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What am i missing here?..1971 Datsun 510 5-Speed

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1971-datsun-510-19/
SOLD ON 2/2/18 FOR $36,000

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Just waaay cool. I get it.
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I remember when you couldn't give one of those away
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Me too. We rode around in a burnt orange one in high school, it was really an ugly little tin can, but something about them rings my bell now .
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Wild Guess: Buyer was in high school in early '70's............I get that.....
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Those things are a blast.

Except for the price tag, I'd not hesitate.
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Datsun's are going way up in price, I've been seeing 240z's, 510's, and 1600's appreciating. I wish I could have bought sooner, but I have no more garage space to house cars.
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Hahaha.... my little brother had one back in 1986 or so. It was worth virtually nothing. He had a problem with it and gave it to me. I fixed it and ran it up and down Ortega Highway a few times. It was a blast! I ran out of gas with it on the 91 or the 57 and just left it on the side of the freeway. Never saw it again.
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Cool car. If that's shocking, better not look at restored split window VW buses!!! Especially in "Deluxe" trim!!! I never should have sold my '61 23 window!!!! I'd love to have another, but I just can't touch what I want. And there's no way I'd ever tackle a restoration.
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Yeah, one of these were high on my list for my retirement "fun car" because they were a dime a dozen back then.

Oh well, plenty of inexpensive fun cars out there that don't have a cult following.

Such as (not a fan of red but just an example):

https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/cto/d/2006-mazda-rx8-low-miles/6466979798.html
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Cool car. If that's shocking, better not look at restored split window VW buses!!! Especially in "Deluxe" trim!!! I never should have sold my '61 23 window!!!! I'd love to have another, but I just can't touch what I want. And there's no way I'd ever tackle a restoration.
Serious, I remember seeing a immaculate restored 23 window bus going upwards of $200K!
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Yeah, one of these were high on my list for my retirement "fun car" because they were a dime a dozen back then.

Oh well, plenty of inexpensive fun cars out there that don't have a cult following.

Such as (not a fan of red but just an example):

https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/cto/d/2006-mazda-rx8-low-miles/6466979798.html
If it weren't for the cost of ownership/insurance and the need to store, I would own a a lot more fun cars in that price range.

Miata, RX8, Jaguar X100, Ford Mustang, etc...
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Totally get it. I put a car like this under the umbrella of authenticity. People crave it in our synthetic world. It's honest.
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It isn't even stock or original, color-change, etc. Pretty bizarre. I also had one in college that was an $8.00 car. They were fairly well made, (like everything Japanese), but really not fast or exciting in any way.
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We paid $135 for a 1971 510 wagon in 1976. Drove it for 50,000 miles and sold it for $800. Good times!
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I miss my 620 King cab, those are getting hard to find too.
Probably should have held on to my 240Z, it was rust free.
I'll always have a soft spot for Datsuns..
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Love the car, but nowhere near $36k worth of love.
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it gets more weird though when you compare the 510 to this

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1973-mercedes-benz-280c-4/

I thought it would go for double what it did. Now I wish I'd put in a bid. Sharp with a capital S.

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What you're missing is that the market for these cars is very, very real.

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Cool car. If that's shocking, better not look at restored split window VW buses!!! Especially in "Deluxe" trim!!! I never should have sold my '61 23 window!!!! I'd love to have another, but I just can't touch what I want. And there's no way I'd ever tackle a restoration.
I'm restoring a '57 23 window right now


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