Can you identify this model...

[clio007]

I recently purchased this Datsun locally for no other reason except that I liked the look of it

Now I have brought it home, I have no idea what model it is except for it being Datsun Cherry. Is there a separate model/version number? I literally cannot find this anywhere on the net.

I also probably paid too much for it.

Edited by clio007 on Monday 16th May 15:24

[lostkiwi]

Datsun Pulsar/Cherry/310/N10.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Pulsar

Had a bright yellow one back in 1983.

[clio007]

I thought it was the N10 model but I couldn't find one with the round lights as mine. Possibly aftermarket or a facelift?

[lostkiwi]

Like these?
https://www.motorbase.com/picture/profile/2009/09/...
http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/forum/forum/commun...

I'd say the early N10 had round lights and later ones square. Mine had square ones and was one of the last production.

[lostkiwi]

The pre facelift ones were round and the post face lift square. The facelift happened in March 1981.

[Cupramax]

Excellent, i had one of them as my second car way back in 1985 £700£? they saw you coming. Mechanically indestructable in my experience, good engine/gearbox combo.

[clio007]

Cupramax said:

Excellent, i had one of them as my second car way back in 1985 £700£? they saw you coming. Mechanically indestructable in my experience, good engine/gearbox combo.

Handles like a boat and the brakes don't do much to slow the car down but surprisingly I actually like it. The seats are incredibly comfy.
Did I get mugged off for the price? I was thinking that on the drive home actually. Especially with all the wker signs everybody was giving me while overtaking me as I struggled to get up a hill.

Edited by clio007 on Sunday 1st May 00:59

[Google [bot]]

Gets a from me

[Funkycoldribena]

Dry store it for 10 years,it'll be worth 705 Eurostate credits by then.

[Slow]

Cupramax said:

Excellent, i had one of them as my second car way back in 1985 £700£? they saw you coming. Mechanically indestructable in my experience, good engine/gearbox combo.

Ive got the later N12 turbo version Its been damn reliable for a 33 year old car!

[Stuart70]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

Might give you hope for what you paid for it?

[EnglishTony]

I read this, assumed the figure was 70 quid, thought it was a fair price. Reading further, 700? Either the world has lost it's marbles or something is wrong with the Govts inflation stats.

[clio007]

Found some more information about it online. It has a genuine 22k from new with 2 previous owners. New clutch and new brakes. Already been offered a grand so hopefully it wasn't too bad of a price.

[X5TUU]

I think £700 is a bargain ... Make it nice, service and sort the brakes, sit on it for a year or 3 and sell on for way more ... Simples!

[clio007]

Some more pics for those that owned one in their heyday.

[gforceg]

I had my lessons and passed my driving test in a yellow one back in '82.

[TooMany2cvs]

clio007 said:

I also probably paid too much for it. Is it actually worth anything? I parted with 700 sheets for it.

<looks at MOT history>
Blimey, can't complain much there.

Is that really 20k from new, not 120k? Surely not. I wonder if they were the factory brake pads being complained about at the 2007 test?

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

I was a valeter at Datsun main dealer in 1980. We enjoyed whizzing round in these. They all needed after market fog light fitting. The coupe versions had reverse where you'd expect first to be (and a warning buzzer)

[clio007]

TooMany2cvs said:

<looks at MOT history>
Blimey, can't complain much there.

Is that really 20k from new, not 120k? Surely not. I wonder if they were the factory brake pads being complained about at the 2007 test?

That's a good point actually. It could have gone round the clock Based on the MOT history, it's done 6k in around 10 years so I'm not entirely sure. For its age though, it surprisingly has not had an advisory in the most recent MOT even though it was off road for the best part of 5 years. I don't have any paperwork except the usual logbook and mots so I can only go on what I can see

I have absolutely no idea regarding the brakes. I know they have been replaced along with the clutch based on a previous owners post on a Datsun OC but apart from that I know nothing about it.

It has an air horn fitted along with a non standard gear Knob

[Du1point8]

This would suggest bargain

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C594789

ignoring the model difference.