And now, here's a word from your Ford Lincoln Mercury dealer about the new Continental Mark V! 460 cubic inches of pure American POWER!!!!!!

@CEOkiller

Жыл бұрын

And you can put that Datsun in the trunk…

@emmettsullivan690

Жыл бұрын

@@CEOkiller We took the most luxurious living room couch and built a car around it that would rocket it to the end of the block in half a second with just a tap of the pedal!

@JJVernig

Жыл бұрын

@@emmettsullivan690 in 1976?!

@explicitcontent9235

11 ай бұрын

I have one well two if you include my spouse. Syphilis joe for Guantanamo

When minor tune-ups used to do a lot

@stevelozano9523

3 жыл бұрын

Right. Now you have computors and stuff to worry about now. Those days i remember were so simple.

@MrAmorti

2 жыл бұрын

You enjoyed replacing points and condensers at 10k-12k miles and resetting them even more often? Spark wires and plugs at similar intervals? And ignition systems that might Fritz out in the rain? Nah... Coil packs nowadays are hugely more efficient (no wasted spark, no high tension wire to bridge, no approximated spark curves via mechanical advance mechanisms) and easily last 100k, with no maintenance over their lifetime. Spark plugs easily get 50k, or more with iridium plugs. The old days can stay in the past.

@SirPengu3000

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrAmorti Too young too have actually work when those ignition systems where a common thing. But I learned it through a vehicle my father had. I know how to work on the current ignition system too. And to a great extent nowadays it is easier with better diagnostic tools. But if I have a miss I could always grab a test light and hook it up to ground and stab each plug until I hear no difference in RPMS and I know which cylinders are dead. Idk I guess I’m more in favor of older vehicles and how they operated. Now I need a 4K scanner from Snap on to tell me, “hey buddy your #4 spark plug isn’t firing”.

@fullmetaljacket7

2 жыл бұрын

@@SirPengu3000 a 4k scanner to diagnose a misfire? LOL. You can read ecu fault codes with no special tools or you can do it the old fashioned way by unplugging one coil pack at a time. It's not rocket science.

@curierfromxibalba1155

2 жыл бұрын

@@fullmetaljacket7 sometimes is not that simple. Some misfires are caused by a bad injector that requieres more extensive testing with expensive scanners. And even then, current coils/injectors requiere the computer to be reprogrammed to function correctly by aspecial computer otherwise the miss could stay there.

fuel injection helped a lot in this area.

Datsuns B210 were quite economical already, it was the beginning of the success of Japanese carmakers like Datsun/Nissan, Toyota, Honda, Mazda and Subaru.

4:04-4:23 that dude is driving in downtown Charlotte, NC! That road and buildings still look the same today..

@caligulathespitefulmutantk2365

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@dogge929

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing has really changed in this state in 50 years anyway.

@unconventionalideas5683

3 ай бұрын

Amazing anything looks the same in downtown Charlotte today.

0:05 Dat sexy Camaro!

@ronnorman9334

3 жыл бұрын

It was a Camaro 69 RS SS

That music in the beginning is just so 70s

@sterlinsilver

4 жыл бұрын

This video is so 1970s it hurts

@BrianLTU

3 жыл бұрын

@@sterlinsilver why. Is it bad? No

@sterlinsilver

3 жыл бұрын

@@BrianLTU oh, its not bad at all! I actually LOVE hyper period specific content like this! "So _____ it hurts" is a common modern adage which means that it is very VERY whatever it is. Theres no negative connotation. Well, there might be but that wasn't my intent

@BrianLTU

3 жыл бұрын

@@sterlinsilver i wish i was born earlier (maybe nlt that early like 70s XD but 80s, 90s, i hate tehese years. Kinda, theres minuses and pluses.

@artdecotimes2942

2 жыл бұрын

@@sterlinsilver that's because it's from the 1970's... Although not many of you would have qualified this as being the 1970's. Most people imagine this is the 1990's style music.

The disadvantage of going 50 on the highway, is you are stuck going anywhere the semi is going on whose front bumper you have become stuck when he hit you because you were going so slow.

