by "Jonee" (Jonee)
Published 04/21/2017 at 16:25
by "Jonee" (Jonee)
Published 04/21/2017 at 16:25
Tags: Datsun B210
STARS: 3
This guy lives around the corner from me. It’s awesome. Shame about the grille, though. It’s also filled with garbage which is unfortunate. I had a B210 that I bought for $300 back in the early aughts. I loved that car. Slow as molasses and the guy I got it from weighed like 500 pounds, so the car leaned to the left all the time. But, it was cool.
"Berang" (berang)
04/21/2017 at 16:53, STARS: 0
At least it appears to get some attention now and again.
I think the last time I saw one “in the wild” was about seven years ago.
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
04/21/2017 at 17:07, STARS: 1
I had a 75 B210 4 dr, mediteranian blue. Got hit, insurance paid out $550 for it, I paid $575 when I bought it. Drove it another year, dropped a valve seat and ruined the engine. Abandoned it in Idaho.
"Jonee" (Jonee)
04/21/2017 at 17:10, STARS: 0
That sounds like a typical B210 story.
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
04/21/2017 at 17:14, STARS: 1
Once the throttle stuck to the floor, so it was WOT. No problem just went like that for 10 miles maybe hit 67 mph before I had to turn off the engine to fix the jam in the linkage. -I could write stories of Highlander driving shitty datusns.
"Jonee" (Jonee)
04/21/2017 at 17:17, STARS: 0
Yeah, and I just saw it driving down the street. I think it looks good in that color. It’s a shame he didn’t mask the darn bumpers. You actually see them now and again out here in L.A. Datsuns are really popular in the Mexican community.
"Jonee" (Jonee)
04/21/2017 at 17:21, STARS: 0
Haha. I think I had the same problem once. That one I had had been so abused, but wouldn’t stop running. It really was unkillable. By the time I was done with it it had a leaky carb, leaky exhaust, the suspension was totally shot, but it just kept plugging along. I ended up selling it for 50 dollars more than I paid which, as thrifty as it was, probably covered all the gas I ever put in it.
"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
04/21/2017 at 20:09, STARS: 1
My Mom’s first car was a Datsun B210 sedan. Which in her words “was the ugliest thing ever”. Actual car not pictured but it was this color.
I’d love to have one.
"Jonee" (Jonee)
04/21/2017 at 20:54, STARS: 1
Oh, yeah. That’s that baby shit color they used to have. I love it. The sedan is a bit less ungainly than the hatch, but I adore them both.
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
04/22/2017 at 08:03, STARS: 0
120Y
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
04/24/2017 at 03:19, STARS: 1
Shame about the grille. Shame about the bumper. Shame about the missing blinker. Shame about the missing antenna. And shame about those Wolfrace wheels!
What a gorgeous car. Love it.
"Jonee" (Jonee)
04/24/2017 at 19:22, STARS: 1
Haha. Don’t forget the missing wipers. It really is a thing of beauty. I think those wheels work nicely. I guess it’s a rolling restoration. Based on that overspray, it may have been rolling while they painted it.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
04/25/2017 at 05:45, STARS: 1
Hahaha, totally missed those. Your weather must be great there!
The Wolfrace wheels actually do work, period correct at the least. Next time try some rolling footage. I want to hear this beast!
"Jonee" (Jonee)
04/26/2017 at 01:23, STARS: 1
We actually had a very rainy winter this year. Which means it rained like 10 times. I wonder what he did.
I’ll try and catch it next time I see it puttering around. I think it has the original motor, so don’t expect any fireworks.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
04/26/2017 at 04:44, STARS: 1
Probably somewhat like this.
Without the sunglasses. I once drove a car in the rain with failing wipers. Guess where that car was built.
"Jonee" (Jonee)
04/27/2017 at 02:34, STARS: 1
France.
I’ve done it, too. The 360's wipers wouldn’t go fast enough for a really hard rain, so sometimes I’d have to wait those out under a bridge.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
04/27/2017 at 03:39, STARS: 1
Nope. Italy. Dad’s Fiat Croma.
