zhent Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 (edited) Being over a thousand miles from California there are not a lot of Datsuns in my area. There are two of us here in the middle of Texas that I know daily drive our 510s, but not a lot of others around. (yeah Datsunfreak is up in Ft. Worth) I have an association with a car show promoter here, so got him to agree to pay half of my entry fee and I'd hand out fliers for him at Hot Import Nights when it came to Austin. So last week I cleaned the heck out of my wagon, and headed out to the site early on Saturday afternoon, got in and set up, talked to lots of people, handed out a ton of fliers for our next car show down in San Antonio and generally had a good time. I was the only Datsun in attendance, and one of only four old school cars (Corolla, Celica, VW Bug, and me) on site. What really got to me was the overwhelming response of the public to my car. There were a lot of folks who just thought the 510 was awesome and a lot of people had stories of when their parents had a Datsun and how hard they were to kill, and what great little cars they were. Everyone absolutely loved the Rising Sun hood, and a lot of people took photos of only that. At the end of the night, the Corolla won the "vintage" trophy, and I only took one photo of my own car... The flags I was flying: at the front a Datsun logo flag, and the rising sun at the rear. Edited April 14, 2009 by zhent fixing photo Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Way to represent the Datsun's ! Kool pic, i like the flags :cool: Quote Link to comment
zhent Posted April 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 More photos here -> http://www.flickr.com/photos/tschwartz/sets/72157616729978096/ Quote Link to comment
FoxyRoadster Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Pretty cool. I'd have dragged mine down there but not done yet. Quote Link to comment
hang_510 Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 Way to represent the Datsun's ! Kool pic, i like the flags :cool: X2 ! my friend w/a 300ZX convertible couldnt convince his wife to let him attend... :rollseyes: Quote Link to comment
LAYEDOUTB2K Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 i saw these on another forum. kinda figured it was a ratsun member Quote Link to comment
zhent Posted April 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 Cool! That's me.. Where did you find those? Quote Link to comment
LAYEDOUTB2K Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 i found em here on the NICO forums Quote Link to comment
zhent Posted April 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 It's funny he got all of those good cars, but missed the twin turbo swap in teh 300zx 2+2 I was parked next to... Quote Link to comment
N0RCALDIME Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 i went to hin this year. about 3 510s there. good to see them get out! Quote Link to comment
datrod Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 If it's called hot import nights why is there vipers and mustangs & chargers? Do they ship em to japan then ship em back :lol: Quote Link to comment
N0RCALDIME Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 If it's called hot import nights why is there vipers and mustangs & chargers?Do they ship em to japan then ship em back :lol: LMAO!!! for real though... stay at Goodguys fuckers. Quote Link to comment
matt w. Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 To start i rilly like the wagon. I have only owned my datsun for a year and it is a work in progress but i drive it every day, every where i go and i love the little thing. when i first bout it every one gave me a hard time, the way it looked, the size, the fact that it was a station wagon, the color and to this day they crack jokes but i stand up for my wagon and all 510's. i am only 19 and this is my fourth car but i will never get rid of my 510, it is by far the best car ive ever owned. i tell every one that when people get their space ships to fly around in the future and they plug them in to charge next to their prius or was that a penis i dont know, :fu: to both of them. I will still be driving my 510 how ever hopefully by then it will be in better condition. Quote Link to comment
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