Datsun 200SX - $800, AZ

Looks like a spaceship, needs an engine: http://phoenix.craigslist.org/cph/cto/3524128044.html

god that is ghastly

these are not actually current pics.. they are from the last time it was for sale (when it had a running engine, according to a google search)

but, throw on some JDM parts, and make it an s10 silvia, and it gets pretty cool looking:

Man I love those things! All in the North-East have returned to the earth years ago. Even my California spec Datsun 620 pickup started rusting badly after ony a few years in PA. But it still ran great

Me likey, but I'm an old Datsun/Nissan fan. IIRC it has a funky dash.

Those cars are a special kind of ugly.

A friend of mine had a yellow one just like that in high school. His father worked at Bob Sharp Motors and I suspect that it was a trade-in that they got cheap. The only thing I liked about it was the Bob Sharp signature (MOMO?) steering wheel.

That is so wrong, it is RIGHT. Love it.

Matt B wrote: That is so wrong, it is RIGHT. Love it.

+One. I would rock the hell out of that.

Missed one of those locally by about 20 min a few years ago, haven't found another close by since.

Dad raced one in ITB briefly. He had a bunch of fun with it. Sat for over a year and a half after his racing money dried up before pulling it out of mothballs to run a 6-hour endurance at Pacific Raceways. In the rain. With a welded diff. 450lb front springs on Bilstein struts. With 2 degrees of positive camber on the passenger side and 2 degrees negative on the driver's side (accident damage).

The L20B made pretty good power compared to the supposedly more powerful BMW 2002 (reeling them in on the long straight at Pacific Raceways was very entertaining for the drivers) The dogleg 5-speed box was odd at first, but worked great. Rear discs could be swapped from another Datsun (I think from the next gen 200SX with the IRS, the parts bolted up once the axles were removed from the rear end.)

Nismo made huge bubble flares for those, looked much better than the spindly "giraffe" like proportions thanks to the skinny tires and partially shrouded rear wheels.

We had a couple of spare cars when we were racing, thought about finding a L24 or L28 to drop into one. Never did though. It would have bolted right up.

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Ha, that looked great!

turboswede wrote: The dogleg 5-speed box was odd at first, but worked great.

Thanks for the cool pictures. I always thought the dog leg was great for racing. Or was it auto cross? The 2-3 shift is a straight shot. Either way I likey the rare 200SX pics.

I'm not sure I've ever even seen one of these. Did the all rust away or were they somewhat rare?