It's funny but I wouldn't brag about it

"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland) 06/26/2020 at 15:07 • Filed to: Datsun 240Z

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There has never been any kind of assumption an 240z -280 z Nissan’s were safe cars. They are made out of some of the thinnest , crappiest metal available in Japan in the 1970's.   The entire point was light weight and simplicity to improve performance.

jminer > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/26/2020 at 15:14

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So they die of heart attacks in their mid-50's like men used to?

**This is how my grandfather went and my father had a serious stroke at 60 so this comment may be my way of dealing with a fairly real genetic sketchy cardio-vascular system **

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/26/2020 at 15:14

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I have a roll bar! 

Milky > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/26/2020 at 15:19

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* From easily avoidable deaths

Aremmes > jminer 06/26/2020 at 15:19

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This. My maternal grandfather passed away in his late 50s before I was born. His passing had more to do with a history of alcohol and tobacco consumption and a career as a drill sergeant , though .

facw > jminer 06/26/2020 at 15:19

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My mom’s dad died of a heart attack in his 50s, and my dad had a pulmonary embolism a few years ago, so I’m right there with you in dubious genetics land.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 06/26/2020 at 15:21

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Good for rollover accidents, not so much if you are hit or hit something else.

jminer > facw 06/26/2020 at 15:22

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I try to take care of myself but have always had borderline high blood pressure. I should do better, but I am also kind of lazy.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > jminer 06/26/2020 at 15:23

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Sorry, that’s too young in my opinion. We really don’t have heart disease in my family so it’s never come up .

jminer > Aremmes 06/26/2020 at 15:23

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That is a similar story to mine - my paternal grandfather died at 55 a few years before I was born, he was an angry man, a smoker and an alcoholic (which are all traits my father got from him).

I barely drink and have never smoked so I’m ahead of the game but should eat a bit better and work out more too.

jminer > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/26/2020 at 15:26

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Smoking and drinking heavily have a lot to do with it but my grandmother lived 40 years longer than my grandfather and my mothers father has had more heart surgeries than he could keep track of dating back to his mid-50s. They were also both in their 50' s circa 1980 and had gone to war.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/26/2020 at 15:27

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Well it bolts in behind the seat so I figure since it ties into there across the middle it might help with side impact. 

CB > Aremmes 06/26/2020 at 15:31

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The drill was probably the least stressful part for him. All the drill staff I know take such joy in their work.

Thomas Donohue > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 06/26/2020 at 15:33

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Be honest, it’s bolted into rust!!!! (former 280Z owner)

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/26/2020 at 15:40

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But I thought you said "Datsuns are forever?" How can they be forever if they are made of paper machie? 

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Thomas Donohue 06/26/2020 at 15:42

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No rust on my car anymore!

DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/26/2020 at 15:48

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Now we need a new one that says “no masks, we die like real men ”

RallyWrench > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/26/2020 at 15:50

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Saw this posted on the ‘gram, commenters have no sense of humor. All is lost. 

TheRealBicycleBuck > jminer 06/26/2020 at 15:52

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That’s close to home. Lost one grandfather to heart attack, the other was disabled by a stroke.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/26/2020 at 15:53

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i feel like this could be one of those famous last words type of thing

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/26/2020 at 15:54

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Eh, a roll cage solves that problem. Old z cars take a hit like a  champ out on the t rack.

jminer > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/26/2020 at 16:02

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The fear in the background of my life is real here.  I tried to ignore it when in my 20's but now in my mid-30's I try much harder to take care of myself.  I work a desk job so my activity isn’t awesome but I don’t smoke and barely drink so that helps.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Thomas Donohue 06/26/2020 at 16:05

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And that looks good from the outside...

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > jminer 06/26/2020 at 16:23

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I feel you. I take after my mother’s side of the family, which has a long history of the menfolk dying young of heart attacks. Of course it also has a long history of the menfolk being fat, having high stress jobs and smoking like chimneys, so I may be in with half a chance. Regular ECGs are part of my life since I turned 40 though.

