dans289 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 (edited) This is the P1 the first Subaru ever produced and only 20 that's right only 20 were ever produced. Good luck trying to find this baby. Edited January 18, 2009 by dans289 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenaissanceMan Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Subaru_1500.jpg I wanna go where that picture was taken.. Right there in the background you can see a 360, an FF1, and a Star or another FF1?. Is that what heaven is like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi subbie Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 (edited) Thats cool. I never knew an P1 ever survived. ive only seen the 1 black and white pic. Is there Any info on the P1 like size type of engine etc years producted etc any more pics of P1? Edited January 18, 2009 by kiwi subbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dans289 Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 I'll try to get more info forgot where I found it but I know I have it bookmarked somwhere. Will post when found. Good historic site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dans289 Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 (edited) FHI started out as The Aircraft Research Laboratory in 1917 headed by Chikuhei Nakajima. In 1932, the company was reorganized as Nakajima Aircraft Company, Ltd and soon became the primary manufacturer of aircraft for Japan during World War II. At the end of the Second World War Nakajima Aircraft was again reorganized, this time as Fuji Sangyo Co, Ltd. In 1946, the company created the Fuji Rabbit motor scooter with spare aircraft parts from the war.[3] In 1950, Fuji Sangyo was divided into 12 smaller corporations according to the Japanese Government's 1950 Corporate Credit Rearrangement Act, anti-zaibatsu legislation, but between 1953-1955, four of these corporations and a newly formed corporation Fuji Kogyo, a scooter manufacturer; coachbuilders Fuji Jidosha; engine manufacturers Omiya Fuji Kogyo; chassis builders Utsunomiya Sharyo and the Tokyo Fuji Dangyo trading company decided to merge together to form the Fuji Heavy Industries known today. Subaru 1500, a.k.a the P-1 Kenji Kita, the CEO of Fuji Heavy Industries at the time, wanted the new company to be involved in car manufacturing and soon began plans for building a car named the Subaru 1500, with the development code-name P-1. Mr. Kita canvassed the Company for suggestions about naming the P1, but none of the proposals were appealing enough. In the end, he gave the car a Japanese name that had been his personal favorite from childhood: Subaru. [4] Only twenty P1s were manufactured due to multiple supply issues. From 1954 to 2008, the company designed and manufactured dozens of vehicles including the P1 (1954), the tiny air-cooled 360 (1958), the Sambar (1961), the 1000 (1965), the R2 (1969), the Leone (1971), the Domingo (1983), the Alcyone (1985), the Legacy (1989), the Impreza (1993), the Sambar EV electric van (1995), the Forester (1997), the Tribeca (2005), and the Exiga in 2008. More info here:http://www.answers.com/topic/subaru-1 Edited January 18, 2009 by dans289 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loyale 2.7 Turbo Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 The P1 is a Nice Car! ... Subaru did some "Remakes" in Japan For it, see: Also for the 360 as Electric Vehicle! and the R1 For More info, see this Thread: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=53434&page=8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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