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We used to build pickup trucks with style! What happened?
Nissan used to have cars with goofy names like Fairlady, Bluebird, Stanza and Violet, but they could all whoop your ass if they wanted to.
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Just doin’ Datsun things in my Datsun ute, that’s all.
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