210 on ebay

[datsunfreak]

IIRC, they weren't even sure if they were Nissan or Datsun around that time and some cars had both badges at once for a few years...

Pretty sure they knew who they were...

Datsun name was used to protect Nissan from fallout if it failed in the US. After about 15 years of solid sales they finally decided to change it to the name of the parent company. Cars had both badges to help smooth out the transition from one name to the other.

I, for one, wish they had kept the Datsun name.

[Mr Camouflage]

The good thing about Nissans not being called Datsuns these days, is that it makes it easier to search for parts on ebay.

Imagine if you had to wade through pages of current model cars trying to find datsun parts.

When I search for nissan silvia parts (csp311) I just type in csp311. and get no hits most of the time. I dont even bother searching for silvia. too many modern silvias.

[Victor_laury]

[Sorry, just one of my pet peeves is calling cars by the wrong name.)

Wow! Just watch out if anyone describes a 78~81 A10 Laurel as a "510". John will go ballistic!

[spl310]

Does this mean that John's skin crawls every time we say Datsun Roadster? I mean, the official nomenclature is Datsun SP(L)-311U for the 1600 and SR(L)-311U for the 2000, or Datsun Sports 1600 and Datsun Sports 2000 according to the owner's manuals. I don't believe that Datsun officially called them Roadsters. In fact, the traditional definition of Roadster means it does not have roll up windows and other such luxuries...

[dbrick]

I was going to mention the roadster thing, by definition no roll up windows, but figured it was minutia. We could add a headliner and have a drop-head coupe.