One of the things I love about owning a datsun 1000 is that it's dedicated to my Dad's memory. I have fond childhood memories of sitting on my Dad's lap and steering his 1000. I bought my Wag from Mal 2 months after Dad passed away and thinking back now, the Old Bugger's spirit must've been keeping an eye out for me when I was looking for an old car to do up, because I confess that I wasn't even considering a Thou' when I saw the ad!

Dad bought his '70 VB10 brand new and he loved that car. It was his daily for 15 years, until he gave it to my sister for her 1st car. She had it for 4 years, until she bought a new car and passed it onto my brother, who let it go into such a state of disrepair, that the cops were gobsmacked it was still on the road. (Cops: "Turn your car off please sir." Bro: "Okay, but can you please give me a push start when we're done? There's no starter motor anymore." I then inherited it in '96, which I swapped for parts to suit my 140Y at Datwreck.

I remember it was stolen from outside the Warwick pub when my sister had it. Dad was gutted. Every day he'd drive past the local constabulary, hoping they'd found it. I was with him during one of his drive-bys when I asked him, "You miss the Datto, don't ya Dad?"
His response was, "It's like someone's cut my fucking arm off Son."
Fortunately, it was recovered a week later at a carpark in the city. The cops reckon some drunkard stumbled out of the pub, wanted to go into the city and the easiest way was right there in the carpark. After all, a 5 cent piece was all that was needed to unlock and start the bloody thing! The car wasn't trashed or even thrashed. The only thing out of place was the broken beer glass in the back.

So my Datsun 1000 is my homage to my Dad, may he rest in peace. And knowing what he was like, he would have pissed his pants driving mine (and most likely would have blown the diff by now too!).

Driving my Wag always puts a smile on my face, but it puts a tear in my eye as well.

One of the things I love about owning a datsun 1000 is all the thumbs up and approving smiles and waves from everyone.
When I took a thou over the pits a few years ago even the vehicle examiner said he wished he had one!

Congratulations, Weekend1000, you are the winner of our X-mas comp 2013 .
 
Your entry won our comp as it was nice simple reason to love a 1000, and I'm sure all of us have experienced this while out in our 1000's.
 
 
Ash.

Congrats Mal! Hooray on your first win       Just wanted to say merry christmas to everyone and happy new year too!