My Daily Driver

**Steve Shauger** · #1 03-11-2010, 09:40 PM

I posted previously about recently purchasing back my first muscle car( 69 rs/z), well I've done it again. As my daily driver back in the late 70's I drove a silver 1970 Datsun 2000 roadster. I actually moved from PA. to NY in that car. I guess back then I didn't own much. That car was a blast to drive, and drive I did..Let's see, I tore the transmission up twice, blew the ring gear once and spun a bearing in the engine. I did not purchase the same car, but a 1967.5 one of 650 built. Who knows what is next maybe a marina blue 67 L79 Corvette (I owned all three during the same time period). Certainly not a muscle car but fun none the less.

**PxTx** · #2 03-11-2010, 09:45 PM

Pics of your old one or the new?

**Steve Shauger** · #3 03-11-2010, 10:03 PM

Here's a couple of pics of my new car.

**Salvatore** · #4 03-11-2010, 10:31 PM

Nice car Steve!

StriperSS · #5 03-11-2010, 10:44 PM

Those are cool. I'd like to find a Datsun 510 2 door. I had a couple of those as winter cars, but I always like the styling of them. A lot were modified with bigger engines or turbos. I always thought of them as a sort of Japanese Nova.

**mockingbird812** · #6 03-11-2010, 11:33 PM

Great looking little sports car Steve! I've got quite alot of "stick" time in Datsuns. Worked at a dealership in the summers. They made me do cross-border deliveries of Z cars to other dealerships and forced me to do it over the weekends.

Very nimble little beasts - very smooth in-line sixes backed up by a 5 speed.

**Steve Shauger** · #7 03-12-2010, 04:23 AM

The 2000's are four cylinder 2 litre screamers. The redline is 7K and rev well beyond effortlessly. Its going to be interesting fitting in this thing as it's been 30 years since I last drove one. The car is shipping from CA and will arrive this weekend.

**olredalert** · #8 03-12-2010, 04:49 AM

-----Steve,,,While I have to say that you have gone back over to the dark side, I kind of dont mind your new little roadster. Sort of what a true "sports car" should be. Light and nimble!

........Bill S

**PxTx** · #9 03-12-2010, 05:14 AM

There is no dark side for me. I've admired many of the cars form the Vintage Japanese Car site. I am also into 1st generation Audi quattro cars. Fun stuff!

**Charley Lillard** · #10 03-15-2010, 06:00 PM

Where is the vintage Japanese site ?

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