THE CAR THAT STARTED A WAR: THE 1937 DATSUN DISCOVERED
Dateline: January 5, 2006 ... New York 10702
Contact Name: Bob Snyder, Cohasco, Inc.
Contact Phone: 914-476-8500
Contact Fax: 914-476-8573
E-mail: info@cohascodpc.com
Web Addresses: http://cohascodpc.com or http://dpc.nu
YONKERS, NY - January 5, 2006 - In the summer of 1936, the Japanese,
already at war, quietly purchased a factory from Graham-Paige, an
important American automobile maker. This modern manufacturing
equipment was shipped to Datsun, today called Nissan, in November
1936. Setup began that December and by January 1937, the age of modern
mass production of motor vehicles in Japan had begun.
Datsun's new equipment quickly played multiple roles in world history.
After Japan's December 1937 attack on the US gunboat "Panay", President
Roosevelt cancelled contracts with Graham-Paige, furious that they had
transferred such advanced mass-production technology to Datsun.
Datsun, in turn, would shift from car production to army trucks and
engines for torpedo boats and aircraft. Indeed, auto production had
been chosen for modernization partly because car factories could
easily be converted to aircraft production. The war clouds gathered,
reaching a climax on Dec. 7, 1941.
The oldest known survivor from Japan's inception of mass production, a
January 1937 Datsun roadster, will hit the auction block this month.
Dated on its frame, it is the only survivor from the first month of
the first year of modern mass production by any Japanese automaker.
The 1937 Datsun will be sold on January 31, 2006, in an auction held by
Cohasco, Inc. of Yonkers, NY. Original features, such as a rumble seat,
turn signal flaps made of Japanese lantern paper, and ancient Japanese
tires are present. It is estimated to be valued at 5,000-5,000.
Among over 600 other varied lots of collectibles in the auction are:
a massive manuscript ledger from the earliest days of
General Motors, 1911-12, recording telephone expense of 27¢
for one month (0-1,200)
the personal Bible of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s mother, with
her handwritten entries chillingly recording the births,
marriages and untimely deaths of both sons Martin and Alfred
(,100-1,400)
a fragment of a medieval manuscript from the Monastery of
the White Monks circa 1150 (0-140)
a letter from a steamboat captain describing the Mississippi
River flooding the country for miles inland in 1874, the water
up to the eaves of houses (0-200)
a rare engraved printing of the Declaration of Independence
on rice paper (,000-25,000) and many other unusual items
For more information, contact Bob Snyder of Cohasco, Inc. at P.O.
Drawer 821, Yonkers, New York 10702 or call 914-476-8500 or visit the
company's website at http://cohascodpc.com or http://dpc.nu
Photo-quality images and other details are available upon request.
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