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nice price or crack pipe

Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $19,000 RHD Datsun Skyline C211?

It's Nice Price Or Crack Pipe time again, which means you have another chance to pass judgment on a car seller's possibly overoptimistic price tag! Today's car is one you don't see every day in North America, no doubt about it; the seller brought this '80 Datsun Skyline over from the UK, so it's even weirder than the occasional JDM car you might encounter. It's in pretty good shape, other than a spot of quarterpanel rust-through; we're pretty sure the L28 engine was never installed by the factory in these cars, so either the seller has the engine wrong or it's been swapped. Regardless, many common-as-dirt 280ZX parts will fit. Thanks to Justin for the tip!


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8:00 AM on Wed Oct 15 2008
By Murilee Martin
830 views, 46 comments

Latest by NovaloadMissesPolar: @Stoatmaster: I had my head tuned once. It was quite painful. more »

24 hours of lemons

Notorious Muscle Car Freaks Heading To 24 Hours Of LeMons With... A Datsun!

Those of you who watch a lot of automotive TV shows are probably familiar with Year One's Keith Maney, who appears on My Classic Car, Dream Car Garage, American Muscle Car, Hot Rod TV, MuscleCar TV, Horsepower TV, etc. What you may not know about is Keith's insidious influence on this site; both yours truly and Andrew Stoy worked for Keith at YO (along with Driveshaft Through The Skull creator Walker Canada and military-vehicle expert commenter Clinto), and he's a bad, bad influence on anyone who might want to retain some semblance of vehicular sanity. Naturally, I figured he'd be perfect for the 24 Hours Of LeMons, and he agreed that building a car for next year's LeMons South race would be a fine idea. The initial plan was to use "The World's Rustiest '78 Trans Am," conveniently sitting in the woods behind Year One's Georgia HQ, but that's not what happened…



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9:00 AM on Sat Oct 4 2008
By Murilee Martin
2,416 views, 44 comments

Latest by tallzag: I talked to Jay at the Toledo race and he said he almost claimed that Pratt & Miller car, was more »

retro

Miraculously Unhooned 1973 Datsun 510 Holds Still For Alameda Photo Session

While at the Motoring J Style show in May, I spotted an amazingly original Datsun 510 two-door parked in the exhibition hall. Turns out it was owned by David Swig, the guy in charge of the event, and now I've managed to get him to bring the car to the former Alameda Naval Air Station (where they now make absinthe) for some photos. The car was purchased from its original owner, who always garaged it and for many years drove it just once a month or so; this Datsun is solid Compare its condition to that of most 510s, which have spent their lives in glorious clouds of tire smoke and- all too often- wrapped around telephone poles!


3:30 PM on Fri Oct 3 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,421 views, 38 comments

Latest by ChristopherH: I had a 72 510 in 80. I drove the hell out of that car. We lived on a long more »

classic ad watch

Paul Newman Thinks The 1984 Nissan Skyline Is Terrific

Paul Newman did a lot of ads for Nissan in addition to racing their cars, and the association went far beyond the usual "big in Japan" deal in which foreigners make major yen for appearing in car ads, then flee back home. Nissan even came out with a Paul Newman Version R30 Skyline, which is featured in one of the trio of '84 ads here.

11:00 AM on Wed Aug 20 2008
By Murilee Martin
3,335 views, 28 comments

Latest by KingRoyale: @UDMan: Yep, Newman usually has some of his race cars on display whenever CT's Own is hosting an event of any more »

down on the street

1971 Datsun 510

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Today we're going to check out one of my all-time favorite Japanese cars, the one that started the whole hot-rodded Japanese machinery thing here in the US of A: Datsun 510! Sometimes I get asked whether irate car owners come running after me with a shotgun when they see me shooting their cars, but my experience with this Datsun was more typical; the owner came out to see what was going on, was glad that someone appreciated his car, and opened the hood and trunk so I could get better photos.
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9:00 AM on Wed Aug 20 2008
By Murilee Martin
3,490 views, 69 comments

Latest by 71fourdoor: @prndl: I'll Probably never get rid of it... more »

classic ad watch

The '82 Nissan Silvia RS Turns Salarymen Into Racing Hoons!

