Jayden71 Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Well guys, I am jumpin off the deep end and takin the 521 on a 500 mile round trip up into the mountains of central Idaho.:eek: I will be leavin tomorrow morning and gettin back on Sunday evening. My 16 year old nephew will be goin with:cool:. Little nervous bout this trip. This is the first time I have had her out of state, let alone outta town! She has 700 miles on rebuilt L16. This will be a good test. Its been about 6 years since I took a road trip in a Datsun, but the memories never fade, ya know? I will be taking the camera along and will be getting some pics of Lil blue along the Payette River and in the big city of Boise:D: I did install new tach over the weekend:cool: WISH ME A GOOD TRIP!! Quote Link to comment
72240z Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Nice, be safe and have fun. Take lots of pics :-). Quote Link to comment
Wharf Rat Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Have fun ! Rats are Runners :D Quote Link to comment
denveratsun Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 Hey Jayden, lmk how this trip goes man...I am planning a summer trip out to Cali from Colorado with my 11 year old son in our 521. No reason it shouldn't be totaly fun...except the lack of support in the stock bench seat. :blink:The trip would be about 1000 miles each way. :eek: We will also be bringing a video and regular digi to capture the entire thing...and my 9mm:lol: I can feel some awesome junkyard stops along the way already!:D:D The very best to you man...be safe. Quote Link to comment
73dat Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 Jayden,be safe and drive carefull......................:cool: Quote Link to comment
Jayden71 Posted April 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 :Hey y'all, I am back from my 500 mile 521 road trip over the weekend. It was really awesome!! Lil blue ran great. I got the best fuel mileage ever out of a Datsun, 33mpg!!:eek: We had a lot of freeway miles to do and she did good crankin out 4200 RPM @ 65 mph.:D Of course I have a lot of pics for everybody.:) I will let them do the talking. Gased up and ready to go 12 miles, furthest I have ever had her outta town:blink: First time hittin the freeway:) My nephew Justin, whew, we made it to Ontario. Boise traffic. It was cool to see all the looks we got from people in their cookie cutter cars:blink: Pee stop along state hwy 55 N of Boise Payette River Our destination, Cascade, Idaho:cool: :cool:Railroad tressle on way home:cool: Hope you guys enjoy the pics as much as we enjoyed the trip. The bench seat required a few stops for us to get out and stretch, but it was not too bad. Like I said earlier, lots of city people looked at us like "get that POS outta my way!". I could care less though. My Datsun rules:fu::fu: I did get quite a few compliments from my friends I was meeting in Idaho. I got the thumbs up from several guys. They all agreed that you don't see too many of these trucks on the road any more and, that it is waayy cool!!:cool: Quote Link to comment
dat521kid Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 glad it all went well.. sweet ride!! Quote Link to comment
73dat Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 glad everything went OK,Datsun's rule......................:cool: Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 By far my favorite datsun color & TY for the pics it looked like alot of fun. Quote Link to comment
denveratsun Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 AWESOME!!!!!!!!:) So glad it went well...yeah, the BENCH SEAT...About that:blink: I still have a problem with the seat and my az...and my back too. I am trying to find a way to bolster it a bit with padding or creating a lumbar support by rolling up a blanket or something. The trip I am planning will be 20plus hours! Quote Link to comment
Jayden71 Posted April 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 A lumbar pillow helps me out quite a bit. Luckily I don't have very long legs and I can stretch out my left one up and to the left of clutch pedal. We went about 1.5 - 2 hours between stops. When I get new shocks:D all around I think the ride will be little smoother I am very happy with the way she performed.:fu: Many doubted my sanity:eek: when I told them what I was taking on the trip:lol: Quote Link to comment
datto510 Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Cool pics man! That is some purdy dountry out there. Quote Link to comment
LCDC Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 you didn't hapen to come to lewiston did ya? Quote Link to comment
Jayden71 Posted April 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 No we didn' make it up that far, sorry:( Quote Link to comment
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