Datsun

[George111]

We used to laugh a them - 100A etc. But who is laughing now ?

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

[GOG440]

I saw an absolutely mint, orange 100A today at a car show.
Apart from this particular one I couldnt tell you the last time I saw one, and even in the day they had a rep for rotting so the odds of one surviving this long were pretty slim

[kambites]

I guess anything of that era in that sort of condition is going to be worth a fair bit.

[Ozzie Osmond]

Somebody round my way still drives a yellow 240Z - very nice. Heaven knows how he's kept the rust under control.

[BlueHave]

My father traded his 120Y in for a 100A but took it back the next day because it went like a tractor up a steep hill and got his 120Y back.

It was Poo Brown from the photographs i've seen and cost about £3200 in the mid 70's.

[GrumpyV8]

Learnt to drive in a Datsun Sunny in 1975. Happy memories but haven't touched one since.

[miniman]

My Grandfather had an orange 120Y coupe (I guess, same as the one in the Autotrader ad, not the fastback, but not the 4 door). It couldn't have been that old, but the wings were packed with newspaper and skimmed over and it had spectacularly unpleasant "sheepskin" seat covers. My mother inherited it, and we tooled around in it for many years, never entirely confident that it would get us there. It took us to the Lake District one year, with only one breakdown, which seemed like a good result.

I suspect it ended up as a cube only a few days after we traded it in, I think for £300 against a 309.

[TooMany2cvs]

George111 said:

We used to laugh a them - 100A etc. But who is laughing now ?

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

He's going to be waiting a while for a buyer for that...

[George111]

TooMany2cvs said:

George111 said:

We used to laugh a them - 100A etc. But who is laughing now ?

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

He's going to be waiting a while for a buyer for that...

A week or so ?

[Russ T Bolt]

BlueHave said:

My father traded his 120Y in for a 100A but took it back the next day because it went like a tractor up a steep hill and got his 120Y back.

It was Poo Brown from the photographs i've seen and cost about £3200 in the mid 70's.

Mine went the other way, 100A to 120Y to 160J SSS, which ended up as mine when I got my licence.

[Debaser]

I didn't laugh at them, I thought they were cool.

[Prolex-UK]

I had a 100a back in the day.

Bought a tuning kit from janspeed

Went like a bat out of hell.

WAA 591R where are you now ?

[spaximus]

I remember when Derek Cook,(DC COOK) got the Datsun franchise in South Yorkshire. All the experts said he would lose everything. Well they sold like hot cakes and his business empire grew.

compared with other cars of the era they were reliable and had features which were extras on others.

Strong money but someone will be prepared to buy it

[Jimmy Recard]

George111 said:

A week or so ?

I bet more than that.

[Cupramax]

George111 said:

We used to laugh a them - 100A etc. But who is laughing now ?

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

No, that was just you. Way better reliability wise than anything comparable british built at the time.

[macp]

I thought datsuns were great back in the day.I had a 100A and a 140Y but by far the best was a 120A FII coupe like this but mine was yellow.

Edited by macp on Tuesday 3rd May 11:31

[Cupramax]

macp said:

I thought datsuns were great back in the day.I had a 100A and a 140Y but by far the best was a 120A FII coupe like this but mine was yellow.

Linky no worky, i had an F11 too, great cars in their time bar the rust.

[bigkeeko]

George111 said:

who is laughing now ?

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

Me. It hasn't sold.

[Poisson96]

Asking price and selling price are two different things

[powerstroke]

spaximus said:

I remember when Derek Cook,(DC COOK) got the Datsun franchise in South Yorkshire. All the experts said he would lose everything. Well they sold like hot cakes and his business empire grew.

compared with other cars of the era they were reliable and had features which were extras on others.

Strong money but someone will be prepared to buy it

Yes and compared with what BL was offering in the 70s the japs had the answer to the unreliable badly made tat
Dad took a punt on a new Honda civic in about 76 .. after an Austin Maxi !!!!!
I remember after a few monthes he was confused about the lack of trouble
he kept saying Something must go wrong with it soon !!!!