Spotted in Enid, OK

"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction) 04/27/2020 at 20:37 • Filed to: None

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UserNotFound > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/27/2020 at 20:41

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OK fine, I believe you - you spotted it in Enid.

Nauraushaun > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/27/2020 at 20:42

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God that looks like a nice car to road trip

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/27/2020 at 20:50

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PyramidHat > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/27/2020 at 20:52

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That’s a what? $2MM? $3MM car? I mean, cars should be driven, but I’d be afraid of it getting smashed or dented by some dickbag that texting or generally not paying attention....

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/27/2020 at 20:53

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$1.19!

fintail > PyramidHat 04/27/2020 at 20:55

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Probably in the mid-upper 1s. Nice Rudge wheels.

These can be rebuilt from any condition, and it is obviously restored anyway, so no time capsule to preserve.  I am sure it is insured, so drive it!  It’s pretty impossible to total.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > PyramidHat 04/27/2020 at 20:57

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But do  you fill it with premium or regular unleaded fuel?

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/27/2020 at 20:58

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Cars are meant t o be driven and seeing this makes me happy.

zipfuel > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/27/2020 at 21:00

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That’s so perfect and immaculate I have to wonder if it’s an A grade replica. Like that would still make it worth many hundreds of thousands of dollars but at least not millions.

Also

fintail > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2020 at 21:10

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Old MBs have hardened valve seat s. PUG will be fine. I run it in my fintail without worry.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > zipfuel 04/27/2020 at 21:18

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Same question in my mind.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > UserNotFound 04/27/2020 at 21:18

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OK!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 04/27/2020 at 21:19

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[slow clap]

UserNotFound > PyramidHat 04/27/2020 at 21:19

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I’ve heard that 300SLs are some of the most frequently driven of old expensive collectors  cars.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2020 at 21:19

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One time the use of this meme is warranted. 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2020 at 21:20

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Amen, brother. 

Jim Spanfeller > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/27/2020 at 21:23

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If only I had a few million bucks lying around...

Is that too much to ask?

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > fintail 04/27/2020 at 21:50

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Old Datsun's do not have hardened valve seats despite copying Mercedes over head cam engines.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > PyramidHat 04/27/2020 at 22:01

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The variation can be huge. @1- 1.75 . Given the cost new, what can get screwy is who owned them over the years.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Jim Spanfeller 04/27/2020 at 22:08

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Apparently... ha!

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > UserNotFound 04/27/2020 at 22:10

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The w194s that they wre based on were regarded as tanks in mille miglia and panamerica races, so I would assume the 300s woiuld carry that  ruggedness .

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/27/2020 at 22:14

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heh, your perceptions of that may vary...

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 04/27/2020 at 22:16

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A bit. 

WilliamsSW > UserNotFound 04/27/2020 at 22:16

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Seems legit  

WilliamsSW > zipfuel 04/27/2020 at 22:25

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Unlike some cars (Cobras, Ferraris) when you see one of these and the proportions look right (they’re really low) , it’s probably real.

Mercedes has fought any replicas very hard, and the design has some unique characteristics that are very hard to make a kit car out of it without it looking silly. 

glemon > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 04/27/2020 at 22:56

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No doubt decided it was ok to take out for a drive because gas is cheap...

glemon > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/27/2020 at 23:03

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I saw one of these parked at a regular old parking meter in Scottsdale a few years back.  Incredible to see one just being used as a car, not on some fancy show field.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > glemon 04/27/2020 at 23:50

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Oh, Dave’s addiction and I were just talking about low gas prices...

But it does my heart good to see a million dollar car out in daylight

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/27/2020 at 23:50

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Sorry.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 04/28/2020 at 09:56

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Thanks, but we’ll be alright. We’ve been ridiculous fortunate these past 15 years, have saved well, and are debt free (and both still have our jobs, for now) . Sadly, there are many in the business who won’t fare as well in the next few years...

“ GasBuddy reports gas is pumped at 90 cents a gallon at a Sam’s Club in Moore; 95 cents a gallon at a Sam’s Club in Tulsa and 95 cents at the Okmulgee Country Corner.”

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > glemon 04/28/2020 at 09:59

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Anytime I see a car like this out and about, I like to think it’s the original (or maybe second) owner who’s just being driving it their whole life and taking great care of it all along, almost oblivious to how valuable the car has become.

Here’s one of my favorites:

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/28/2020 at 10:00

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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > PyramidHat 04/28/2020 at 10:01

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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > fintail 04/28/2020 at 10:01

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SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/28/2020 at 10:07

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“Eastbound and Down...”

BTW, I don’t know that my kids pay attention to much of anything dad says... but I try to remind them of how idiotic it is to take on loans to buy cars at any age, but most of all in your 20s when you should be building wealth. My oldest has developed a taste for older BMWs and just bought a sweet old E28 for a song. The others seem to be following suit, so maybe seeing me avoid the dealerships and the Car Payment Treadmill is rubbing off? Anybody that’s avoided debt hopefully can ride through this storm... because it’s about to get bumpy.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 04/28/2020 at 10:23

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Good for your son! Hopefully that E28 serves him well.

It’s a tough balance between being a rabid car guy and a naturally frugal person. My parents definitely passed down the “Depression era mentality” that they inherited from their folks - my dad was born in ‘37 and was the youngest of 8 raised by a widow (my grandpa died from an infection before my dad was born - his older brothers had to grow up fast).

Took me until I was 34 and pretty well set financially to buy my first frivolous car (my M3) - and even then, it was a used family sedan. We’ll see how old I am before I spring for my first “true” sports car. 

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/28/2020 at 11:17

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Wonderful video, I love his attitude. Also this is a sewer lift station that I did an electrical upgrade to about 5 years ago. I LOL’d when I saw the shot in the video.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/28/2020 at 11:38

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Ha - that’s crazy.

His car was sold a couple years ago. 

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2018/06/29/after-58-years-with-the-same-owner-the-admirals-ferrari-seeks-a-new-home

fintail > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/28/2020 at 12:49

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Now that’s good timing.

I bet this has been rebuilt by now:

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > fintail 04/28/2020 at 12:57

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Oof. That’s hard to look at. 

fintail > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/28/2020 at 13:24

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From what I recall, it was on a “test drive” by a restoration shop, and someone got carried away.  But they are worth so much, it’ll be back on the road.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > fintail 04/28/2020 at 14:07

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Oh my...