Now my wife is sending pics: bronze brown 240z sans bumpers!
Datsun – still in the media…
Datsun is still among us – sometime you just have to look hard enough..
Maybe it’s parked under a tree, or the blur that just caught the corner of your eye… or maybe in the recent Car & Driver (Sept 2013)!
In a new Juke Nismo ad (Thrill-seekers, seek no more), there it is: an S30 Datsun Z!
Look closely as this isn’t your normal Z – yep, it’s the East African Safari #11 Rally car! This car was the first Z to win an International Victory in a Pro Rally*. A Z in a rally race?.. in that terrain? haha the drive would be a hoot! :]
Zpotted: Historic plated red 510 @ downtown
Heading toward downtown, and a red blur allowed me to catch up with him.
It was a red Datsun 510 with Bluebird plates, roll cage, white side markers and rolling on Rota RBs – all bowed up with a CA Historic plate. The friendly guy mentioned a SF ride with details on the Ratsun Forum. I should really get on there and do a ride one of these days…
Zpotted: Daily Datsun’s 280z spotted, again
My friend Truong spotted me on San Tomas heading to work a few weeks back! haha zpotted again!
Can you find me?
Bonus Question: can you guess what he’s driving? :]
Zpotted – yellow 350z like me
A few nods from these guys
Zpotted: Daily Datsun
Hahaha I’ve been zpotted – thnx Dana!
Earlier yesterday, while picking up bacon at the corner mexican market, the owner mentioned he used to have a Datsun Z. “Man, I used to have one, ran real good. I regret selling it – my friend kept asking me to sell to him, and once I did, I asked myself ‘why did I just do that?’..”
Later that day we stopped by an open house, and as we were leaving the selling realtor remarked, “hey you want the house just put the car in as part of the deal”.
I think it’s summertime.
Old Parked Cars – the blog
Just found another great blog on old cars called, Old Parked Cars.
Two brother, Ben and Tony Piff, snap photos of… you guessed it, old parked cars. It’s great.
Seemingly within this rural town in Oregon, they spot old cars everywhere they go, and going on 4 years of it! From Alfa to SAAB, Buick to Dodge, they’ve managed to see rust buckets to gems – and none without at least just a little bit of character. And yes, they’ve snapped Datsuns. Below is a link just with the Datsun tag, but check out their entire site too – some wicked fun stuff on there.
http://www.oldparkedcars.com/search/label/Datsun
In addition to Bring-A-Trailer and Craiglist, Old Parked Cars will certainly become part of my morning read. Here’s some from Datsuns from the site:
’71 Datsun 1200 Fastback
’64 Datsun L320
’76 Datsun F10 Hatchback
Zpotted: Red 1600, summer is here
Yes, summer is here because all the tops are down.
My cousin, Mike, zpotted a Datsun 1600 enjoying the sun in SF.
Zpotted: Skinny Puppy 510
Rolling around Office Depot to do a return, and a gunmetal gray 1969 Datsun 510 pulls up just as I do the same!
A nice fellow (didn’t get his name) just recently got his 510 back from having work done by Troy Ermish (very popular 510 mechanic in Tracy, CA). I guess the work took several years to complete (ugh)! “Skinny Puppy” (as noted by the sole sticker on the rear windshield) sported lowered suspension, blacked out bumpers, rear bubble flares, and circular rear side markers. And if it’s from Troy, it probably has his 2.5″ exhaust down pipe. Well, here it is.
Zpotted: Black and White, Red all over
Quick stop around Fry’s and Zpotted this JDM looking red 240z with black flares, chrome fender mirrors, HRE-esque wheels and topped off with the “Fairlady Z” badge. If you look a litt more, the fabulous-ness finishes with a Monza stacked pipes. menacing.
the DAILY DATSUN 