RetroRocket Posted April 24, 2023 Report Share Posted April 24, 2023 I stumbled upon some photos I took of a 610 wagon while cycling in Catalonia Spain in 2017. It was in a courtyard at Salvador Dali's House in Portlligat which had been turned into a museum. Why was it there? No idea. 5 Quote Link to comment
angliagt Posted April 25, 2023 Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 (edited) You don't remember Dali's painting featured in a 1973 610 ad? If I remember right,it had a clock that looked like it had melted in it. Edited April 25, 2023 by angliagt 2 Quote Link to comment
Cleopatra Jones Posted April 25, 2023 Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 Based on ‘The Persistence of Memory.’ I love Salvador Dali. 5 Quote Link to comment
Cleopatra Jones Posted April 25, 2023 Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 Carol Burnett used a Datsun in one of her sketches. I believe this is also a 610. I didn’t get to the TV fast enough to catch the whole thing. 3 Quote Link to comment
RetroRocket Posted April 25, 2023 Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 15 hours ago, angliagt said: You don't remember Dali's painting featured in a 1973 610 ad? If I remember right,it had a clock that looked like it had melted in it. OK, now it makes sense why there was a pristine orange 610 in his courtyard. It seemed so....surreal. 1 Quote Link to comment
RetroRocket Posted April 25, 2023 Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 12 hours ago, Cleopatra Jones said: Based on ‘The Persistence of Memory.’ I love Salvador Dali. 1 Quote Link to comment
RetroRocket Posted April 25, 2023 Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 Thanks for the reference. I wonder if Datsun gave that car to him as part of compensation for the ad. It was LHD and didn't look like it had been driven much, just kept polished. The car is sitting pretty high like it might not have an engine in it and the rear tires look too tall as too level it out. He could paint realism too. "Basket of Bread" is cool. 1 Quote Link to comment
Cleopatra Jones Posted April 25, 2023 Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 (edited) Dalí didn't drive but his wife or his chaufer did all the driving for him. He did have a love of cars. He was gifted a 180B wagon in orange (my fav color) for the painting which is exhibited in the courtyard of Púbol Castle. It was a rare sighting in those days in Spain. The vehicle was used by Dalí's service to go to make orders and remained for many years closed in a barn until the Fundació Gala i Salvador Dalí bought it and restored it. The commerical is just as weird as Dalí. Edited April 25, 2023 by Cleopatra Jones 3 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted April 25, 2023 Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 I've driven Datsuns, 620 and 710 across country for days. Even 18-20 hours at a stretch things do get surreal. In Minnesota at 2 AM a wolf ran across the road in front of me, stopped and watched me pass. Hungry Like the Wolf by Duran Duran was playing. I shit you not. If I was hallucinating well, that's surreal too. 2 Quote Link to comment
Ooph! Posted April 29, 2023 Report Share Posted April 29, 2023 That guy must have been a cool dude, I've tried to get my mustache long enough to twirl but it is way harder than one might think. 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted April 29, 2023 Report Share Posted April 29, 2023 Mustache wax. 1 Quote Link to comment
Hawaiian620 Posted May 2, 2023 Report Share Posted May 2, 2023 (edited) Saw this on a reddit post this morning Edited May 2, 2023 by Hawaiian620 1 Quote Link to comment
iceman510 Posted May 3, 2023 Report Share Posted May 3, 2023 23 hours ago, Hawaiian620 said: Saw this on a reddit post this morning When Datsun's ruled the earth... 2 Quote Link to comment
bottomwatcher Posted May 3, 2023 Report Share Posted May 3, 2023 I spy about 5 bugs in that pic. Back in the day when playing punch bug left you with a sore arm. 2 1 Quote Link to comment
510T Posted May 5, 2023 Report Share Posted May 5, 2023 Long time no post, saw a 510 yesterday while on a parts run for my long sleeping 510. :) 3 Quote Link to comment
ratpatrol66 Posted May 6, 2023 Report Share Posted May 6, 2023 On 5/3/2023 at 1:53 PM, bottomwatcher said: I spy about 5 bugs in that pic. Back in the day when playing punch bug left you with a sore arm. Total violence in the back seat as a kid in the 70s 1 Quote Link to comment
Cleopatra Jones Posted May 14, 2023 Report Share Posted May 14, 2023 Carol Burnett sketch with the Datsun was on again. Got a better pic. 2 Quote Link to comment
KELMO Posted May 15, 2023 Report Share Posted May 15, 2023 At a port in Hawaii. 3 Quote Link to comment
Slow Loris Posted May 15, 2023 Report Share Posted May 15, 2023 Pure excellence somewhere in Oregon. 6 Quote Link to comment
six2ohyea Posted May 19, 2023 Report Share Posted May 19, 2023 Saw this on FB. A 620 car? 4 Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted May 22, 2023 Report Share Posted May 22, 2023 (edited) On 5/19/2023 at 8:50 AM, six2ohyea said: Saw this on FB. A 620 car? Yes, this was a thing in other markets. Mostly South America, which is likely where that is from. And it's still technically a truck, it just has a full size back seat. Edited May 22, 2023 by datsunfreak 2 Quote Link to comment
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