): Does anybody have a Vector file of the 1983 version? Or can you direct me to a good (high contrast) image of it? 1 Quote Link to comment
CicliDevotion Posted June 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2019 The same type was used on the DATSUN badged roll cages in 1982: 1 Quote Link to comment
CicliDevotion Posted June 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2019 Maybe this font is a match? 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted June 22, 2019 Report Share Posted June 22, 2019 Model years began in June of the previous year so an '83 could be built any time between July and December '82. There's confusion when someone has one built during these months and says they have an '82 when really it's an '83 'Model Year' truck. There were big changes in the 720 around November '82... an '83 model year truck. The engine was changed to the Z24 from the Z22 (there's confusion here about the 4x4 Z22 changing to Z24 in December), dash was re designed with round gauge cluster, front disc brakes made larger with vented rotors, 4x4 rear diff to larger C-200, auto locking hubs and much more... The DATSUNbyNISSAN fender emblem was retired in October '82 and just NISSAN used from then on. The 'hard' switch from Datsun to Nissan was about this time and covered about 5 years beginning with the 'soft' DATSUNbyNISSAN on '79 620 trucks and cars, and slowly dropping the Datsun marque to Nissan only. The '84 Maxima still had Datsun and Nissan emblems and the latest I could find was the '86 300zx which still had a small Datsun on the rear emblem. 1 Quote Link to comment
CicliDevotion Posted June 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2019 Thanks @datzenmike. Do you know of anywhere else the version of the logo with the rounded “S” appears? I found a lo-res version on a pic of a 83 Sentra badge...but I can’t locate a decent, clear pic. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted June 22, 2019 Report Share Posted June 22, 2019 No, there must be dozens of different applications. It's fascinating the evolution of the emblems. 1 Quote Link to comment
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