im with the each car has its own distinctive smell theory.
every zed ive owned has smelt exactly the same inside as each other, but my ute smells different.
its an awesome smell

My north american 1200 sedan has the same smell that WhiteSedan described.

If only I could get rid of the occasional gasoline smell it would be perfect. That hot-day vinyl smell is nice.

lol my datto ute 1984 has got a a14 in it, and when i start it up, manual choke start, the nice breeze of blue smoke filter throughout the back and rises up into the air, i use penrite 50 oil lol and refill it every two weeks. NEED NEW SEALS, ANYONE???????? when take off and have the choke on, i look like the biggest tool without as stream of blue smoke behind me.

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+1 on the vinyl smell. Most 1200's have a similar smell. I used to drive mine daily and more-or-less didn't notice it too much. Now that it's a weekend driver, I *really* notice the smell afte not being in it for a week or so.

Fortunately, my exhaust is in good shape and my carby was just gone through, so no funky smells.

My rear main leaks a tad, so I get a whiff of oil on a hot engine at stop lights occasionally..

IT"S THE BEST SMELL EVER!!!!

i love it, getting in and breathing it in, i get in my coupe when i'm out working on it and just breathing in there reminds me of it all, and everytime i get in a datsun it brings back so many memories.

the best!

Yep the datto smell .my datsun 120y spent a year or so in the fibreglass factory ,I was worried thefibreglass smell would of stunk the car out gave it a vac and blow out ,the datsun smell is there oh Yeah.........
Fibreglass vs datuns smell
DATSUN won hands down .......
actually i feel like a sniff now