its on mofo
seriously if u had that for sale now i would consider it, looks pretty clean and i was considering getting a mini or something to use as a daily hack to save some petty as my dato chews the stuff
ok guess technically this was my first car toyota crown bought for me and my dad like the 1 pictured toyota crown late 70s mine also nasty poo stain green
at the time i was 17, it was slow from the steel chassis and well looked old. However I didn't really note how friggen immaculate it was at the time and wrote it off sorry dad
moving on was forced to drive mums commo, got many compliments from bogans. very embarrassing
onto saving up while at tafe i scrapped together $270 bucks and my dad suggested buying grandad's 74' datsun 260c. feeling sorry for crashing dad's old car and knowing he likes this old dato i bought it. as pictured it did actually look pretty sweet. however again still young had no respect for old cars and got constantly dissed about it from friends. i kept it but only because i always said all or nothing. its GTR 32 or piece of poo dato.
after 2years of owning it and noticing dato 260z has around 150hp i said to my dad why the f didnt i get that dato its got a lil gusto there. he said your car has the same damn engine. baffled at how mine gets whipped by 20hp ford lasers and old astras off the line i passed it off as bullsht till 1 day i finally tried using the gears in the auto(was like a initial d takumi break through ). i then realised it was alot more powerfull than most of the crusty cars my friends drove at the time. its got a severe lack of torque however when it gets revving around 40km/h in 1st it fires back with some f ing gusto ive never seen in a 70s car that wasnt a v8.
its now 8 years later and unfortunately it doesnt look so pretty anymore with rust, vinyl roof fckd that leaks majorly now in winter no matter how much silicon I use on it(not good when you an accoutant in a suit) my dad has kept the car driving like brand new however.
I probably do look strange dressed nice working as an accountant in tie and driving that but I dont care I love hearing the old school motor purr almost as much as a rb
theres a few more reasons why i like it and prob wont sell it including a rumble at tafe but thats another story for another 500word post
long term plan is maybe roof chop and restoring, just hope the body will last untill i can afford to do that kinda work and have somewhere to store it.
i call check and mate
last pic is just before i went in bay to birdwood and got on the news