Id old Datsun?

[ponder]

Think it was from the 70's or early 80's and quite common in SA at the time. Pretty sure it was coupe, not sure if it was a hatch back (had a slanted rear, no boot portrusion as such) but the one thing that stood out were the round lights at the rear, think there were three on each side.

 

[biometrics]

Is that all you're giving us ffs?!

 

[Azbubu]

I know that one.

Btw Datsun are coming back next year.

 

[ponder]

Is that all you're giving us ffs?!

How many datsun coupes with round lights were plentiful during that time in SA?

 

[ponder]

Btw Datsun are coming back next year.

? Datsun is part of Nissan and the name phased out.

 

[biometrics]

? Datsun is part of Nissan and the name phased out.

Also heard they're bringing back the brand as a retro kinda thing. Check what you are wearing right now and you might understand ...

 

[ponder]

I'm lost.

 

[Azbubu]

It's the Datsun 160z.

 

[MickZA]

I suspect it might be a Opel Mantra?



Difficult finding photos - this is a modified version.

 

[Azbubu]

? Datsun is part of Nissan and the name phased out.

Nope. They're bringing it out as a low end nissan (same as the Infiniti is nissan's premium range)

 

[Azbubu]

 

[ponder]

I suspect it might be a Opel Mantra?

Nope, definitely a Datsun.

It's the Datsun 160z.

Ding ding ding ding, we have a winner!

I did not expect it to carry a Z moniker so never even looked at those.

 

[ponder]

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3100730/1978-datsun-b210/

 

[MickZA]

Ding ding ding ding, we have a winner!

I did not expect it to carry a Z moniker so never even looked at those.

I'd forgotten about those, we used 120 & 140Ys as company cars but they had single light clusters on each side.

 

[Voicy]

I'd forgotten about those, we used 120 & 140Ys as company cars but they had single light clusters on each side.

My student car was my dad's old Datsun 120Y ... my mates used to call it the Green Mamba, because of its snot-green appearance.

 

[shubz]

I have a friend with a yellow Z. Still immaculate only gets out on sunny days because they are notorious rust buckets.

 

[Grant]

My student car was my dad's old Datsun 120Y ... my mates used to call it the Green Mamba, because of its snot-green appearance.

a friend had one decades back, we called it "The Ritz" as in avocado ritz