Junkyard Find: 1975 Datsun B210

The California streets of my childhood were full of Datsuns like this one, and the B210 remained a common sight in (rust-free parts of) America until well into the 1990s. Then, without anybody really noticing, nearly all of them disappeared. Every so often, I'll find one in a self-service junkyard; there was this slushbox-equipped '74 last year, and now this mustard-yellow '75 has drifted into range of The Crusher's jaws. The 1.4 liter Nissan A14 pushrod engine was quite reliable and minimized the painful effects of OPEC price-gouging, but the B210 was sluggish even by the lax standards of the darkest days of the Malaise Era. Datsun saves! In 1983, Nissan recalled 328,318 Datsun B210s to repair a rust-prone fuel-tank support. I don't recall hearing about B210s dropping fuel tanks on the highways back then, but it must have happened. Will the high price of scrap metal flush out all the remaining B210s from their garages and driveways soon? We'll see. from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com

Put the internet to work for you. via Personal Recipe 680102