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  • 4cylndrfury

    March 22, 2009 11:12 a.m. 4cylndrfury Reader

    Saw this as I got on I-275 in Sharonville, Oh the other day...Pretty cool especially if you like vintage land o the rising sun cars:

    Yes, I know the pics arent great (camera phone) and yes I know that I have a crack in my mirror and yes I know its not safe to take pics while driving, but there wasnt anyone else on the 4 laner at the time so I took a chance...anyway..enjoy and discuss

  • JFX001

    March 22, 2009 11:34 a.m. JFX001 HalfDork

    Sweetness.....ultra rare here in Ohio. I like the BRE-esque stripes.

  • 4cylndrfury

    March 22, 2009 11:59 a.m. 4cylndrfury Reader

    Side note, I used to work in that Holiday Inn in the first pic...setup/teardown for weddings and confrences...youd be surprised the things you see/hear/learn working in a hotel

  • gamby

    March 22, 2009 12:32 p.m. gamby SuperDork

    JFX001 wrote:

    Sweetness.....ultra rare here in Ohio. I like the BRE-esque stripes.

    Ditto for New England. I'm much more likely to see an Enzo than that.

    What a little beauty. That car is done perfectly.

  • jpaturzo

    March 22, 2009 12:49 p.m. jpaturzo New Reader

    gamby wrote:

    Ditto for New England. I'm much more likely to see an Enzo than that.

    Every morning for the last two weeks I've seen a mint looking purple 210. North of New Haven on 91. Looks to be a late 70's model.

    I'm tempted to flag the guy down and throw money at him.

  • 4cylndrfury

    March 22, 2009 12:55 p.m. 4cylndrfury Reader

    lol yeah, I got a little ahead of the guy and tossed him a thumbs up...Im not sure he knew what was going on...he had kind of a weird and worried look on his face (probably cuz I had been snapping pics of his car over the last mile or so ). He smiled back once he had figured it out and threw me a thumb back. I thought those wheels looked killer...love white wheels on dark cars. It looked far better in person than the pics do it justice...the stripes looked way better and the sun on the paint showed how glossy it was. Definitely a well cared for and loved/appreciated car by its current and previous owners.

  • ww

    March 22, 2009 1:01 p.m. ww Dork

    There's just no way to make a classic Datsun look bad with a nice set of Panasports.

  • ww

    March 22, 2009 1:02 p.m. ww Dork

    The dark green paint with silver and gray BRE stripes looks really good too!

  • gamby

    March 22, 2009 1:39 p.m. gamby SuperDork

    jpaturzo wrote:

    gamby wrote:

    Ditto for New England. I'm much more likely to see an Enzo than that.

    Every morning for the last two weeks I've seen a mint looking purple 210. North of New Haven on 91. Looks to be a late 70's model.

    I'm tempted to flag the guy down and throw money at him.

    RAD.

  • Appleseed

    March 22, 2009 2:36 p.m. Appleseed Reader

    +3 on the BRE stripes.

  • ZOOMiata

    March 22, 2009 3:04 p.m. ZOOMiata Dork

    Those cars are achingly beautiful.

  • 4cylndrfury

    March 22, 2009 3:07 p.m. 4cylndrfury Reader

    ZOOMiata wrote:

    Those cars are achingly beautiful.

    I know...its ridiculous...I would punch a nun for one of those. well probably not...weeeellll.

    Car MFRs are always trying to progress, but sometimes they get it right and just need to leave it alone and keep making em by the zillions...this is one of those times

  • carzan

    March 22, 2009 3:54 p.m. carzan New Reader

    Really cool. I had one just like it (a '69 model) only I like the paint job of that one better than mine.

  • ww

    March 22, 2009 8:40 p.m. ww Dork

    You guys just need to move to Arizona or California, there not on every corner, but they show up on CL all the time in various states of "restoration".

  • MrJoshua

    March 22, 2009 8:57 p.m. MrJoshua SuperDork

    That is a pretty car!

  • friedgreencorrado

    March 22, 2009 10:31 p.m. friedgreencorrado Reader

    ww wrote:

    You guys just need to move to Arizona or California, there not on every corner, but they show up on CL all the time in various states of "restoration".

    classifieds voice on

    ..shipping to 30102?

    classifieds voice off

    I really like the modern take on the old BRE paint scheme. I guess to the Nissan guys, that era is sacred. As well it should be...

  • Jay_W

    March 23, 2009 9:04 a.m. Jay_W HalfDork

    I miss my boxflared L18 5spd dual mikuni 44 '69 510... sniff

    This one here though is prolly one of the nicest I've seen

  • 4cylndrfury

    March 23, 2009 9:40 a.m. 4cylndrfury Reader

    it was really super clean...unlike my camera lense. It was a young guy too...prolly under 30...so it was either his and he is the luckiest jerk ever, or dad/grampa let him take a spin. Either way, if envy were deadly, Id be 6 feet under

 
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