@caelanreeves9760

3 жыл бұрын

In 1974 the national speed limit was 55 and before then many cars would top out at about 70 so it wasn’t a big deal lol

@unconventionalideas5683

Жыл бұрын

In those days the tractor trailers were all going 50-55 for the most part, too.

@joestewart5406

Жыл бұрын

Nowadays your better off picking up some speed especially if your in a heavy vehicle with decent momentum. my 1997 suburban can cruze at 80-90mph and not use much gas at all but as soon as I try to take off as fast as the other eco cars at the stop light I can watch the needle drop it burns the gas so fast.

@davidmlong63

Жыл бұрын

@@joestewart5406 Yes I can totally relate it's not the speed so much that uses fuel it is changing your momentum that really uses energy.

@noway9880

Жыл бұрын

This was during the era of double nickel speed limits. Dropping another 5 off that shit wasn't so bad. Depends on gearing. 55 best 50 maybe same but slow or maybe mag

I think they showed us this in my 1981 drivers ed class when I was in the 9th grade. When I was in elementary school, I remember a family we knew bought a Datsun B210. It was tiny compared to our Chevy Kingswood wagon...now 45 years later, I'm driving a descendent of the Datsun 810.....a 2014 Maxima.

I use these tips as well; on a trip back from Coos Bay, Oregon, I averaged almost 30 mpg doing 65, slow lane, cruise control on, and yes I did the math, and did just go by the lie-o-meter on the panel. This was in my 8000 lb 2014 Ram mega cab 2500 diesel too!

The driving tips still work on todays cars and trucks.

@SeanConnoly

10 ай бұрын

Can you explain that to my wife? She uses the Daytona 500 driving theory. More of a drag race from stoplight to stoplight and brakes are best when waiting until the last possible moment to stop. Tailgating is drafting and threshold braking is conservation.

This was during the fuel crunch of '76

8:55 make sure you replace those pesky points and condensers!!!! Be wary of how you shoot gas down the throat of the carb!!. Very 1976 of them.

That part about coasting downhill in neutral... He says to not do it as it causes damage to the automatic transmission, yet he's driving a manual transmission which he said in the first minute of the video.

@redtra236

5 жыл бұрын

Well he also noted that it's illegal in some places and you can somehow lose control. Not sure why because last time I checked going into neutral doesn't deactivate the brake pedal. And as far as it being illegal it would be about the easiest thing possible to beat in court because there's literally no way to prove you were in neutral unless you admit guilt. It is very bad to do on automatic transmissions though. This also applies to pulling them in neutral.

@101Volts

5 жыл бұрын

@@redtra236 Supposedly, the law was set in place in the 1930s or 1940s; before disc brakes even showed up on racecars in America, let alone being optional to order and long before they were standard. Only having drum brakes and relying on them instead of also relying on the transmission to help slow the car down = brake fade is a possibility. If there's water in all of the drums, that won't help either.

@redtra236

5 жыл бұрын

I have drum brakes all the way around on my Truck(1966 F250) and they are very effective. No power assist either. The only drawback is they are more prone to failure and higher maintenance.

@petrosm3248

4 жыл бұрын

@@redtra236 I know I'm very late, but throttle input is very important in a lot of driving situations. Just having braking and steering isn't enough. If you lose traction, sometimes you need throttle input to get it back under control. Not to mention there are situations where you need to accelerate instead of just brake

@rweawake

4 жыл бұрын

I don't get what you mean. What does him driving a straight drive have anything to do with coasting in neutral in a automatic. I've drove straight drive and automatics. I've never coasted in neutral in either. It's not good for an automatic that's for sure.

love the 70's tunes!

Freaked me out for a second hearing that music! Like I left “that” video in my VHS and hit play in front of others

@Offthbadan

3 жыл бұрын

😅😅

Man, all those beautiful full sized olds and chevys

My first car was that green 280Z, fun car. I still have it too but unfortunately it needs a complete restoration.

@bernard8961

3 жыл бұрын

Is it for sale?

@seand2711

3 жыл бұрын

@@bernard8961 I actually just sold it in October. Decided I wasn't going to restore it and sold it to someone who's been asking to buy it for years.

