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That was their charm, and very easy to transplant a quick motor into and annoy and embarrass obvious super cars of the day. Yes i came from a J crap hating family but saw the light in the 90s. Unlike say a 911 sc you cant just go and find one for sale, thanks to the rust and hatred they are now rare.
VintageJon-
I don't think it was hatred as such, just cheap and not worth anything. Second hand values dropped like stones, so owners either kept them a long time, such as older people. Prime example were like the vtec civic's. Older people bought them and then younger people got hold of them......
But before that, they just got to an age that repair costs/parts exceeded value of the vehicle. What was the panel situation like? Or was it just repair panels from people like veng.
lynx
Words cannot describe just how fucking awful those datsuns were at the time, and still are now. Literally their only good quality was their mechanical reliability. Otherwise they were pig-ugly inside and out and rusted like Lancias.