Datsun SRL/SPL … Estate???
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Datsun SRL/SPL … Estate???
Came across these pics, definitely something I’ve never seen before. Was this ever done for any market?
Forgive the image quality, but this is how I found them.
Forgive the image quality, but this is how I found them.
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Re: Datsun SRL/SPL … Estate???
Blasphemy I know, but I like it! 

"When all else fails, force prevails!" Ummm, we're gonna need a bigger hammer here.
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Re: Datsun SRL/SPL … Estate???
How would you say "shooting-brake" in Japanese?
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Good thing that “sunroof†is there because I would never fit in it otherwise. Appears to have a couple inches added in the middle to fit that second row of seats.
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Re: Datsun SRL/SPL … Estate???
One of the biggest sales of import model was a MG sort of wagon like that in 70-71
Can't remember it's model name right off
MGB-GT
There was a early 1950s Ferrari that had a similar look
Can't remember it's model name right off
MGB-GT
There was a early 1950s Ferrari that had a similar look
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I might have first hand experience in a 1999 originally built as a "one Lap of America car" at Buttonwillow in CA. Yes, that is a Tesla and a Corvette behind me. No, they did not get past me on the front straight. Driving in a supercharged S-52 will leave you with a perpetual smile.
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What about the "landau" version, where the elite ride in back, separated by a partition?
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Re: Datsun SRL/SPL … Estate???
Lol … Same as a Duesenberg Town Car really.FergO2k wrote: Tue May 31, 2022 4:47 pm What about the "landau" version, where the elite ride in back, separated by a partition?
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Re: Datsun SRL/SPL … Estate???
A clownshoe with a supercharged S-52?? That must have been a blast!jr02518 wrote: Mon May 30, 2022 9:22 pm I might have first hand experience in a 1999 originally built as a "one Lap of America car" at Buttonwillow in CA. Yes, that is a Tesla and a Corvette behind me. No, they did not get past me on the front straight. Driving in a supercharged S-52 will leave you with a perpetual smile.
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Clownshoe!
Love it. MUCH kinder and more PC than the name my brother and I called them. Great driver's cars, just fugly IMO.
Sorry to get off the original topic. A 4 seat, 311 wagon? No thank you. Not for me.
Love it. MUCH kinder and more PC than the name my brother and I called them. Great driver's cars, just fugly IMO.
Sorry to get off the original topic. A 4 seat, 311 wagon? No thank you. Not for me.
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Re: Datsun SRL/SPL … Estate???
I love a sporty looking stagecoach as much as anyone, but that abomination ain’t even in the game.
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Re: Datsun SRL/SPL … Estate???
I don’t know … They’re kind of growing on metheunz wrote: Wed Jun 01, 2022 9:45 pm I love a sporty looking stagecoach as much as anyone, but that abomination ain’t even in the game.
Would have been much more practical back in the day.
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Halifax, N.S.
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Classic Cars - Because clean fingernails, free weekends, intact knuckles and financial stability are totally overrated.
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Classic Cars - Because clean fingernails, free weekends, intact knuckles and financial stability are totally overrated.