Haha I knew it! Right when the sick Z came out I said, "this is a Datsun commercial." Showing that sick MPG log lol. They knew these guy's were out here getting 8mpg. It also felt like a personal attack @ 3:15

@unconventionalideas5683

Жыл бұрын

That probably says something about your driving habits, the fact that the jackrabbit comment felt that way.

Beautiful Datsun! :)

@ronnorman9334

3 жыл бұрын

I had one of these back when I was a kid it was all yellow was called the honey bee that little car was badass man

@luis4727

3 жыл бұрын

@@ronnorman9334 damn, I'm jealous! Those were really great cars

@stevelozano9523

3 жыл бұрын

My dad rented a hatch back in the day and my uncle owned a red 240.

@rexjolles

3 жыл бұрын

the rich douchebag in my mom's high school had one, crashed it, then his parents got him a new one

@carlm8821

3 жыл бұрын

@@ronnorman9334 Always wanted one, not sure if most knew you could also get the Honey Bee in white. Have only ever seen a couple but the majority were the iconic yellow color! Amazing little cars.

3:50 look at that Ford LTD pulling the trailer. Thats a damn nice car.

@muziklvr7776

Жыл бұрын

Nice RIDING car for sure, but hard on gas and tricky to diagnose problems (lots of emission equipment).

5:05 datsun driver saw his life flash by before his eyes when he eyeballed the 75 caprice coming straight at him

This film is a product of its time where even the most basic economy Datsun needed constant maintenance.....we've come along way :)

@antonioederlopezlopez7341

5 жыл бұрын

Now the most crappy car need a whole repair shop....

@hoilst

3 жыл бұрын

I used to wonder why old timey gas stations always had 1-pint bottles of oil out the front - till an older bloke explained it to me: old cars used to eat or drip oil almost as fast as they used petrol.

That 70’s music is just the best lol

Say what you will but there was some very reliable vehicles shown in this video, the big Fords and GMs would easily go 200 hundred thousand miles

OMG "jack rabbit" was a common term back then. I haven't heard that in decades!

So, I can figure Eric Foreman was forced to watch this. LOL!

So he first says that coasting doesn't save gas, but then goes on to say "if you decide to save gas by coasting..." so which is it? It sounds like his point was: Coasting does save gas, but will end up costing you more in other problems.

@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS

3 жыл бұрын

he specified "in auto transmissions" while showing a manual. Coasting a manual won't damage the trans but could cost more in brake jobs

6:03 the engine used in those Datsun was a licensed copy of an English Austin engine, with changes. Nissan was a licensee of Austin Motor Company technology), mainly comprising changing the camshaft from the left side to the right side so removing the intrusion of the pushrods from the porting allowing 8 individual ports instead of 5 originally, and moving the oil pump from the rear of the camshaft to the right side of the block. As production continued, 1974 and newer A-series engines had different block castings, with relocated motor mount

1:41 Honey Bee hub caps Mine had them too.

3:43 If you're being passed by a car towing a travel trailer, you might be going too slow...

@Rhaman68

3 жыл бұрын

Depends on the speed of the car passing! I’ve seen irresponsible towing at high speeds. Typically it ends badly as the trailer can act like a sail. Thanks

3:18 that Saab 99 though!

@MrRichard57000

3 жыл бұрын

i own one since 1998... 99le 1973

@carlm8821

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrRichard57000 Congrats...such uniquely great cars!

@MrRichard57000

3 жыл бұрын

@@carlm8821 I notice that the car is seen more and more, especially by the youth.it s not in mint condition ,interior needs reupolstiring uv light eats up the cloth..body and technik are oke.......

I started watching this and realized that it was filmed in Charlotte, NC.

There's nothing cooler than peeling out in a Mach one . Nothing worse than driving a Datsun B-210 Honey bee.

@rockmar9479

8 жыл бұрын

Ted Roberts That's the spirit!

@OceanPatriot777

7 жыл бұрын

or a Chevette Scooter

@carlm8821

5 жыл бұрын

Ted Roberts Hey, what’s wrong with a Datsun B-210...mechanically, they’d outlast a Mach 1 twice as long with less maintenance and fuel costs though anywhere outside the west coast or southwest, they would rust away twice as fast. Great little cars!

