Datsuns on Belle Isle 1973

**p69rrh51** · February-18-12, 02:01 PM

Originally Posted by Wheels

Has anyone told you this is DETROIT?

Does anyone really care about Datsun, Nissan, Toyota, Honda, or any other import for that matter?

Nissan-Datsun one in the same company. Datsun renamed itself after the parent company to avoid bad name recognition due to very poor products. Also yes there are many who care about imports and not just those from Japan!

**Huggybear** · February-18-12, 02:30 PM

Just the first minute shows a quadfecta of brands that were awful the late '60s/early '70s: Fiats, Subarus, Datsuns, and AMC!

HB

**p69rrh51** · February-18-12, 08:57 PM

Originally Posted by Huggybear

Just the first minute shows a quadfecta of brands that were awful the late '60s/early '70s: Fiats, Subarus, Datsuns, and AMC!

HB

I will take my 69 AMX and put it up against any competitor of the time! Also a good friend's father who "had" to drive an ambassador many years beyond its expected lifetime, most of its competitors barely lasted half as long as the amabassador did. And for Subaru, except for some rust issues were mechanically is solid as they are today.

**Packman41** · February-18-12, 10:23 PM

To p69rrh51:

You have an AMX too?? Mine is a 1968 with 23,500 miles and my brother has a 1969 that he customized. Welcome to the club. Name: 1968 AMX 75mb.JPG
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**p69rrh51** · February-18-12, 10:54 PM

Originally Posted by Packman41

To p69rrh51:

You have an AMX too?? Mine is a 1968 with 23,500 miles and my brother has a 1969 that he customized. Welcome to the club. Name: 1968 AMX 75mb.JPG
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Nice wheels!! I hope you add a least a few miles every year.
Also while not being a big fan of most Japanese manufacturers I would not mind owning a 240Z or a Toyota 2000GT.

**Zacha341** · February-19-12, 08:56 AM

That's right, look around there are plenty of Detroiters striving here with all matter of car [[if lucky seeing how the bus situation is). Yeah I recall the crud of Datsun and have never owned a Nissan! I am a Ford and Toyota driver for the most part, long term what I like to drive. I did drive a Nissan Maxima for a bit.....

Originally Posted by p69rrh51

Nissan-Datsun one in the same company. Datsun renamed itself after the parent company to avoid bad name recognition due to very poor products. Also yes there are many who care about imports and not just those from Japan!