johnnysideburns

I'm sorry not to accept your friend request. I generally don't accept people unless I know them in real life, or I've interacted with them on the site for quite awhile. I really try to keep up with everyone's journals, and it's tough if the list gets too long. Bookmark me?

I believe it was 1981 that the Zs had both listed. Technically, the engines said Nissan for years. I know my first engine (a '77) said Nissan, and the current one (a '79) does, too.

There are no other Datsuns in my life right now (the boy drives american cars - he's got a '76 Camaro and a couple of ford trucks), but I went to a prom in high school in a 510, and in 1999, my ex-boyfriend and I sent his mechanic father down to SoCal to help us buy a '71 240. It was beautiful, deep turquoise with a body kit. We spent $4500, and four days later, the brakes failed going about 8mph, the car jumped a curb, and the frame rail (which had rusted because the car had been on the beach for 20 years) ripped off the car. we used the car for parts, but basically it cost us over $1000 per day to own the damn thing. My ex was devastated, but his dad and I spent $1200 on a '77 280 that didn't run, and swapped the heads to get the thing rolling. It was black, and dinged all over. It is the car that I now own. (When we broke up, the ex said he was getting a Camaro, so I bought the car a second time...)