Bluebird

PCH, Japanese Nostalgia Edition: 1969 Toyota Crown or 1959 Datsun 1000?

It would appear that our readers are Lamborghini purists, given the 82/18 shellacking the V12-powered Espada issued to the Chevy-powered Espada in yesterday's Choose Your Eternity poll. Either way, who would have imagined owning a genuine, almost-running Lamborghini for the price of a new base Camry? Project Car Hell beckons! As we say so often here: what could go wrong? Today we're going to leave PCH Superpower Italy and head to a nation not so well known for maddeningly difficult Hell Projects; yes, we're feeling so inspired by the vintage Japanese steel at the Motoring J Style show that we have no choice but to descend into the fiery furnace of Vintage Japanese Car Hell.
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5:20 PM on Wed May 28 2008
By Murilee Martin
2,220 views, 45 comments

Latest by n/a: "what could go wrong"? What could go wrong?! Look, this nonsense has got to stop. Today I was in some god-forsaken industrial estate, and I happened to notice a series 1 Landy; the sole remaining purpose of which was to more »

racing

Duct Tape Saves The Day For Vintage Racer's Datsun 510

A '68 Datsun 510 race car is a pretty good handling machine, but when you race in the sleet, rain, and snow of a Pacific Northwest springtime (as VintageRacer does) sometimes your car ends up taking an unscheduled detour off the track. Make the jump for VintageRacer's story.
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3:00 PM on Mon Apr 28 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,558 views, 23 comments

question of the day

What Is Your Ideal Pair Of Vehicles?

BRABUS got us thinking about pairs with their SLR McLaren and Smart package deal. How great would it be to get vehicles custom matched to fill various needs in your life? Even better, what about cars matched to fulfill your various automotive desires? One of our favorite actual pairings has to be the Bluebird RV with matching Mercedes SLK (now that's a bail out vehicle). It's not something automakers or tuners do very often, given the implicit cost. I think our ideal combination would be the Unimog-based Unicat paired with a roof-mounted Rinspeed Bedouin. But that's us. More »

11:40 AM on Mon Mar 3 2008
By Matt Hardigree
3,290 views, 97 comments

Latest by deus ex wagon: Unicat + sQuba, modified to accept this attachment [jalopnik.com] more »

racing

The Bluebird of Vintage Racing Happiness

Since we all enjoyed the shots of VintageRacer's Datsun 510 in action so much, he's sent in some more quality racing photos. This time the subject is a right-hand-drive Bluebird, which has made the move from Japan to the racetracks of the Pacific Northwest. Once again, thanks for sharing this stuff, VintageRacer! More »

2:00 PM on Mon Oct 15 2007
By Murilee Martin
827 views, 6 comments

down on the street

1966 Datsun 411

Alameda is a great town for spotting daily-driven old cars- not much rust, lots of weird single-interest obsessos who stick with some obscure car model for decades (and who will knock out all your teeth with a wrench if you diss that model), and a chronic shortage of off-street parking that puts all the vintage iron out where we can admire it. Today I've captured this rare Bluebird on film... More »

10:30 AM on Wed May 23 2007
By Murilee Martin
4,670 views, 22 comments

retro

SUPER FUTURE MODERN AMUSEMENT! 1968 Datsun Bluebird

If the scientific windbags of our youth were actually worth their salt we were all by now supposed to be flying our cars, taking weekends on the moon, and not even having to toil away eighty-plus-hours-a-week to pay the bills. Technology was the answer, and was supposed to be doing the work for us. All this talk was evidently a intellectual farce of boozy cocktail party banter. The Jalopnik helper robot is perpetually broken. Datsun, however, had a car ready for the supersonic future back in 1968. This future was called Bluebird. – Mike Bumbeck More »

2:00 PM on Fri Nov 10 2006
By Mike Bumbeck
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Latest by Mark Miller: I think some are confusing the later 510's. Go ahead and google Brock BRE Datsun 510 racer. The original 1968 to 1973 510 (AKA Nissan Bluebird 1400 and 1600 P510) didn't just have a "suspension", (hehehe) it had IRS (Independent Rear Suspension) more »

spy photos

Spy Photos: 2008 Suzuki SX4 Sedan

The spy photogs paid by the Road that is not straight snapped some great pictures of what's purported to be the sedan version of the hatchback Suzuki SX4 that'll be hitting stores across the US in just under a month's time. The sedan version appears to share with the five-door the same random quarter window next to the side mirrors — but the rear end, according to the vehicular spy photogs of KGP is "reminiscent of the original Nissan Altima." Oh boy, we can't wait to see another Japanese manufacturer take a run down the ol' Bluebird lane with rear ends — cause that worked so well for Nissan the first time around. Although incidentally, with the SX4 five-door expected to arrive with a 2.0-liter, 16-valve DOHC rated at 143 horsepower and 136 pound-feet of torque, if this sedan comes to market with the same engine — the Bluebird will have it beat by 7 hp. Not bad for '93. More »

3:28 PM on Sat Aug 26 2006
By Ray Wert
4,748 views, 1 comment

Latest by Downtown Joe: Wow. No, seriously; wow. I think it's a good thing those Winding Road guys tatooted their name on all those pics because, let's face it, that car is hot and those pics are gonna get jacked on every Suzuki car more »

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