1977 was among the years of Peak Wagon in the United States, a year in which auto customers here could choose amongst 47 different versions of station wagon (the wagon count for 1964 was 47 as well). The options were a little lessened in 1978, but we were still in the Golden Age of Japanese terminal wagons here back then. Toyota offered Americans 3 wagon options for ’78 (Cressida, Corona, Corolla) and also Nissan was right there with the Datsun 810, 510 and F-10. Below’s one of those all-but-extinct 510 wagons, found in a self-service yard near Sacramento, California.
Nissan played fast and loose with US-market Datsun model names during the 1970s as well as into the 1980s, so today’s Junkyard Gem isn’t associated with the legendary 510s of the late 1960s and early 1970s. This auto is an A10 wagon, referred to as the Nissan Violet Van or Auster Van in its homeland. The original 510(based upon the interior designation Nissan assigned to the 1967-1973 Bluebird)was such a success in the United States that Nissan just reused the name for the version of the A10 Violet offered here for the 1978 through 1981 model years. Points got back at much more complex with the 810 a little bit later on, when it developed into the Datsun 810 Maxima, after that the Datsun Maxima by Nissan, and lastly the Nissan Maxima. The generation of Violet after this one was offered right here as the Datsun(and then Nissan)Verse, however don’t blend the Prairie-based Stanza Wagon with the Stanza cars and truck!.?.!! Eventually, the Altima changed the Stanza as well as the Nissan Violet was no more. This wagon has appropriate rear-wheel-drive, like the initial 510, and also it featured a correct L20 1,952 cc four-cylinder engine. This set had the cyndrical tube head and also all accessories tugged off years(most likely years)ago, but you can still see some bits showing that expensive ($580, or$2,765 in inflation-adjusted 2022 bucks)a/c was mounted. The$250($1,190 today )automatic transmission is here. Base cost on this auto was$
5,759, or concerning$ 27,460 today. The manufacturing facility Datsun AM/FM radio is still there. It appears that this auto damaged down several years ago and invested quite a while wearing away exterior. The six-digit odometer could be revealing 78,033 miles … or numerous, many more miles. We ‘ll never understand. By the requirements of 1970s Japanese vehicles, the corrosion on this one isn’t so negative.
Still, lovers don’t seem to care much for the A10 Violet, so it was not likely that this cars and truck had much chance of preventing its junkyard fate. No one demands a lot more from a Datsun than Datsun!
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