@BigEightiesNewWave

4 жыл бұрын

My Bee was a great car...saved me during oil crisis #2. 5 speed 1977 manual hatch. Reliable. 43 hwy. MPG easy.

I made the right choice in 1979 got a 77 B210 5-manual hatch.

This is sure as hell helpful now.

Those were some great tips! Thanks for sharing. #OneMessageFoundation

The best approach to improving a vehicle's fuel mileage is to lower the suspension.

US Auto Industry brought to you by Datsun?

Ain’t nobody got time for late 70s 8:1 compression ratios. 11:1 or go home.

@muziklvr7776

Жыл бұрын

If you're driving from point a to point b, it didn't matter. I'm a car guy but my daily is a 4 cyl Toyota Camry. Excellent fuel mileage, rock solid reliability, easy to service. My "fun" cars are only driven on the weekend.

The first song BTW is Martha Jane Weber-Man with a mission.

They're bitching about 69 cents a gallon!

@muziklvr7776

Жыл бұрын

Gas prices double one year prior to this coming out. It was a big deal back then.

@tarstarkusz

Жыл бұрын

@@muziklvr7776 I'm joking. 69 cents That 69 cents is 3 Dollars and 76 cents today. That's going by the CPI, which notoriously understates inflation. Probably more like 5 Dollars today.

People today complain about the high price of a new car. A new car lasts 15-20 years or more and needs almost zero repairs for the first 10 years.

@jimkeskey

11 ай бұрын

Bullsh#t. New cars are only as good as the person who takes care of them. I've seen MANY new cars, 5 to 10 years old, crap out and most get recalled within the first two years.

@trit2580

3 ай бұрын

most issues occur within the first ten years, not after

貴重なフィルムのうｐ感謝！

@jimkeskey

11 ай бұрын

Uhhh, yeah. I agree.

Brilliant

My 1977 Datsun/Nissan 5-manual hatch saved me in the late 1970s

Still applies to by back-tuned pickup truck!

6:16 Yes, always carpool with a car full of women. Sounds potentially dangerous if you ask me.

@davidmlong63

3 жыл бұрын

yeah because they all have different reasons why your such a bad driver.

0:55 I would love to find a 71-73 vega to drop a small block in but them cars turned to rust years ago and are almost impossible to find today.

70s aka the disco era.

OMG....3 of my first 4 cars in that intro! BTW, I was too poor to afford a Datsun back then... Sadly, now too.

My 120Y Panel Van currently doesn’t run, that’s got to save a few pints of fuel surely

Just fukin drive. From my 72 LTD

Fuel injection , computer controlled automatic transmissions, electronic ignition , and technological improvements with tires , did away with a lot of these problems . I owned a Chevy Nova that would stall as soon as you put in gear in very cold weather until the engine warmed , up back then .

I'm that jack in the box hotshot. Also I contacted my local Datsun dealer, but they were not around?

Coasting is neither dangerous or will damage the transmission in any way thats a gaslight i agree with a lot of the other points made they are mostly well covered but don't tell lies to force a issue or force compliance

Dig that groovy Disco Music!!!

@robertnussberger2028

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think that is disco. That is like elevator music with a twist of portugeise music.

@muziklvr7776

Жыл бұрын

Library music, not disco. I recognize most of it from KPM.

I always wonder why some people dislike these videos... "Oh, me? I prefer my 12 miles per gallon"

@graemeneale9311

3 жыл бұрын

They work in the oil industry.

@sterlinsilver

3 жыл бұрын

@@graemeneale9311 that... Actually makes a lot of sense

@jonellwanger7258

3 жыл бұрын

... 12.. 🤔 who on earth is lucky enough to get double digits...?

1970 nice

Thrifty driving habits will pay dividends

Wow cars have come such a long way.

As the Red Rocker says “I can’t drive 55”.

sexy cars

Presented by Datsun!

Steel belted radial tires were replacing the bias ply tires. The radial tires got better gas mileage, but had poor traction. There were lots of wrecks with the new radial tires as drivers were expecting the same braking and turning as with the bias ply tires.

He saves gas AND bread. How hip of him.

Yikes 3:40 that ltd towing the camper would have shrugged that litte car rite off the road!

