Back When I Was Cool

Kinja'd!!! "benjrblant" (benjblant)
11/01/2017 at 12:57 • Filed to: None

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I owned a 1978 Datsun 280z. These are the only photos I have left of it:

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The wheels were painted by a PO, I once spent a full day stripping the paint and polishing them. PO also had the car repainted with the front air dam (not a fan) and nixed the rear bumper.

I bought this car in high school for about $3,000 and took lots of joy in explaining to my friends what it was. After a new fuel pump, plugs, wires, and a basic tune up, it ran quite well. I told myself I was going to keep it as long as I could. I refused to be “that guy” that would plague people later in life with the “Ya know, back when I was in high school, I drove a ...”

I had to sell it when I went to college. Now I’m totally that guy that had a Datsun back in high school.

Sigh. I miss it so much.


DISCUSSION (13)


Kinja'd!!! CalzoneGolem > benjrblant
11/01/2017 at 13:01

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I wish I had been cool once.


Kinja'd!!! CaptDale - is secretly British > benjrblant
11/01/2017 at 13:02

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Nice slot dishes.


Kinja'd!!! benjrblant > CalzoneGolem
11/01/2017 at 13:03

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Is it better to have been cool once, or never cool so that you don’t realize how much you miss your 280z?


Kinja'd!!! CalzoneGolem > benjrblant
11/01/2017 at 13:05

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Yes.


Kinja'd!!! 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > benjrblant
11/01/2017 at 13:06

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My 240z came with slots but one was damaged and wouldn’t be safe. That car is riding really high, I guess you could do a rally then, which they are also good for!


Kinja'd!!! MonkeePuzzle > benjrblant
11/01/2017 at 13:22

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mmmm, am picturing it low with some bronze watanabes


Kinja'd!!! benjrblant > MonkeePuzzle
11/01/2017 at 13:43

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I seriously miss it so much. I think it comes up in conversation at least once every 2-3 weeks. And it’s been gone for a decade.


Kinja'd!!! Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > benjrblant
11/01/2017 at 13:43

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I drove this in high school. It was so rusty that when you hit a bump the alignment changed. I traded it for a not quit as rusty 1978 Datsun 510 wagon.

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Kinja'd!!! benjrblant > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
11/01/2017 at 13:44

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That’s awesome!

*fistbump for high schoolers driving old datsuns


Kinja'd!!! Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > benjrblant
11/01/2017 at 13:50

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I have lots of fond memories of that car. I also have lots of break down, or put it in a ditch stories too.


Kinja'd!!! MonkeePuzzle > benjrblant
11/01/2017 at 14:05

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Kinja'd!!! awmaster10 > benjrblant
11/01/2017 at 14:33

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Was it as clean as it looks? If so where can I get one for $3000?


Kinja'd!!! benjrblant > awmaster10
11/01/2017 at 14:46

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Yes, and 10 years ago.