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datsun Archive
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![Rust Never Sleeps is the title to a legendary 1979 album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse, which has been cited by some as the seminal proto-grunge record. I also […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-10-08-15.02.11.png?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "My 1982 Datsun (by Nissan) 280ZX: Rust Never Sleeps (Part 2)")
My 1982 Datsun (by Nissan) 280ZX: Rust Never Sleeps (Part 2)
Posted on October 22, 2025 | 18 CommentsRust Never Sleeps is the title to a legendary 1979 album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse, which has been cited by some as the seminal proto-grunge record. I also […] -
![(Updated 10/14/2025) Wandering around Tokyo can lead to pleasant surprises. A hyper-modern city populated by folks who value conformity makes for some colorful contrasts. The conservative culture […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_20190909_111959-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1958 Datsun 1000 (210) – Sublime Sexagenarian")
1958 Datsun 1000 (210) – Sublime Sexagenarian
Posted on October 14, 2025 | 23 Comments(Updated 10/14/2025) Wandering around Tokyo can lead to pleasant surprises. A hyper-modern city populated by folks who value conformity makes for some colorful contrasts. The conservative culture […] -
![The driver of this Datsun F-10 bought it new in 1977, and she’s still in love with her beautiful baby. Which raises the question: Is ugliness in the eye of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CC-50-070-9a25.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1977 Datsun F-10: It Got An F In Beauty School")
1977 Datsun F-10: It Got An F In Beauty School
Posted on October 13, 2025 | 22 CommentsThe driver of this Datsun F-10 bought it new in 1977, and she’s still in love with her beautiful baby. Which raises the question: Is ugliness in the eye of […] -
![(first posted 8/14/2017) The 1977-79 Datsun 200SX, not the most beloved of 1970s sport coupes, had the story behind its quirky styling told by Paul a year […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1977 Datsun 200SX – Back to Work at 40")
Curbside Find: 1977 Datsun 200SX – Back to Work at 40
Posted on July 29, 2025 | 46 Comments(first posted 8/14/2017) The 1977-79 Datsun 200SX, not the most beloved of 1970s sport coupes, had the story behind its quirky styling told by Paul a year […] -
![(first posted 5/21/2014) This one had me stumped for, a while. I just didn’t remember this car being sold in the US; I thought the Pulsar moniker was used strictly […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/CC-133-123-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1983 Nissan Pulsar Five Door – So Rare I Forgot It Existed")
Curbside Classic: 1983 Nissan Pulsar Five Door – So Rare I Forgot It Existed
Posted on February 16, 2025 | 72 Comments(first posted 5/21/2014) This one had me stumped for, a while. I just didn’t remember this car being sold in the US; I thought the Pulsar moniker was used strictly […] -
![(first posted 3/11/2013) As we saw in the recent ’83 280ZX CC, the sporty Z-cars lost their way a bit from the late ’70s to the early ’80s, donning big, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1-27-and-1-28-2013-030.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1988 Nissan 300ZX – The Z Tosses Its Leisure Suit")
Curbside Classic: 1988 Nissan 300ZX – The Z Tosses Its Leisure Suit
Posted on June 14, 2024 | 41 Comments(first posted 3/11/2013) As we saw in the recent ’83 280ZX CC, the sporty Z-cars lost their way a bit from the late ’70s to the early ’80s, donning big, […] -
![Every once in a while, we have to go back to that dwell of styling wonkiness that was Nissan in the ’70s. It’s a story that’s been told more than […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_20231229_162047895_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1976 Datsun 710 Wagon – A Trusty (And Funky Looking) One")
Curbside Find: 1976 Datsun 710 Wagon – A Trusty (And Funky Looking) One
Posted on June 12, 2024 | 14 CommentsEvery once in a while, we have to go back to that dwell of styling wonkiness that was Nissan in the ’70s. It’s a story that’s been told more than […] -
![What is so special about springtime? As winter fades away the grass greens, leaves return to trees, baby animals are born and car auctions return. I have been teaching my […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Pontiac-Strato-Chief-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Fieldside Classics: Springtime Brings Auctiontime")
