Datsun Nostalgia

Nissan Motor Co. is considering reviving its iconic Datsun brand. We asked readers to share their favorite Datsun memories with us. Share more on Twitter, using the tag #WSJ, on Facebook, at facebook.com/wsj, or in the comments section of this post.

  1. Several readers shared their memories of learning how to drive at the wheel of a Datsun. 
  2. Learned to drive in my sister's '80 Datsun 210. Great car. In Driver's Ed in high school in 1983, they used the same cars. Made my driver's test a piece of cake!
  3. First car was a '79 Datsun. Old as crap and had no passenger mirror. Taught me to be a man and use a stick shift.
  4. My 1st car :-) RT @WSJ: Nissan is considering reviving its iconic Datsun brand. What's your favorite Datsun memory? on.wsj.com/ArHlHk
  5. @WSJ I learned to drive in a bright orange Datsun and have many fond memories of driving about with as many friends as would fit in!
  6. @WSJ my favorite Datsun memory? She was my first car. Datsun B210. She had that look. I remember everything, even the dashboard. Good times.
  7. @WSJ Back in late 80s I was surprised with a 1972 Datsun 510 for my 16th bday. Loved the little red st wagon - could fit 10+ friends!
  8. The Dastsun evoked memories of road trips, car pools and other family memories.
  9. My mom 1970 Datsun 510 with IRS was a blast to drive through the hills. Of course my dad had a fit when my mom brought it home from the Dealership. Since we always had big American cars.
  10. My mom did the school carpool in her orange 240z with four of us kids lying in the back (no seat belt laws in the 70s)
  11. When I was 4, my dad played The Beatles hits in the Datsun with the whole family while on the way to get dinner from Pizza Hut. #wsj
  12. @WSJ seeing the very 1st Star Wars on opening night at the drive in movies in my parents brand new 1977 Datsun B210 hatchback!!!
  13. My dad had a Datsun/Nissan Maxima that talked back n the early 80's "DOOR...IS AJAR" "FUEL...IS LOW" "KEY...IS IN THE IGNITION" #WSJ
  14. Mom's little red one RT @WSJ: Nissan is considering reviving its iconic Datsun brand. What's ur favorite Datsun memory? on.wsj.com/ArHlHk
  15. @WSJ my dad drove a datsun while i was growing up. i can still picture the steering wheel with the perforated leather. takes me back! #wsj
  16. @WSJ Father driving the Datsun wagon stick shift with no A/C on a road trip from #Chicago to #South Carolina..memories..#lookhowfarwe'vecome
  17. We had a Datsun 260-Z (?) when I was little (1970s). It never started when it was cold outside. It didn't have a back seat and my parents made me sit on the carpeted hatch, without a seatbelt.
  18. The word "Datsun" took several readers back to their high school and college days. 
  19. In high school my very first car was a Datsun B210 4-door! This was in 1987! I loved that car so much! There was nothing like it on the road. Wish I had pictures to share.
  20. My favorite Datsun memory was my sister and I driving the Datsun station wagon to high school. Before parking, we would get all our stuff ready, open the doors, turn it off and run as far away as possible before it backfired and everyone i...n the parking lot turned to see who was driving the crappiest car in the school. Sometimes we'd forget to be surprised by the loud BANG though. I also remember keeping a case of oil in the back at all times.
  21. @WSJ My first car was a Datsun B-110. It was as slow as a skateboard but it got MPG. Almost every high school memory i have was made in it.
  22. My Datsun 510 got me to and from high school for 2 years and more importantly, my first Grateful Dead show. #wsj
  23. @WSJ I crashed my Datsun 510 when I was in high school. And my friend in the front seat covered his face & said, "Prepare for impact." #wsj
  24. @WSJ The 1st time my parent let me take the Datsun B210 station wagon out on a Fri. night w/ friends. We also had a 79 280ZX. We were cool!
  25. In college in the early 1980s, I bought a small, beat-up but hearty Datsun utility-type truck, a simple affair. Nothing could destroy it ~ I could whip around in heavy Austin traffic, run errands at my various part-time jobs flawlessly and carry unreasonably heavy loads with ease (24-7), and it NEVER broke down. I eventually sold it to the groundskeeper of a local historic house and park and he also tried to run it into the ground (smiles). This is all to say, that little Datsun pick-up is a legend in my mind today!

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