Datsun passing a gremlin...i think the 6 could stand it's own...

There was a lot of contradictions throughout that film. As a truck driver my employer specifies a minimum 10% coasting time on trips where possible. Yep, in neutral rolling along. Started doing this in my car and I've saved a fair bit I actually get an extra trip to work every week now.

@markkukowski3710

5 жыл бұрын

Not true, actually: In neutral, your engine is idling which requires a rich fuel mixture. With today's modern fuel injected cars, if you are decellerating or coasting in gear, the computer almost shuts off fuel, which also causes an air pumping effect in the engine and actually helps you slow down. Cruising speed at light throttle is where you get the best fuel mileage. And, yes - your car is not as stable on a coast because all the wheels are free and not being controlled. Try taking a corner by coasting. Then try applying light throttle around the corner. You can control the car much better with power input and actually take the corner easier.

@deletedaccount966

5 жыл бұрын

I definitely agree with Mark here, if you have an old school car with a carburator, you will save a ton of gas by putting the car in neutral and by letting it ride but you will actually use more fuel in neutral with fuel injection. You can check this by putting the computer to display the instanteneous fuel economy. You may observe that the numbers are different if you coast in neutral or if you let the car coast in gear. Al least, from my observation driving a european car with a manual.

I have the brown Datsun B210 in my shed with 18,000 miles on it in year 2023 imagine that if they can just get the drivers on fentanyl off the roads I'd feel a lot safer driving a small car than a big one. The big one offers me lots of safety through all the excessive steel around me because fentanyl drivers passed out and crash into you

Oh WOW you passed a Gremiln.

Lol - try going 50 on the freeway and you will be toast!!!

Oh my god, I'm a Jack Rabbit!

That mechanic is bathing in carb cleaner....yuck.

@BigEightiesNewWave

4 жыл бұрын

I did too...now have leukaemia

@stevelozano9523

3 жыл бұрын

Those were the real mechanics back in the day. Now they're afraid of a little grease.

@twoeightythreez

3 жыл бұрын

Good ol berkebile 2+2 😂

@twoeightythreez

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevelozano9523 no, they're not. But customers sure are so we take precautions to keep them happy. The lessened exposure to dangerous solvents is a plus.

Yea drive slow motor so clogged up runs like crap punch it once in while will clean it out and run better

Can someone please tell me what is the song title at 0:00??

But doing a burnout in a ‘71 Mach I Mustang is cool. Driving a Datsun B210 Honeybee is not cool.

@EJMags

3 жыл бұрын

But the datsun would still be running on its original parts 50 years later while the mustang would be in a barn on 2x4s

@dickritchie2596

3 жыл бұрын

@@EJMags Maybe in Mexico, but not here.

@EJMags

3 жыл бұрын

@@dickritchie2596 you're right, a tweaker would be living in it and it would be rattle can black on jack stands, my bad

LOL. You idle your car for a minute on a cold start to get THE OIL CIRCULATING, then you drive off gentle

@raymondlegorreta3269

3 жыл бұрын

They’re talking about reaching operating temperature and how just sitting their does nothing but wait gas instead of just driving it gently

Damn!! Gas was expensive then. .65 cents a gallon!!! .65 Cents!!! Wow. Terrible!!

@VinnyDaQ

8 жыл бұрын

senorkaboom I got my first driver's licence in January 1975, a year before this film was made. At the time, gas was an average of 35 cents/gallon. Almost doubling the price in one year? You better believe people were upset!

@101Volts

8 жыл бұрын

+senorkaboom That equals about $2.71 as of 2015 with inflation in account, so keep that in mind. You recall gas prices spiking in about 2003 and 2004? Same thing.

@aleksfoxtrot8044

5 жыл бұрын

Means gas has had less inflation than most things.

3:16 Saab 99 uwu

service man, not kitchen karen lmao

speed limit was lowered late 70s to 55 all the way to 1996.

@muziklvr7776

Жыл бұрын

The national speed limit was lowered in all states in 1974.

oh my god, this is my dream video. I want all those Datsuns.

@briang4470

3 жыл бұрын

They are awesome looking cars but they were built with very poor metal and were not rust proofed well enough. Same for most american cars of the same era.

