Big news oppo! I am now with a Datsun!

"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland) 05/31/2019 at 21:15 • Filed to: None

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Yeah celebrate!!!!! This is a late 1970, original paint, original everything. It runs and drives and doesn’t even have any rust. It still need work but there is a lot to work with. My dad bought this car in 2005 while visiting us in Sacramento. He paid $2,000 for it and shipped it to Missoula to get to driving condition.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 05/31/2019 at 21:23

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Llc scam confirmed

Alfalfa > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 05/31/2019 at 21:33

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Daaaaaaamn

Chariotoflove > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 05/31/2019 at 21:48

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Wow.  Do you get to drive it?

SiennaMan > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 05/31/2019 at 22:09

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Simply beautiful. Congrats.

(God I love a good ‘70s car..)

Future Heap Owner > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 05/31/2019 at 22:11

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Congrats! Your dad has excellent taste.

What sorta work does it need?

shop-teacher > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 05/31/2019 at 22:13

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That is awesome!

smobgirl > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 05/31/2019 at 22:20

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Ohhhhhh man. I had a 280zX eons ago and I I miss that car. I’m jealous now.

SmugAardvark > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 05/31/2019 at 22:25

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Wait, you live in Sacramento? Or lived  in Sacramento? If it’s the former, I want to check out the new Datsun this weekend!

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Chariotoflove 05/31/2019 at 22:30

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It’s mine now. So much driving to come.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > SmugAardvark 05/31/2019 at 22:30

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Used to live there. Now in Montana.

SmugAardvark > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 05/31/2019 at 22:33

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Boo. I wanted to ride in a Datsun again. It’s been too long.

fintail > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 05/31/2019 at 22:40

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Your dad bought at the exact right time, these aint so cheap no more.

vicali > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 05/31/2019 at 22:40

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Very nice, let the awesomeness commence.

Chariotoflove > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 05/31/2019 at 22:44

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*gasp*. Unreal. 

and 100 more > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 05/31/2019 at 23:02

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Pfft, I’m not jealous, psssht. Whatever.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > fintail 05/31/2019 at 23:15

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Someone offered him $20k last year for the car.

fintail > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 05/31/2019 at 23:23

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I can believe it.  Do what you can to keep the original finishes - those will be even more desirable as time goes on.  Restore it mechanically, but only detail it cosmetically.  Nice car and amazing investment.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > fintail 05/31/2019 at 23:30

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That’s the plan. I don’t have money to paint anyway.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Chariotoflove 06/01/2019 at 00:12

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I just put it in the garage, runs like a well oiled sewing machine with an exhaust note.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Future Heap Owner 06/01/2019 at 00:14

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Immediately we are doing the fuse box, strut cartridges and seats. It will need an alignment and some minor interior work but I’m not painting it or changing anything from original.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > shop-teacher 06/01/2019 at 00:14

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Awesome confirmed!

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > smobgirl 06/01/2019 at 00:16

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And the zx is a pig by comparison. I guess this car weighs something like 2250 lbs and is made out of the cheapest and thinnest of Japanese steel.

fintail > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/01/2019 at 00:24

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Don’t paint it, you won’t get the money back, and you’ll be able to enjoy it more by not worrying about every rock chip . A skilled detailer can cut and polish the old paint and do some airbrush touch up work to make it look good, and old paint has a quality that can’t be replicated.

smobgirl > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/01/2019 at 00:39

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Yeah, but it was $750 at the time. Beggars can’t be choosers :)

I’ve just always adored the styling of the original Z cars. And then they resurrected them and broke my heart...

Captain of the Enterprise > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/01/2019 at 06:30

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Awesome!!!

Old-Busted-Hotness > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/01/2019 at 07:37

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I dig it.

Is there a one-stop-shopping source for restoration parts? Or do you have to eBay everything? Looks like you’re gonna need rub strips and possibly a front bumper? The dinks in the hood can be pulled out, I think.

Keep the slot mags. Not only awesome, but period correct.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Old-Busted-Hotness 06/01/2019 at 09:35

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Yes motorsports auto in Southern California is still going and they pretty much have everything. One of the big things is the seats need to be rebuilt and they can provide new foam and period correct blue seat recovering kits.

Old-Busted-Hotness > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/01/2019 at 09:52

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Cool. Now the biggest problem is paying the credit-card bill. If you pay it, you’ll know exactly what all this shit costs and get discouraged. So let the Mrs pay it... but then she’ll know.

Xanadu603 > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/01/2019 at 09:56

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Looks good! Still has the shipping hooks on it. You know those little hooks were for the ship from Japan, they are not for towing a car up onto a flatbed etc... they can break. I installed some good tow rings. 

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/01/2019 at 11:39

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DAMN. Very, very nice. Btw imma take some of those badge pics you took and play with the lighting and straighten them out if you would want to use them as your profile pic instead. But yeah, damn you got a good one. Enjoy the hell outta it

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute 06/03/2019 at 11:40

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Do what ever you want with the images but if you make any money off of them I get half .