My sisters, on the other hand, take after my fathers side, which has a long history of the womenfolk being healthy as horses  well into their nineties then dying peacefully in their sleep. Bitches. 

haveacarortwoorthree2 > jminer 06/26/2020 at 16:38

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Heart attack at 50, baby!

jminer > haveacarortwoorthree2 06/26/2020 at 16:43

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Oof - this is my fear!

Thomas Donohue > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 06/26/2020 at 16:44

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Don’t let it leave the garage!!!!

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Thomas Donohue 06/26/2020 at 16:52

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I’m in California, should be fine after all the coatings we used. If I brought it back to Hawaii with me... I might get nervous. I may have to sell it, we will see, I work on shows and my whole industry is shut down, my medical is based on hours so I have until October and then I have to pay a cobra fee to keep medical.

Thomas Donohue > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 06/26/2020 at 17:00

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That sucks. I went through that two years ago when I went independent...healthcare costs were crazy. One of our fall shows in Vegas was going to go on as planned , but they just cancelled it and postponed until March....virtual only again in Sept, same as this past M arch (telecom show that was cancelled a day before I was supposed to fly out).

My car spent all of its years in the northeast as a DD before I got it....it was already a lost cause.

Good luck!

haveacarortwoorthree2 > jminer 06/26/2020 at 17:09

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Avoid the gym! (T hat’s really where mine happened. A piece of plaque broke off from somewhere, perhaps due to exertion,  and was just floating around until it got to a place that had a bit of narrowing. B oom, went from perfectly fine to a 100% blockage in an instant.)

jminer > haveacarortwoorthree2 06/26/2020 at 17:14

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That’s terrifying

TheRealBicycleBuck > jminer 06/26/2020 at 17:35

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I’m fortunate to take after my mother’s maternal line. G randma lived to 82; great-grandma lived to 92. My own heart seems to be in good shape (knocks on wood) and I exercise it regularly. My step-grandfather died of leukemia after years of smoking, so that kept me away from the cancer sticks. I think grandma could have lived for another 10 years if she hadn’t smoked for all those years. My dad was an alcoholic on top of his other problems, so that keeps me from drinking. My wife swears I’m going to live forever. People in her family tend to drop dead of heart attacks in their fifties or early sixties, so she’s always making jokes about haunting me after she’s gone.

jminer > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/26/2020 at 17:42

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Women in my family seem to live forever. My fathers mother just passed last year at 93 and she had a 2 pack a day habit until she was 75 and got emphysema. My mothers mother passed about a year and a half ago at 91 outliving 3 husbands.

Men less so though - fathers father died at 55, father had a major stroke at 60 and my mothers father had a valve replacement in the 80's and countless other heart operations until he passed about 2 years ago.

They of course all smoked and drank heavily which has kept me 100% away from the cancer sticks like you and I barely drink.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Thomas Donohue 06/26/2020 at 18:33

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I want your bumpers. Guessing this car is long gone tho.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Thomas Donohue 06/26/2020 at 18:33

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Was this car bathed in acid?

promoted by the color red > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/26/2020 at 19:32

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I need one for my Volvo that says YOU die like real men.

Gertman2000 > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/26/2020 at 20:15

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That’s funny just say this bumper sticker for the first time on Instagram the other day on the back of a second gen Camaro

Thomas Donohue > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/27/2020 at 09:44

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Sorry.....that’s not my car. Mine had the huge 78 impact bumpers.  And yes, long long gone.

Thomas Donohue > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/27/2020 at 10:17

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This one is for sale locally....pretty much what my car looked like in 1981 , except those wheels, not a fan. By 88 when I got it, it already had zero finish, and some holes.

https://newjersey.craigslist.org/cto/d/butler-datsun-280z/7132123656.html  

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Thomas Donohue 06/27/2020 at 15:23

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Sorry that car I’m guessing still has a lot of not fixed frame rail rust and the mods are trash. $5-8k max.

Thomas Donohue > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/28/2020 at 10:37

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I’d guess h e’ll eventually get $12k+ for it around here....been up a while, I think he’s just fishing.

( Fishing for caviar at $19k.)