@buttguy

3 жыл бұрын

@@briang4470 yeah, impossible to find now, at least here in the rust belt.

@briang4470

3 жыл бұрын

@@buttguy even in the south they are hard to come by and are usually still rusty and overpriced.

Love the Z series until 1989 when they changed it to a turtle body style. Loved my 1986 Z.

How to sqeeze more miles from your car? But a Datsun!

Put that puppy in neutral and coast.

@muziklvr7776

Жыл бұрын

Carbureted, yes. Fuel injection will lean out/cut fuel and there's really no advantage.

1:50 talk about pumping the gas dude flooded it 12 pumps wow carburetor only needs 2 pumps

That's one pretty Datsun Z. Although, I don't understand why a guy that concerned with mileage has a sports car...

@dave_riots

3 жыл бұрын

Because, it was still more fuel efficient than the land yachts people were driving a couple of years prior to when this video was made, and people wanted to save as much gas as possible.

@jamiecinder9412

3 жыл бұрын

@@dave_riots Even sports car drivers?

@dave_riots

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamiecinder9412 Some sports cars can be fun to drive, and can offer great gas mileage.

купи нищебродское ведро и экономь на всём!

1970s carry less Kilos

If you have a manual transmission it's fine to coast. I mean it's not like the brakes don't work in neutral lol you aren't going to lose control

@robertnussberger2028

4 жыл бұрын

Didn't they say that it builds up transmission pressure and wears it faster?

@redtra236

4 жыл бұрын

With an automatic it can thats why I specified manual transmissions. Most newer automatics are fine to be towed or coast in neutral I think though.

@m4dc4t

3 жыл бұрын

Don't write this stuff anywhere. Braking while coasting from higher speeds is a horrible habit. With the car in gear your engine helps to stop too and that help is noticable expecially in lower gears.

@redtra236

3 жыл бұрын

@@m4dc4t thats harder on the engine though.

@m4dc4t

3 жыл бұрын

@@redtra236 it ain't, unless you're shifting from 6 th to 1 st, then yes.

How to be uncool

How to squeeze more miles from your car? Get a Datsun. In time, it will disintegrate, so it will be even lighter.

It’s a shame to drive a Z too slowly.

Thanks to Biden the gas prices have come down again. I hope we can continue supplementing from the old strategic petroleum reserves to keep prices under control.

I would car pool to if it was all chicks piling in my car 2

Now if only people knew how to take care of their cars today. I'm telling you, simple things like changing your oil and oil filter every 3000 miles, or 3 months, will make your engine go a long way. Making sure your tires are properly aired once a week is a good thing as well, you don't want to be driving on deflated tires. I would also recommend buying a cheap OBD II scanner for roughly $20 USD. If you have a check engine light, that OBD II scanner comes in real handy when trying to find the problem, because it will tell you what the problem is.

@tbah9402

4 жыл бұрын

Most oils will last way longer than 3k miles

@caligulathespitefulmutantk2365

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks pop!

@dave_riots

3 жыл бұрын

Changing your oil constantly can also bring it's own consequences. I'm a Honda service technician, and I can tell you that even the most diligent of car owners don't take their cars in for an oil change that frequently, as used to be the case back then. They would take their cars in for an oil change every 6,000 to 9,000 miles, even though modern synthetic oils can last more than twice as long.

@sanitylogic4611

3 жыл бұрын

@@dave_riots For a while I personally wasn't using synthetic, though I have made the swap over, and yeah I'll be extending it to about every 6k to 7k miles. I do a lot of driving, and have a lead foot at times, so =I like my engine oil clean, don't want burnt oil being in there for to long. As for anything in life, the same pair of shoes will fit differently per person, not one pair fits all.

How to squeeze more miles out of the fuel: Hypermile, but do so safely. This includes car modifications.

Now we going to the same problem thanks demoncrats

Doing 50mph in California smh REALLY???? You would get shot, even back then let alone being late every day. This PSA never applied to California it makes no sense even though it was filmed in Gardena California.

@muziklvr7776

Жыл бұрын

The speed limit back then was 55 MPH. One could get away with it if they remained in the right lane. Couldn't get away with that today.