Yesterday, I shared a Toyota Corona ad from the February 1969 issue of Playboy. I like the Corona for personal reasons, but if the Time Machine took me back to ’69 and I didn’t have a lot to spend (or even if I did have a lot to spend), the Datsun 510 would be one of my top choices. Wouldn’t you know, there’s an ad for the 510 in the very same issue! (Read More…)
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Tagged as 1960s, 1969, 1969 Datsun 510, Adventures In Marketing, advertising, car advertising, Datsun, datsun 510, Marketing, Nissan, old car ads
Tagged as 1960s, 1969, 1969 Datsun 510, Adventures In Marketing, advertising, car advertising, Datsun, datsun 510, Marketing, Nissan, old car ads
Wait a minute— this Malaise Era heap, with its solid rear axle and AMC Hornet-esque lines, this car can’t be a 510! That’s what I thought when I spotted this car at a Northern California self-service yard last month, having forgotten that Nissan’s American marketers slapped 510 badges on the 710/Violet/Stanza/200B for the ’78 and ’79 model years. This is the first time I’ve seen one of these things in at least 20 years. 
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