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    1965 Datsun 1200 Pickup Heads To The Last Roundup

    Another DOTS Car Takes The One-Way Trip From Alameda To The Junkyard

    1978 Civic Can't Hang On Long Enough To Be Worth Restoring, Faces Crusher

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    Image of AustinMiniMan AustinMiniMan
    11/21/09

    In reply to 1965 Datsun 1200 Pickup Heads To The Last Roundup
    The styling is like a reverse mullet. A party up front, all business in the back.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/21/09

    In reply to 1965 Datsun 1200 Pickup Heads To The Last Roundup
    I honestly have not seen this face before. At least in my part of the country, we had to wait a few years past 65 to start seeing these strange rolling tiny trucks--everyone else still have gangly old F150s and such.
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    Image of komowkwa komowkwa
    11/21/09

    @Novaload: It was a few years later before these little things started to show up in Florida at all and then there were only a few of the models with larger engines.

    The Chicken Tax did a good job of keeping them from getting a start in the market on this coast. As I recall, it was not until they started "making" them in the U.S. that you saw many of them on the road.
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/21/09

    In reply to 1965 Datsun 1200 Pickup Heads To The Last Roundup
    Dear automakers,

    Go purchase this vehicle then have all engineers and designers examine it for weeks. No, months. As long as it takes for them to realize this is a proper work truck.

    Note the lack of luxury car features from the time it was built. You get gauges, a few knobs, lights, and a radio.

    Thank you.
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    Image of skitter skitter
    11/21/09

    @that ain't the way to have fun, son: You may need to strike it repeatedly with your marketing and product placement people, so they can understand it by osmosis.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/21/09

    @skitter: Yeah, but the sell here is everyone has their own damn iPodule so they don't need an old timey built in radio. Just stick a couple of cupholders and you're good to go.
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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    11/21/09

    In reply to 1965 Datsun 1200 Pickup Heads To The Last Roundup
    Oh my lord this hurts. I can't watch. I will crosspost this to Japanesenostalgiccar.com in the hope that what can be saved, will be.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/21/09

    @Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est: Yeah, but Ms. Murilee already ruined it by prying off the cool badges.
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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    11/22/09

    @Novaload: I have faith that should someone rescue the Dat, MM will be happy to return any needed Datsunalia.

    #tips
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/22/09

    @Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est: Return it: for a price. "Datsunalia" -- foreign country? New Euro band? Obscure disease?

    BTW, the Third Punic War was a long time ago, Dude. Time to move on.
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    Image of Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness
    11/21/09

    In reply to 1965 Datsun 1200 Pickup Heads To The Last Roundup
    I would snap that up in a heartbeat... the really old Datsun pickups are way cool, easy to fix and work on (lots of parts from later Datsun's can work on them), and when it's done it's fairly rare... Now if I just wasn't 6'4" - that cab's a little small...
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    Image of LTDScott LTDScott
    11/21/09

    In reply to 1965 Datsun 1200 Pickup Heads To The Last Roundup
    I hope you snagged the fender badge too. That's cooler than all the 24" fender badges in Oakland combined!
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    11/21/09

    @LTDScott: +1.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/21/09

    @FTGDWolverineEdition'09: +2
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    Image of AustinMiniMan AustinMiniMan
    11/21/09

    @Novaload: Ah... shit. +3
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/21/09

    In reply to 1965 Datsun 1200 Pickup Heads To The Last Roundup
    So, it's short a carburetor and air cleaner, the master cylinder, the front bumper and a radiator cap? The sucker hardly has any rust. Just a solid old, nicely cared for pickup.

    Looks like that Datsun has a few hundred thousand more miles left in it. A long afternoon's work, and you're back on the road.

    Murilee, I hope you grabbed the badges...
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    11/15/09

    In reply to Another DOTS Car Takes The One-Way Trip From Alameda To The Junkyard
    Going to the yard is better than going to C4C. At least this way, all the parts are available for takeoff and reuse. Dying of old age and being an organ donor is way better than having your heart cut out.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/15/09

    In reply to Another DOTS Car Takes The One-Way Trip From Alameda To The Junkyard

    Ah, weekends with Murilee. The funny, the inspiring, the awesome, and the tragic. #oldsmobilecutlass
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/15/09

    In reply to Another DOTS Car Takes The One-Way Trip From Alameda To The Junkyard
    A sad end, but no surprise. #oldsmobilecutlass
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/14/09

    In reply to 1978 Civic Can't Hang On Long Enough To Be Worth Restoring, Faces Crusher
    What's amazing is seeing one of these compared to a current-gen Civic.

    This is a proper small car. The current Civic is larger than the first, and probably second, generation Accords. #1978
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    Image of Nurburgringer Nurburgringer
    11/15/09


    @that ain't the way to have fun, son:
    no kidding. I recently parked my '85 CRX Si next to a newish Civic Si, and the difference in bulk is striking.
    2 feet longer and almost 1000lb heavier to accomplish the same task of carrying 4 people (in the Gen 1 hatch version) and providing a smart, fun drive ? Honda, really?
    I guess the Fit is left to carry Soichorio's torch

    [en.wikipedia.org] #1978
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    11/14/09

    In reply to 1978 Civic Can't Hang On Long Enough To Be Worth Restoring, Faces Crusher
    The sheetmetal looks showroom fresh. I was surfing for one of these for a daily driver a few months back. But then I decided to get a Karmann Ghia instead. ;-) #1978
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    Image of Ford Tempo Fanatic Ford Tempo Fanatic
    11/14/09

    In reply to 1978 Civic Can't Hang On Long Enough To Be Worth Restoring, Faces Crusher
    100MPH speedometer? I want that in my Tempo, F-150. #1978
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/14/09

    In reply to 1978 Civic Can't Hang On Long Enough To Be Worth Restoring, Faces Crusher
    Wow, it's so clean looking--wonder what catastrophe brought it to this sad impasse? Especially since it still appears to be going 4 mph. #1978
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/15/09

    @Novaload: That junkyard is just an illusion of your dharma. You think the paint has faded, but the perfection of the Civic cannot be dimmed. #1978
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/15/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: But it can be crushed, Grasshopper, it can be crushed, just like the hopes of the man looking for cheap transportation and finding a black hole of debt. #1978
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/15/09

    @Novaload: But if you do, it will return as the Geely of your night terrors. Beware what you do. #1978
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/15/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: I was going to make a terrible pun on the old song, and write "Geely of my dreams, I abhor you..." but I'll refrain. Ooops! "Refrain." LOL. Sorry. My bad. #1978
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    Image of FrankGrimes FrankGrimes
    11/14/09

    In reply to 1978 Civic Can't Hang On Long Enough To Be Worth Restoring, Faces Crusher
    holy Crap someone buy this and drop it in a mailbox for me! #1978
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