your opinion / story on Datsun Cherry 100a 1977

[rusty260z]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/structure/auction_detail.asp?id=14610151

Im thiking of buying a Datsun Cherry 100a 1977 as a daily runner while i make my fairlady (260z) roadworthy again,

had been searching the net and found out most of the basics about the car, but i would like to know other people's experience with the above car model,

vehicle will be used mainly to get to uni and back, in heavyis trafiic,

-maintance

-upgrades options

-cool factor

-how much are they worth

i should buy some ecobox (honda), but after driving a fairlady for about a year i find newer cars to boring, visual wise (love cars designed in the 70's) and driving wise, but i am not rich enough to buy a more expensive classic.

thanks

[Fun_in_my_z]

I havent evan ever heard of them before.

[Bambikiller240]

Did we get that model in the USA?

[beandip]

Looks like a $500. car. If the tires are good.

[Fun_in_my_z]

Think thats a pic of it in the link

[sblake01]

Here it was called the F10. I don't think we got the 4dr sedan, only the 3dr wagon and the 2dr hatchback. They'e front wheel drive with an A14 engine and either a Automatic or 5 spd transaxle. The hatchback had IRS. I never owend one but supposedly they could get over 40 mpg.

[Alfadog]

Bit of an oddball car, the "Coupe" is just brilliant...

[gema]

Datsun Engineer 1: "Oh man, that was great. This new GT car (Z) is awesome! What should we make next?"

Datsun Engineer 2: "Oh, I dunno. Let's make something totally CRAP. You know, I had this dream the other night..."

*Engineer 2 sketches something resembling a 510 with a HUGE, ugly arse*

Datsun Engineer 1: "...Are you SURE? Can we release something like that into the wild?"

[Victor Laury]

My F10 Cherry wagon was a go-anywhere, do-anything vehicle. at the time, 1979, I was a botany student working with a proff, catologing the flora of some of the swampiest, dankest, darkest cypress jungles of So. Florida. The F10 was a jeep with 13 inch wheels. I was never stuck. The A14 never missed a beat. It was spritley and nimble around town too. I bought CHEAP, Drove it into the ground, and parked it in front of a junk yard, body rusted beyond recognition and the front axles ready to fall apart. I cried as we drove away from the olive-drab carcass. It was like shooting a loved horse.

[mperdue]

rusty, note that the car in the ad is a 1Liter engine (A10) and not the A14 described in some of these replies. But you could probably drop an A14 or A15 in with no problems.

[sblake01]

Here's a couple of scans from the 1978 US Datsun brochure:

[Victor Laury]

Rest in peace ol' paint "sniff"