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Curbside Classics Archives
datsun Archive
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![It was 1979. I was still in Vermont and after almost a year with last week’s Dodge Dart I was ready for something that could better scratch my driving itch. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1-Datsun-510-e1454709329838.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1971 Datsun 510 – It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times")
COAL: 1971 Datsun 510 – It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times
Posted on February 6, 2016 | 33 CommentsIt was 1979. I was still in Vermont and after almost a year with last week’s Dodge Dart I was ready for something that could better scratch my driving itch. […] -
![Every May sees the Blue Suede Cruise in beautiful Tupelo, Mississippi. Held concurrently this year with the 2015 Ford Galaxie National Convention, the Blue Suede Cruise attracted over 900 cars […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/IMG_4389.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The 2015 Blue Suede Cruise")
The 2015 Blue Suede Cruise
Posted on May 29, 2015 | 44 CommentsEvery May sees the Blue Suede Cruise in beautiful Tupelo, Mississippi. Held concurrently this year with the 2015 Ford Galaxie National Convention, the Blue Suede Cruise attracted over 900 cars […] -
![Bryce Chessum posted these pictures of what looks to be an incredibly well-kept Morris 1000 that’s on sale. One of those pictures was titled “Manual, as if you had a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/cp4688632153979867086.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Classic: 1956-1969 Morris Minor 1000 – Has There Ever Been an Automatic?")
Cohort Classic: 1956-1969 Morris Minor 1000 – Has There Ever Been an Automatic?
Posted on March 30, 2015 | 26 CommentsBryce Chessum posted these pictures of what looks to be an incredibly well-kept Morris 1000 that’s on sale. One of those pictures was titled “Manual, as if you had a […] -
![“Look at this, Gerardo”, my father told me this week after going to town. “I found something I lost a long time ago”. He passed me his cell phone and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IMG_20150127_125246.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: 1971 Ford Mustang – Family History.")
Auto-Biography: 1971 Ford Mustang – Family History.
Posted on January 30, 2015 | 22 Comments“Look at this, Gerardo”, my father told me this week after going to town. “I found something I lost a long time ago”. He passed me his cell phone and […] -
![It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Well, for family time anyway. As far as the roads are concerned all the fun cars, such as this beautiful Datsun Fairlady […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2000_Sports.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Datsun Fairlady(Sports) 2000 – Winter Is Coming.")
CC Outtake: Datsun Fairlady(Sports) 2000 – Winter Is Coming.
Posted on November 16, 2014 | 23 CommentsIt’s the most wonderful time of the year. Well, for family time anyway. As far as the roads are concerned all the fun cars, such as this beautiful Datsun Fairlady […] -
![I was sad to part with my Lada Nivas, and was left with an empty spot in the garage but with almost no play money. What I needed was something […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1981-Datsun-210.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1981 Datsun 210 (Sunny) – Screwed By A Gearbox")
COAL: 1981 Datsun 210 (Sunny) – Screwed By A Gearbox
Posted on July 13, 2014 | 23 CommentsI was sad to part with my Lada Nivas, and was left with an empty spot in the garage but with almost no play money. What I needed was something […] -
![The scrapyards here in Western Canada are currently under a blanket of snow (or have turned into mud pits, if unseasonably warm) but I thought I would share a tour […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/junkyard.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Tour: A Little Bit of Everything")
Junkyard Tour: A Little Bit of Everything
Posted on March 12, 2014 | 25 CommentsThe scrapyards here in Western Canada are currently under a blanket of snow (or have turned into mud pits, if unseasonably warm) but I thought I would share a tour […] -
![As I grew up in the Midwest in the 1970s, there was a great common bias here toward American cars. I wrote that deliberately: a bias toward American cars, not […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/1965DatsunFairladySP311-1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1965 Datsun Fairlady – A Real Lady Tells No Stories On Herself")
CC Capsule: 1965 Datsun Fairlady – A Real Lady Tells No Stories On Herself
Posted on June 15, 2013 | 13 CommentsAs I grew up in the Midwest in the 1970s, there was a great common bias here toward American cars. I wrote that deliberately: a bias toward American cars, not […] -
![Well, maybe these folks do, come to that. This precarious-looking rig was spotted on I-45 in the Greenspoint area of Houston, on a sunny Saturday morning in 2003. Hope they made it […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Datsun-pickup-overloaded-01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1984 Nissan 720 – Who Needs a Big Truck?")
CC Capsule: 1984 Nissan 720 – Who Needs a Big Truck?
Posted on June 8, 2013 | 24 CommentsWell, maybe these folks do, come to that. This precarious-looking rig was spotted on I-45 in the Greenspoint area of Houston, on a sunny Saturday morning in 2003. Hope they made it […] -
![Cohort contributor ggh06 has been posting quite a few photos lately, including several of a lot full of retired Curbside Classics. I was drawn to this weathered old Studebaker as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/8410153538_24e6e5ceef_b-e1359249211370.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Retirees: Bullet-less Nose Studebaker…And More")
Curbside Retirees: Bullet-less Nose Studebaker…And More
Posted on January 27, 2013 | 10 CommentsCohort contributor ggh06 has been posting quite a few photos lately, including several of a lot full of retired Curbside Classics. I was drawn to this weathered old Studebaker as […] -
![I don’t believe we have yet had a Datsun 510 review here at CC. Well, we did technically do a 510, but not the simple, squared-off late ’60s/early ’70s version […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Datsun-510-by-dave_7-e1347910493356.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Got Change For A Five?")
CC Outtake: Got Change For A Five?
Posted on September 17, 2012 | 18 CommentsI don’t believe we have yet had a Datsun 510 review here at CC. Well, we did technically do a 510, but not the simple, squared-off late ’60s/early ’70s version […] -
![The Datsun 240Z harkens back to a time when Datsun and its parent company Nissan were lean, mean and just starting to succeed. That success was due in no small […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/6-06-2012-001-e1339705329739.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Miniature Curbside Classic: 1970 Datsun 240Z By Road Signature")
Miniature Curbside Classic: 1970 Datsun 240Z By Road Signature
Posted on June 14, 2012 | 6 CommentsThe Datsun 240Z harkens back to a time when Datsun and its parent company Nissan were lean, mean and just starting to succeed. That success was due in no small […] -
![Yin -yang: complementary opposites. Sometimes described as “the sunlight (yang) over a shady mountain in the valley (yin)”. Now what swept this sudden regurgitation of late-sixties profundity over me, other […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/CC-7-025-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1972 Datsun 1200/Sunny Coupe: The Yang To The 1972 Cadillac’s Yin")
Curbside Classic: 1972 Datsun 1200/Sunny Coupe: The Yang To The 1972 Cadillac’s Yin
Posted on July 20, 2011 | 27 CommentsYin -yang: complementary opposites. Sometimes described as “the sunlight (yang) over a shady mountain in the valley (yin)”. Now what swept this sudden regurgitation of late-sixties profundity over me, other […] -
![This 1979 gen2 510 reflects the general decline of Datsun at the end of the Seventies. Datsun had once been king of the Japanese import hill at the end of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/1979_Datsun_510_hatchback_31.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1979 Datsun 510 – Revived In Name If Not In Spirit")
Curbside Classic: 1979 Datsun 510 – Revived In Name If Not In Spirit
Posted on May 8, 2011 | 22 CommentsThis 1979 gen2 510 reflects the general decline of Datsun at the end of the Seventies. Datsun had once been king of the Japanese import hill at the end of […]