That car learned me just to have the rain fall and then start driving. After a while it doesn’t matter/bother. Really. Deal with it!
"Jonee" (Jonee)
04/28/2017 at 02:54, STARS: 1
Ah, that would be my second choice. If you can go fast enough, the rain stops mattering, but a Subaru 360 couldn’t go fast enough. I’m talking like a downpour. Boston got some heavy rains.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
04/28/2017 at 03:44, STARS: 1
Yeah, I really have no clue why Italians and electronics have such a bad reputation. Once it started it’s horn all the time. Even when shut off. So my dad’s secretary ran into his office that someone was trying to break in his car as the alarm went of. “What alarm?” Awkward car. Handled great actually.
"Jonee" (Jonee)
04/29/2017 at 01:47, STARS: 1
Haha. Anyone can screw up electronics. A friend of my father’s used to have an old Lincoln Continental convertible that was all crazy. The horn would sound if you tapped the rear view mirror! And the wipers somehow got wired to the horn. And I forget what would happen if you tried the radio. He kept it for years just because it was hilarious. And that’s American. The Croma was always so bland. That’s interesting it had good handling.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
04/29/2017 at 07:22, STARS: 1
Haha, sounds amazing as well! The first day I had my driver’s license I had to drive my dad to Zoetermeer, all the way from Twente. A 2 hours drive. First time I got over 200km/h. Good memories. Check it out against some German and a French contender:
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That Audi hahaha!
"Jonee" (Jonee)
04/30/2017 at 22:48, STARS: 1
Wow, that is impressive for that day and age. I think the first time I went over a hundred was in my mom’s Nissan Maxima. The old school square one. That was a really nice car. My Wagoneer could have hit 100, too, probably, but it would have taken a full tank of gas to get there.
That Audi looks like fun. Those cars were hilarious in general.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
05/01/2017 at 03:45, STARS: 1
This one?
I can imagine that replacing a 308 ;-)
That Audi looks fun? It looks DANGEROUS! But knowing you come from a long family of spies and secret agents I can understand the attractive force it has on you.
"Jonee" (Jonee)
05/01/2017 at 03:57, STARS: 1
No, this one. Great car.
Danger is my middle name.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
05/01/2017 at 04:44, STARS: 1
Haha, we never had that generation over here, it looks so... Friendly!
Mine is Evil .
"Jonee" (Jonee)
05/01/2017 at 23:18, STARS: 1
It was friendly. It even talked. And, most amazingly, the voice was on a little record!
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It really was a great car. Pretty zippy and lasted forever. My sister took it after my mother was done with it and it kept going. People would make her offers all the time, too. They’re pretty popular and hard to find in good shape.
Not surprised. My other middle name is also Danger.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
05/03/2017 at 03:19, STARS: 1
THAT REALLY IS A RECORD? Awesome! I can imagine them lasting forever, looks like a brick!
Jonathan “Danger, Danger, High Voltage” Eisen?
"Jonee" (Jonee)
05/08/2017 at 21:53, STARS: 1
Yeah, they made them well. There’s a bunch of videos of people who have found them in junkyards and the record always sounds perfect.
Plus “Alto Voltaje.” Had to add that part when I moved out here.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
05/09/2017 at 03:48, STARS: 1
You can play ‘m on a SL-1200?
I’d expect from Glendale?
"Jonee" (Jonee)
05/10/2017 at 21:15, STARS: 1
No, I don’t think so. It has a special kind of stylus.
I like to keep my middle names secret from my neighbors just in case.
"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
05/11/2017 at 05:17, STARS: 1
Stylus? So it’s some old fashioned smartphone? This is getting more interesting by the minute!
"Jonee" (Jonee)
05/12/2017 at 00:28, STARS: 1
Not that kind of stylus. You can see it better here. I can’t quite tell what the needle is made with. The record looks like any other record, though. But, I think it may have been silicon and not vinyl.
