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2-owner almost all original car. My father began maintaining this car when he was a mechanic at the Datsun dealership in 1971. He later opened his own shop and the owner continued to trust him for all of the maintenance. He did a partial restoration about 15 years ago. The owner got too old to enjoy the car and gave my father first choice. Since my father had nowhere to store the car, I obtained it, and I'm technically the second owner. I got it in November of 2009 and drove it daily for over a year. I bought a more practical car and since then it hasn't seen many miles. It has ALWAYS been garage kept, but those who know these cars are familiar with the battery acid corrosion problems in the right front floorboard and frame rail. There is pretty severe corrosion in that area. There is also some rust in the rockers and the driver's side floorboard. There is virtually no rust other than that. See photos. Original color is green as can be seen in a few of the pictures. It cranks, runs, and drives great. I hate to sell it, but I'm moving to Chattanooga for work and won't have a garage to store it in. I also don't have the time, money, or expertise to make the repairs to the areas affected by rust. I have receipts for all of the work on this list and more.

Good stuff:

Black 14" Enkei 92's from the 80's in great shape

New tires

New Eibach lowering springs

New adjustable Tokico Illumina shocks

New polyurethane bushings throughout the suspension

Custom 6x9 speaker box across the rear panel. It's wired up but the speakers aren't currently installed -- they will go with the car.

New 3-point retractable seatbelts

Headlight relay (takes the amp load off the headlight switch which causes them to fail and they're super expensive to have rebuilt. Also reduces voltage drop, making the headlights a whole lot brighter)

New clutch slave cylinder

New battery

Bad stuff:

Needs work on the right front frame rail and floor pan

Could also use rockers and driver's floor pan

Has some minor dings and bondo

Some panels have clear coat peeling, some have newer paint

For sale locally in Knoxville and Chattanooga, TN. Local pick up only, no delivery.

Paypal or cash accepted.

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Fri, 29 Aug 2014

Those who were disappointed when Datsun changed its name to Nissan over three decades ago may have been pleased to see the marque revived last year, even as a budget brand. Nissan's counterpart to its ally Renault's Dacia budget brand, Datsun has been steadily expanding its lineup of low-cost transportation for developing markets with the debut of the Go hatchback in India, the Go+ minivan in Indonesia and the On-Do sedan in Russia. And now it has returned to Moscow to reveal its fourth model, the Mi-Do.
Based closely on the On-Do sedan (which itself is based on the Lada Granta) the Mi-Do takes on a five-door hatchback bodystyle but with no more frills. It uses the same front-drive chassis with the same wheelbase as the sedan, but its chopped tail makes it a good foot and a half shorter overall. Into that compact shape, Datsun has fitted dual airbags, ABS and... well, that's about it. It's got a 1.6-liter, eight-valve inline-four kicking out a grand total of 87 horsepower to either a five-speed manual or a four-speed automatic. Bare bones, this is.
While delivery of the first On-Do sedans commences next month (with the first example going to an IT specialist in Omsk), the Mi-Do is set to begin delivery early next year. Scope out the video and press release below from the Mi-Do's reveal at the Moscow Motor Show.

Meet the man who took a year sabbatical to drive his 1967 Datsun Fairlady Roadster

Tue, 28 Jan 2014

A quiet drive in the country can be the most relaxing thing in the world. What if it didn't have to end, and you could keep driving for a week, a month or even a whole year? That's what Scott Fisher is doing by taking a one-year sabbatical from work and driving his 1967 Datsun Fairlady Roadster around North America.
"I had owned a manufacturing business in Las Vegas for 16 years. I knew I needed to kinda' get out, and unwind, and get my mojo back," said Fisher.
Fisher's trip has covered over 30,000 miles through 44 states and 7 Canadian Provinces, and it is not over yet. He left from his home in Las Vegas, NV, last spring and drove to the Pacific. From there, he drove up the coast to the Canadian border and aimed the car for the Atlantic. He just posted on his blog about visiting the Nissan headquarters and museum in Franklin, TN, and his next stops are Mississippi and New Orleans, LA.

Datsun debuts new seven-seat Go+ in Indonesia [w/video]

Wed, 18 Sep 2013

The Datsun name may have long since been replaced by Nissan, but the old brand is making a comeback - in certain markets, at least. Nissan relaunched the Datsun brand in July as its new budget brand for developing markets with the debut of the Go hatchback, and has now followed up with the addition of the larger Go+.
Set to be built in Indonesia at Nissan's plant in Purwakarta, the Go+ debuts today in the capital of Jakarta as the second model in the new Datsun lineup. The seven-passenger minivan features flexible seating in a compact form 13 feet long, powered by an unspecified 1.2-liter engine mated to a five-speed manual transmission.
Nissan isn't saying much else about the model, but hopes the new Datsun twins will account for half of its sales in Indonesia within three years. The low price target for both models - set to come in at less than 100 million rupiah ($8,700) - ought to help it get there. The lineup is then scheduled to reach other markets, starting with India, Russia and South Africa next year.

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