A veneer of real polish

Once a year, automotive writer, historian, and stellar ex-racing PR guru Tom Cotter hosts a Woody Party at his homestead in the lovely college town of Davidson, North Carolina. I would have loved to make this year’s event, which took place on September 25, but couldn’t. I’m especially disappointed once I got these photos from […]

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1978 Datsun

Y’all seemed to appreciate the Datsun pickup Donnelly wrote about the other day, and with that in mind, this 1978 Datsun 510 station wagon jumped out at me while browsing the classifieds. From the seller’s description: White all original. “Albert” was bought from a “summer person” who kept him at his camp in Saranac Lake. […]

The (Dat) Sun Rises

At a big auction festival like Auburn, looking for a truck usually requires a major sort through the semi-customized and hot-rodded pickups that sometimes dominate the offerings. Doing so can yield a real prize, like this, which we found at the Auctions America sale conducted by RM Auctions. This, friends, is a 1972 Datsun pickup, […]