The first rule of Datsun Z car ownership

"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland) 06/15/2019 at 19:35 • Filed to: Datsun 240Z

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select a stick or golf club handle of the highest quality to prop up your hatch. This particular piece of wood has now been passed from father to son and it is of the finest craftsmanship. I must point out though that it is about 1 cm short of the maximum opening of the hatch so some form of measurement was taken at time of manufacturing.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/15/2019 at 19:43

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N ew struts are not unaffordable. Even so, we as a species persist with this tradition ...

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/15/2019 at 19:44

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A bespoke engraved trunk prop is coming your way if I draw you for Secret Senna...

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 06/15/2019 at 19:49

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I’m pretty sure even the new struts are only intended for a maximum of 10 uses before failure.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/15/2019 at 19:56

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More stupid yet weirdly consistent traditions!!

smobgirl > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/15/2019 at 19:59

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I have a wooden dowel for the Fiat hatch as well. I keep saying I’ll fix it, but...

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > smobgirl 06/15/2019 at 19:59

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The ones on my outback were replaced under warranty. That’s a 2013 car.

AestheticsInMotion > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/15/2019 at 20:04

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You could go old-school and design a folding hood prop

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 06/15/2019 at 20:21

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That level of common sense has no place in this conversation.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/15/2019 at 20:46

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The 911 got a $0 . 68 dowel after the shocks shit the bed within a year

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/15/2019 at 20:49

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Not sure if mine was replaced, it works fine! 

Variance > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/15/2019 at 21:03

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I wish somebody had given me this advice before a cold evening many years ago dropped my old 318ti’s hatch on my head. I still have a scar from that...

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 06/15/2019 at 23:12

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I’ll get a new one for my next parts order.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/15/2019 at 23:28

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Those bags of salt are in a vehicle that came with rust, best not use it to carry around that stuff!

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/15/2019 at 23:33

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But new struts make such a nice noise

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 06/15/2019 at 23:33

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Literally kryponite for an old Datsun.