http://autos.ca.msn.com/news/canadian-press-automotive-news/report-nissan-may-revive-datsun-brand
Hhhmmmmm ???
Awesome! OK maybe not:
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I'm trying to figure that out myself ? ???
Heh, my first car was a turd brown 1978 Datsun 210B. It had holes rusted through the passenger side floor board and it would get passed by logging trucks when going uphill, but the engine never quit, even after we crammed 9 members of my rugby team in for a road trip, we smeared cheaper paste all over it to make ChiaCar, and we re-enacted the battle of Midway in the college parking lot with my car as a Zero and my buddy's equalling craptastic blue AMC Pacer as an F4F Wildcat (total Japaneae victory was declared after 1/2 of his back bumper kinda got ripped away and was left dangling on the pavement)
I am hoping they don't use the same styling. I can't believe it's been 30+ years since Nissan stopped using the Datsun name. Time flies.
There is a battle - Datsun 210 vs. AMC Pacer.
Hard pressed to find an uglier car than the Pacer. Maybe the Gremlin. I hope to God that no one wants to revive the AMC brand. That would be total insanity. Like dogs and cats living together.
Quote from: Gusington on March 05, 2012, 10:31:09 AM
I am hoping they don't use the same styling. I can't believe it's been 30+ years since Nissan stopped using the Datsun name. Time flies.
There is a battle - Datsun 210 vs. AMC Pacer.
Hard pressed to find an uglier car than the Pacer. Maybe the Gremlin. I hope to God that no one wants to revive the AMC brand. That would be total insanity. Like dogs and cats living together.
I have always wanted an AMC Pacer so I could hire a fat chef to make me a sub sandwich in the back seat. It would be the crowning achievement of my lifetime.
^HA! I don't know why that works, but it does. You may have to pop the windows out of the Pacer to get the fat chef in but hey...still funny.
Quote from: Gusington on March 05, 2012, 10:31:09 AM
There is a battle - Datsun 210 vs. AMC Pacer.
I like it think it went something like this (after all, it was this skit that inspired the whole thing in the first place)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFjHentqSG0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFjHentqSG0)
^The American looks like John Candy.
Quote from: Gusington on March 05, 2012, 11:23:12 AM
^HA! I don't know why that works, but it does. You may have to pop the windows out of the Pacer to get the fat chef in but hey...still funny.
It works because it was done: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05ZIzPlUuEo
The video quality is piss poor, but you'll get the reference. This was a real commercial back when somebody thought it was a good idea to make Pacers.
Actually, that commercial makes them so cute, I wish I had one now.
That sandwich looked good, even pixelated. The Pacer...still ugly. Fugly even. Maybe that's part of it's charm.
Quote from: Gusington on March 05, 2012, 11:29:49 AM
^The American looks like John Candy.
It is John Candy. It was a skit from SCTV (shame they cut it off before the best bits.)
Is the Zero pilot John Belushi?? What is SCTV?
You don't know SCTV? You Philistine! It was a Canuck skit comedy TV show from the early 80s. Starred John Candy, Rick Moranis, Eugene Levy, Martin Short, Joe Flahretty, Dave Thomas (as the Jap pilot), and others. Bob and Doug McKenzie was probably the most famous bit to come out of the series.
Never heard of it! But I have always loved most of the people you've listed.
What the hell is Nissan smoking? Next, someone will try to bring disco back as well...
Quote from: Gusington on March 05, 2012, 10:31:09 AM
Hard pressed to find an uglier car than the Pacer.
The El Camino, hands-down. There is no vehicle on the planet more hideous.
^My Uncle has a '73 Chevy El Camino with something like 450 hp that gets 8 mpg. I drove it once to pick up my Aunt at their local train station in Silver Spring and let me tell you...people get out of your way fast in that thing. I loved it! Closest I have gotten to driving a tank so far.
The Datsun Disco.... I wonder if there would be a market ?
^No sale, sorry. Put a heavy metal club in the back of an El Camino and then I'll pay the cover.
Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on March 05, 2012, 10:29:16 AM
Heh, my first car was a turd brown 1978 Datsun 210B. It had holes rusted through the passenger side floor board and it would get passed by logging trucks when going uphill, but the engine never quit, even after we crammed 9 members of my rugby team in for a road trip, we smeared cheaper paste all over it to make ChiaCar, and we re-enacted the battle of Midway in the college parking lot with my car as a Zero and my buddy's equalling craptastic blue AMC Pacer as an F4F Wildcat (total Japaneae victory was declared after 1/2 of his back bumper kinda got ripped away and was left dangling on the pavement)
Great story. My dad had a 1971 Datsun wagon. Same deal- body was awful but the engine was excellent. He had some body work & painting done on it. Apparently the roof, once you got down to the bare metal skin, looked like a bunch of pressed tin cans.
Quote from: LongBlade on March 05, 2012, 11:18:17 AM
Quote from: Gusington on March 05, 2012, 10:31:09 AM
I am hoping they don't use the same styling. I can't believe it's been 30+ years since Nissan stopped using the Datsun name. Time flies.
There is a battle - Datsun 210 vs. AMC Pacer.
Hard pressed to find an uglier car than the Pacer. Maybe the Gremlin. I hope to God that no one wants to revive the AMC brand. That would be total insanity. Like dogs and cats living together.
I have always wanted an AMC Pacer so I could hire a fat chef to make me a sub sandwich in the back seat. It would be the crowning achievement of my lifetime.
If I ever hit the jackpot, I'll make that happen!
Quote from: Gusington on March 05, 2012, 12:06:43 PM
Is the Zero pilot John Belushi?? What is SCTV?
Oh sweet Jesus no!!! You did not just say that??!!! :o
As a young kid visiting my family in California I was totally in awe of the AMC Pacer that my cousin owned. Check out 70's UK produced cars such as the Allegro and the Maxi and you will see why. How the hell we ever made Aston Martin's, Bentley's, TVR's, Rolls and the like I will never know.
OMG the Allegro was such a pile of poo.........
My first company car, they put a car phone in it and I think it doubled in value.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Maestro
Yuk - my first company car was a Mk1 Cortina Estate - I loved that car, Blue and White. Sigh!
Your British cars look strange to my American eyes. Not strange-horrendous like a Pacer but not strange-awesome like am El Camino either.
My first car was a Nissan Sunny GTX hatchback in Okinawa....5 speed manual, steering wheel on the right side....easily fit 6 Marines plus..
^With a mounted .50 caliber out the top of the hatch?
Quote from: Gusington on March 05, 2012, 09:32:11 PM
^With a mounted .50 caliber out the top of the hatch?
Probably not but I wouldn't be surprised if the 89 Mustang that I left in the Central African Republic has one.. 8)
Quote from: Smuckatelli on March 05, 2012, 09:52:17 PM
Quote from: Gusington on March 05, 2012, 09:32:11 PM
^With a mounted .50 caliber out the top of the hatch?
Probably not but I wouldn't be surprised if the 89 Mustang that I left in the Central African Republic has one.. 8)
Maybe we can get Carfax to check the VIN?
I would bet that Gunny's 89 Mustang is still functioning in CAR and is either:
- an ambulance
- a taxicab
- armored
- all of the above
Not if it got bounced by my Datsun/zero. Round eye cannot rook into sun!
^That is so wrong but hilarious nonetheless. Good show!
I had a B210 hatchback around 1982 or so. It was 40% factory original blue and 60% primer grey.
It was a hoot to drive because it had bad shocks and was almost completely rusted out. The engine
and manual transmission wouldn't quit though. Good times :D
Quote from: Staggerwing on March 08, 2012, 02:09:42 PM
I had a B210 hatchback around 1982 or so. It was 40% factory original blue and 60% primer grey.
It was a hoot to drive because it had bad shocks and was almost completely rusted out. The engine
and manual transmission wouldn't quit though. Good times :D
When the shocks are a-rockin' don't come a-knockin'!
Quote from: LongBlade on March 08, 2012, 02:17:18 PM
Quote from: Staggerwing on March 08, 2012, 02:09:42 PM
I had a B210 hatchback around 1982 or so. It was 40% factory original blue and 60% primer grey.
It was a hoot to drive because it had bad shocks and was almost completely rusted out. The engine
and manual transmission wouldn't quit though. Good times :D
When the shocks are a-rockin' don't come a-knockin'!
No, that was my Pinto wagon! I think I had three or four 'kills' painted under the driver window.
I really had to think about that one. It feels like it was during the last century or somefink.