Which had the rear taillights of the R34, R33, etc. first?

If you mean the four round tail lights, corvettes had them starting in 1960 I believe.

edit: that may have just been a concept, but they definitely had four round tail lights in the 80s.
After google imaging some pictures though, I'm pretty sure they had them in 60s, in the first generation.
 
thechadmartinez
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I don't know anything at all about the skylines though. If it was just in the past 2 generations, the corvette had them first.

However, there no doubt was a car before the corvette that had 4 round lights in the back. It's not all that unusual.
 
I believe in 1963, the Prince Skyline 1500 deluxe (S50D) was the first Skyline to have the signature circle tail lights.
 
Corvette C2 came out in 1963 too and it had the round tail lights.

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Further research shows that latter C1 models (1961-1962) also featured rounded lights.

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thechadmartinez
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Well... wiki says 1961 for the vette.. just saying.

"For 1961, a complete redesign was made to the rear of the car; a "duck tail" with four round lights. The light treatment would continue for all following model year Corvettes"

Unless you were trying to prove the Vette had them first.
 
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Well to be fair, both the Corvette and Skyline with round tail lights were released to the public in the same year, 1963. It's a tie! :lol:
 
freedomweasel
:cheers: We can all get along.
Next challenge, find the first car of any make to have 4 round tail lights :)
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Haha, that's going to take some real research.


White & Nerdy
The post above yours has something to say about that.
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It may have been designed and/or showcased in 1961, but it was only purchasable in 1963.

EDIT: I've done some more research and the S50 Skyline was also designed in 1961. And both the Corvette and Skyline began production in 1962. This is actually pretty interesting.
 
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sinbad
Ahh yes, sorry, it most certainly does.
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I was just playing, I'm still looking for more (can you tell I'm bored at work?). I found several that have round smaller round lights stacked, but they're not really the same style.
 
Depending on your acceptance of indicators as taillights, at least one of these has four taillights:
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Both 1960 Datsuns, according to Google images. I'm not sure if the second one is the stock styling though.

Also, the Corvette may be the first to phase out those taillights, with this:
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being a concept for the 2012 C7
 
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