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    Very First DOTS Car Up For Sale!

    1967 Datsun 411 Down On The Maui Street
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    06/15/09

    In reply to Very First DOTS Car Up For Sale!
    That's a sexy little car. I don't know if I could let it leave my garage without weeping. For 3k? Please....
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/14/09

    In reply to Very First DOTS Car Up For Sale!
    At least he took the tape off the headlights.
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    Image of despisethesun despisethesun
    06/14/09

    In reply to Very First DOTS Car Up For Sale!
    Question: Is it Jalopnik-approved to buy this thing, put a modern high-revving 4-banger into it, and have a lightweight sleeper? Not that I have the money to do any of that, but I'm looking at this thinking it's a perfect project car and the comments here make me think the Jalopnik secret police will throw me in the Jalopnistan gulag for thought crimes.


    Seriously though, cool car. Like everyone else here, if I had $3000 plus travel money, I'd be all over this in a heartbeat.

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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    06/14/09

    @despisethesun: I won't say no outright, but I strongly recommend that you search extensively for a non-runner first.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    06/14/09

    @despisethesun: Normally I'd say that an engine upgrade would be a great idea, but this is one of the very last relatively unmolested 411s on the planet. Probably best to keep the original running gear.
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    Image of Gearhead's Garage Gearhead's Garage
    06/15/09

    @Murilee Martin:


    Have you ever driven one of these? 1300cc's of get-you-to-60mph-sometime-today power. A period-correct upgrade would be an R16 out of a 311 Roadster, although I think that tiny engine compartment is calling out for a rotary.

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    06/15/09

    @Gearhead's Garage: I rode in it from Alameda to Vallejo for the Motoring J Style show, and it was indeed pretty damn slow (though not anywhere near as slow as, say, a VW Rabbit Diesel). I think staying original is still worth it in this case.
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    Image of John Krewson John Krewson
    06/14/09

    In reply to Very First DOTS Car Up For Sale!
    If I wasn't up to my wedding tackle in reliable Japanese bauxite...
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    Image of cyclopticgaze cyclopticgaze
    06/14/09

    In reply to Very First DOTS Car Up For Sale!
    For $3,000 he's giving it away. Please, someone! I'd take it but I live on the wrong side of the continent.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    06/15/09

    @cyclopticgaze: It would rust in about 19 seconds where you live. I think it needs to stay in California.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/14/09

    In reply to Very First DOTS Car Up For Sale!
    Oh, and if that's the original red paint, how is it not pink? It's the lead, isn't it.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    06/15/09

    @Ambiguously Fuzzy Plushroom: It's actually not quite as vivid a shade of red as it appears in the photos. More like an orangy/faded red.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/14/09

    In reply to Very First DOTS Car Up For Sale!
    If this car leaves California, I hope the owner mails Jesse back the plates and frames.
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    06/14/09

    In reply to Very First DOTS Car Up For Sale!
    There is so much right about that car, I don't know where to begin. Wish I could make it mine...
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    Image of Alphamazing Alphamazing
    06/14/09

    In reply to Very First DOTS Car Up For Sale!
    Wait a second... VW kit car for the 24 Hours of LeMons race? I thought kit cars weren't allowed...
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    06/14/09

    @Alphamazing: A kit car based on a VW Beetle pan counts as a VW.
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/14/09

    In reply to Very First DOTS Car Up For Sale!
    Anybody else suddenly feel like starting a Jalopnik museum? DOTS cars, crushed People's Curse cars, El Caminos or any Caminoized vehicles. Old school bruce, Italian passion and of course some Frenchie goodness.
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    Image of PatFromGundo PatFromGundo
    06/14/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: Killer idea! Every week, we could nominate a car to purchase, and then everybody could argue about it...wait, this sounds kinda familiar.
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/14/09

    @PatFromGundo and ciscokidinsf: I know but that has since ended. I'm talking a real museum. Sadly this will never happen.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    06/14/09

    In reply to Very First DOTS Car Up For Sale!
    I love that the ad says "As seen on Jalpnik" -- let's face it, not always a plus for a car, but in this case, yes indeed.

    That's sweet for $3k. Great wheels!
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    Image of thunder; now eta-powered thunder; now eta-powered
    06/14/09

    In reply to Very First DOTS Car Up For Sale!
    Cool. The only question in my mind is, why is this not the very first DOTS to PCH post?


    You're slipping a little Murilee old girl!

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    06/14/09

    @thunder; now eta-powered: It's not hellish enough for PCH. It's too solid and too many of the parts are easy to obtain.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/14/09

    @Murilee Martin: Don't tell me that, or I'll be tempted to...


    ...nah.

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    Image of thunder; now eta-powered thunder; now eta-powered
    06/15/09

    @Murilee Martin: Yeah, yeah, whatever. Don't tell me the thought didn't at least cross your mind. If not, the weekend gig just ain't working out.


    And like @Gearhead's Garage said, it's not like you could really source all the original interior & trim bits to put it back to original. Cuz that's the only way this machine should be done.

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    06/15/09

    @thunder; now eta-powered: The problem is that it starts and drives every time it's asked to do so, even when it's been sitting for a few weeks. It just doesn't have that Hell Aura about it.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    06/14/09

    In reply to Very First DOTS Car Up For Sale!
    I've ridden in it a few times. Very, very slow. But it's authentically vintage slowness.
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    Image of PatFromGundo PatFromGundo
    06/14/09

    In reply to Very First DOTS Car Up For Sale!
    Nice looking car, kind of like an Alfa Giulia sedan, only less severe.
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    Image of BTLFED BTLFED
    06/14/09

    In reply to Very First DOTS Car Up For Sale!
    Man if I had a spare $3k lying around I would fly out to California and buy that in a hot second. It would look great next to my 510.


    I say Nice Price.

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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    06/14/09

    @BTLFED does not has teh funny: wait--wait.


    Only 3k?

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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    06/14/09

    @BTLFED does not has teh funny: okay, now it's heartbreakingly pretty and heartbreakingly affordable.
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