Sold as the Datsun 200SX in North America, the Nissan Silvia for '82 didn't get silly roller-coaster ads in its home market. No, Japanese car shoppers learned that the Silvia 240RS was pretty much the exact same thing as the Silvia race car! Special bonus points to Nissan for including the FJ20 reference in the ad.

11:00 AM on Wed Jul 30 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,657 views, 16 comments

Latest by S30ZK: Kazuyoshi Hoshino! more »

concept cars

Datsun XLink Concept Envisions Datsun As A Lifestyle Brand

Though you may not see it at Geneva, the XLink Concept thesis project hints at what Datsun could be if resurrected by Nissan. The challenge for Benjamin Nawka at the Nissan Yulon Design Center at Pforzheim University was to create a compact car that utilized "fresh design language" and unique features. The result is a four-seater compact hatchback with a bold presence and adjustable winglets above the rear that feature lights and rear mirror cameras. Nawka considers the XLink to be "the first product of the new lifestyle brand DATSUN, whose re-introduction is based on the excellent image of the 240Z and other cars which were mainly affordable, reliable and easy-to-use." We see more of the Datsun 710 in this concept, but in a good way.

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2:20 PM on Mon Jul 28 2008
By Matt Hardigree
2,446 views, 42 comments

Latest by The Great Rodney McKay: I seem to be alone on this, but I love this car. I hope it becomes reality so I more »

choose your eternity

PCH, Rear-Drive Japanese Sedan Hoonage Edition: Cressida or Maxima?

Amazingly, a Chevy (well, Chevy/Buick) managed to beat an obscure, 40-year-old German microcar in a heads-up Project Car Hell competition, with a 57-43 split in yesterday's voting. Today we're going back to the common-theme idea; inspired by all the love for the DOTS Cressida, we decided we ought to do a Project Car Hell matchup featuring a pair of Late Malaise boxy Japanese midsize sedans, complete with luxury features, independent rear suspensions, and big inline-six engines. Japanese stuff isn't normally hellish enough, however, due to their boring reliability and tediously good build quality. In order make things more interesting, these projects are going to require massive horsepower upgrades. Boost, engine swaps, whatever it takes!
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6:40 PM on Wed Jul 9 2008
By Murilee Martin
2,427 views, 52 comments

Latest by mr.chophoppers: I want both. I think that one wants either both or none of these, seeing as how they're both cut more »

choose your eternity

Project Car Hell, Co-Prosperity Sphere Edition: Nissan Fairlady Or Mazda Luce?

The low-miles AMC beat the NASA-built Fairmont in the Electrocutioner Edition Choose Your Eternity poll, though the Fairmont did make a respectable showing. Today we're jumping back into a pool of flaming gasoline, because there's no telling how much longer the smell of incompletely burned hydrocarbons will hover around our garages. After seeing a Datsun 610 in the junkyard and then the '78 Toyota brochures over at Japanese Nostalgic Car (thanks, SOS10), we decided to find a couple of Japanese cars built before they'd discovered focus groups (and airtight quality control) over there.
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5:20 PM on Fri Jun 20 2008
By Murilee Martin
2,873 views, 55 comments

Latest by donkeyassman: Mazda is tempting.. Only a short drive from me too... Too bad I just bought that damn civic. more »

junkyard find

Doomed Datsun 610 Remembers When People Drove Small Japanese Wagons

It was Half Price Day at the local self-service yard last weekend, and I had my eye on a Porsche 928 that had been there the week before, thinking I could buy that purty Porsche intake manifold to hang on my wall. Sadly, the 928 had already gone to The Crusher, so I decided I might as well check for other interesting stuff... and, sure enough, here was a super-rare '74 Datsun 610 wagon. The L20B is still there, and so is the factory 8-track player. Well, the 8-track was there, since I felt compelled to grab it. After buying all those 8-track tapes for the Junkyard Boogaloo Boombox, I need a backup deck!

2:00 PM on Fri Jun 20 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,971 views, 22 comments

Latest by brandegee: @DannyBN: Remember the first-gen. Hyundai? My GLS 16v was painted in something called Chameleon. It was almost impossible to determine more »