Lars Tetens

[CoventryCat86]

Here's another good picture of the 2 dr sedan. In the US, there was only one mirror on the driver's door:



My last one was a '73 sedan like which was dark blue.

The big problem on these cars was RUST In the northeast, they'd completely rot out in five years.

Here's a nice picture of a coupe. The grilles on the coupe were different. Someone painted it all black on this one. This is a 1973 with the large bumper guards to try to make them compatible with the American bumper requirements for 1973 models:


The coupes had a fold down rear seat and a small "hatchback" only the trunk opened, the large rear window did not.

[CoventryCat86]

So when I got out of college and about a year and a half after I got my first job, I figured I'd get the "top of the line" Datsun which at the time was an 810. I found a 1979 2 door coupe (brown) and bought it in 1986 for $3,500.00 which is the most I've ever spent on a car in my life even to this day. It onlly had 75,000 miles on it.



I drove it for 8 years until and it rotted out from under me. It wound up with 230,000 miles and was still running like a top. It had the six cylinder (2.8l) engine in it that they put in the 280Z. Mine was a five speed which was kind of rare as most were automatics.

[CoventryCat86]

So in 1994, I got a hell of a deal on a 1986 Buick Century station wagon. The transmission was blown so I picked it up for $800.00. It only had 80,000 miles on it. It was white with the wood grain sides, just like this one:

I drove this car up until 1998 and retired it when the 2.8l chevy six cylinder was too beat to run anymore. It had over 200,000 miles by that point.

[CoventryCat86]

So in 1998, my girlfriend at the time had a 1987 Buick Electra (same as a Park Avenue but a lower model, less trim, etc.) She lost a wheel cover so we went to the local junk yard looking for one and lo and behold, they had a 1987 Buick Park Avenue for sale. 155,000 miles and they were asking $1,700.00 for it. It looks like this but darker blue:


I still have the car and use it as my daily driver. It now has 301,000 miles on it, I put a new engine in at at 272,000 so it should last for another few years