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Hino Cars: ：Hino Contessa 1300 Coupe
Delux Model and Standard Model

In fact, the model that was generally marketed of Hino Contessa 1300 Coupe is called a deluxe model. According to "the range of a notification of a new car and the document" to the Ministry of Transport of those days, there are the deluxe model and standard model that there was not in a catalogue. It is clear from an existing document (Car specifications 1968, supervised by Automotive division, The Ministry of Transportation). The specification is as follows.

In fact, I do not understand how it was sold virtually. There is not it on a catalogue either, and there is not a price list, too. However, a car is sold in clear form in a market. I suppose that most of people of purchase performed the upgrading that took in a demand as same as Sedan's standard model. In those days, Hino and other many makers have been accepted to upgrade the standard model by demand of buyers.

Let try to validate the standard model with a notification of a new car and the document, some valuable pictures, and existing cars.

Coupe's Standard model in early production. Single light system and no mouldings typically.

<From New Model - PD300 (An extraction of notification document to the Ministry of Transport)>

Hino PD300 passenger car is two doors coupe based on Hino PD100 passenger car. A point of difference with PD100 is as follows:

• 4 ride capacity and two door coupe,
• Much of comfort of a front seat, and arranged to suitable sporty driving with indoor equipment, i.e, bucket seat, meter equipments and operation device,
• A body is the style with low air drag and sporty,
• The engine is high performance that was modified intake & exhaust shapes, valve spring, and cam shaft with 9.0 of compression ratio, maximum power of 65PS/5500epm, torque of 10.0kb/3800rpm, to improve high speed capability,
• A transmission is 4 speed in forward gear and reverse gear with synchromesh for all of forward. Control is mechanical remote control by a floor lever,
• Improved driving stability by reinforced front and back suspension including springs, and a steering return spring,
  
• The brakes improved stability in high speed by making it a front Disk and a rear Leading-Trailing to improve high speed stability,
  
• Installed a fuel tank in a trunk room and increased by front wheel excessively heavy distribution,
• With standard model (Less Price) and Delux model (Expensive Price), and Deluxe model has specification changes as follows.

Specification - Delux Model

Items	Remarks
Dual headlight	STD - Single
Glass is a heat absorption glass (light blue).	STD - No color
Bumper's guide with rubber protection
Mouldings
Changing markes and ornaments
Large wheel cover	STD - Small
White wall tire	STD - Black
Backup lump
floor carpet and acoustic insulation
Gentrification of lining specifications
Glove box with protection key
Heater
Clock and cigarette lighter
Radio
Step light
Sunshade for passenger side
Armrest
Window washer
Trunk lining
Trunk room light
Adding low tone horn

New model - Major Specifiction
(Extracted)

Item		Delux Model	Standard Model
Manufacturer & Model		Hino PD300	Hino PD300
Categorization		D (Delux)	D (Standard)
Weight - Dry (kg)		945	895
Seat capacity		4	4
Total weight (kg)		1,165	1,115
Dimensions (mm)	Length	4,150	4,090
	Width	1,530	1,530
	Hieght	1,340	1,340
Passenger compartment size (mm)	Length	1,645	1,645
	Width	1,280	1,280
	Hieght	1,120	1,130
Dry Weight distribution (kg)	Front	365	335
	Rear	580	560
Total Weight distribution (kg)	Front	460	430
	Rear	705	685
Total Weight Ratio - Front (%)		39.4	38.6
Treads (mm)	Front	1,235	1,235
	Rear	1,225	1,225
Engine	Model	GR100	GR100
	Piston Displacement (cc)	1,251	1,251
	Type of fuel	Gasoline	Gasoline
Wheelbase (mm)		2,280	2,280
Oberhabg to tail end (mm)		960	960
Tire	Front	5.60-13-4PR	5.60-13-4PR
	Rear	5.60-13-4PR	5.60-13-4PR
Largest stable inclined angle (degree)	Right	48	48
	Left	48	48
Chassis Identification Number	Starting Number	PD300-100001	PD300-100001
	Staring Date	1964.8.5	1964.8.5
Engine Identification Number	Starting Number	GR100	GR100
	Staring Date	1965.2.10	1965.2.10
Remarks	Detailed Spec.	-----	-----
	Lights	-----	-----
	Commercial Name	Contessa 1300 Coupe	Contessa 1300 Coupe

<Standard model in the market>

• A coupe standard records tail wing performance of GT Proto. Perhaps a place is Yatabe (JARI - Japan Automobile Research Institute). No bumper's guide with rubber protection, Single light gussed with shape, then no moulding on window rubber channes. It supposes the photography time to be 1965 ( in investigating).

• Test in Fuji Speedway of LA Times GP championship car (this was coupe standard base), March, 1967. The left car is standard obviously. Nothing several mouldings and a characteristic of bumper shows it. If seeing more details, this cars equips exhaust muffler of sports kits and 14 inches diameter disk wheels for one type of show model.

• The greatest characteristic is a front seat of this car. This is a coupe seat without reclining mechanism that was very rarely seen in those days. It is a simple system performing some angle adjustment for rear seat riding into. This seat in itself is drawing itself of the Ministry of Transportation's notification document.

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