Fieldside Classics: Springtime Brings Auctiontime
Posted on May 9, 2024 | 32 CommentsWhat is so special about springtime? As winter fades away the grass greens, leaves return to trees, baby animals are born and car auctions return. I have been teaching my […] -
![(first posted 3/2/2018) From some distance across the parking lot, I thought maybe I was really going to score. That mellow-honey colored peanut of a car just screamed […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/CC-343-068.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Datsun B210 – Bit•O•Honey")
Curbside Classic: Datsun B210 – Bit•O•Honey
Posted on March 2, 2024 | 73 Comments(first posted 3/2/2018) From some distance across the parking lot, I thought maybe I was really going to score. That mellow-honey colored peanut of a car just screamed […] -
![Sometimes I will be stopped in my tracks while in the junkyard. At times it’s due to a Maserati, other times a Lancia, and ever so slightly more often anything […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_4011.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 1981 Datsun 210 Hatchback – 354,281 And A Half Miles, Apparently All Of Them In Deep Salty Slush")
Curbside Recycling: 1981 Datsun 210 Hatchback – 354,281 And A Half Miles, Apparently All Of Them In Deep Salty Slush
Posted on January 18, 2024 | 31 CommentsSometimes I will be stopped in my tracks while in the junkyard. At times it’s due to a Maserati, other times a Lancia, and ever so slightly more often anything […] -
![(first posted 10/28/2017) I know that “Long March” reference is more pre-war Maoist Chinese than post-war Shōwa Japanese, but it still applies. The late ‘50s is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/IMG_20171014_154527.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1959 Datsun 1000 (211) Pick-up – The First Step In The Long March")
Curbside Classic: 1959 Datsun 1000 (211) Pick-up – The First Step In The Long March
Posted on October 29, 2023 | 36 Comments(first posted 10/28/2017) I know that “Long March” reference is more pre-war Maoist Chinese than post-war Shōwa Japanese, but it still applies. The late ‘50s is […] -
![Here’s an oldie I knew of and had been in the hunt for. This old Datsun wagon had actually passed me a couple of times in San Salvador’s traffic, always […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_20220630_135855694_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1970-72 Datsun 1300 Wagon (521) – Sticking Around A Little While Longer")
Curbside Classic: 1970-72 Datsun 1300 Wagon (521) – Sticking Around A Little While Longer
Posted on October 28, 2023 | 10 CommentsHere’s an oldie I knew of and had been in the hunt for. This old Datsun wagon had actually passed me a couple of times in San Salvador’s traffic, always […] -
![(first posted 11/10/2011) My mother famously hates the Toyota Corolla. You see our family owned a lightly used example back in 1984 when we moved to Houston, Texas for just […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Datsun-510-side.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: 1980 – 1983 Toyota Corolla – The Datsun 510 Doppelgänger")
Curbside Classics: 1980 – 1983 Toyota Corolla – The Datsun 510 Doppelgänger
Posted on June 25, 2023 | 69 Comments(first posted 11/10/2011) My mother famously hates the Toyota Corolla. You see our family owned a lightly used example back in 1984 when we moved to Houston, Texas for just […] -
![One morning I was riding my bike to work when I spotted a little blue Japanese car in the distance. As I got closer it became clear that it was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Datsun-1800-rear.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1973 Datsun 1800 – An Early 610 Oddity")
Curbside Classic: 1973 Datsun 1800 – An Early 610 Oddity
Posted on May 25, 2023 | 22 CommentsOne morning I was riding my bike to work when I spotted a little blue Japanese car in the distance. As I got closer it became clear that it was […] -
![It’s been a while since a Datsun 160J/Violet -AKA 710 in the US- visited CC’s pages, the unloved replacement for the ‘late and lamented 510.’ As it was becoming a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_20221202_153748226_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1975 Datsun 160J SSS (710/Violet) – Peak Fuji-lage")
Curbside Classic: 1975 Datsun 160J SSS (710/Violet) – Peak Fuji-lage
Posted on May 18, 2023 | 14 CommentsIt’s been a while since a Datsun 160J/Violet -AKA 710 in the US- visited CC’s pages, the unloved replacement for the ‘late and lamented 510.’ As it was becoming a […]
