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◊ 2008-06-22 13:20 |
It is not a 100% background car, same like Jaguar. Another one (on the left) *: -- Last edit: 2018-06-02 21:00:04 |
◊ 2008-06-22 13:29 |
..and an AEC Routemaster RML bus (long version by the small central window) in the background of the thumbnail picture. |
◊ 2008-06-22 13:35 |
Deserves for a separate page? |
◊ 2011-07-24 21:29 |
Howmanyleft.co.uk indicates there are 10 Datsun 100A's and 6 100A L's still registered in Britain. Thats probably MORE than the US has! |
◊ 2011-07-24 21:45 |
Well they should, Datsun didn't sell this model in the US. We got the next generation F-10 in 1976. |
◊ 2011-07-25 19:18 |
Thats what I meant. Ive seen only 1 Us-market F10 and it was pretty beaten-up.Im poorly comparing it to ANY version we ended up with. |
◊ 2011-07-25 20:32 |
Only 10 in the UK is far less than I expected. In the Netherlands for instance, we still have about 50 of them around. |
◊ 2011-07-26 02:17 |
Yes, but I suspect old cars are more common in the Netherlands.I know in Norway and maybe Sweden, old American cars are popular collectors items.There are numerous youtube videos showing events for them.But Britain has very few old American cars.Im sure its the same with Asian cars too. |
◊ 2011-07-26 03:18 |
Few comments: 1. The Datsun F-10 was probably the worst Japanese car sold in America. It was Datsun's first FWD offering to the US, and it was truly wretched. Small, cramped, ugly, slow, sold during the rust period, devoid of any charm...etc. There were only about 80,000 sold during the three year run. Datsun would sell that many B-210 in 6 months. 2. Japanese cars up until the 90s were notorious rusters. Very few survive the body-cancer. The Japanese used cheap, thin steel. My first car was a Mazda GLC and the wheel wells were completely rusted through at 5 year old. And most were sold around the coasts, which didn't help. Most of the surviors you see today, were the most popular of the bunch, Corolla, Civic, B-210. 3. Japanese cars were the Rodney Dangerfield of the US auto market. If it wasn't a Z-car or and RX-7, they got no respect. Even now the collector market is reluctant to accept most Japanese cars. The Honda Accord of the 80s was the first car to change attitudes towards Japanese cars. 4. The British car market, like the other auto-producing countries of Europe, mainly featured the home brands first. American cars were completely out of place in Britain. The countries of Europe that didn't have a national brand were more open to different brands. Some aren't as densely populated, and large American cars would fit in better. |
◊ 2011-07-26 04:20 |
Actually, MOST surviving old imports ARE near the coast. The bulk of the remaning B210s, 510s,old Mazdas, 70s Hondas, etc. are in Washington,Oregon and California.The only F10 Ive ever seen was surprisingly in Montana on a family trip, and it was over 10 years ago and pretty well battered.I did see a few Datsuns in Tennessee, but they were completely rusted into oblivion.Even around Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, they are scarce. |
◊ 2011-07-26 14:02 |
Both comments are correct. In Germany there is a very small fan-scene for classic Japanese cars, not even a handful of clubs are existing - only the clubs for the Datsun/Nissan Z/ZX-Series and the Mazda RX 7-Club are established since many (IIRC over 20) years. And, yes, in all smaller European countries without own brands, there were many more Japanese cars and a much bigger variety of models and brands to see than in Germany, France or Italy. Or Spain with it's very restricted import-market until 1986. |