I know, I know, it sounds weird but.....

Walked into the garage on the w'end & realised how good my datto smells.

A mixture of permatex gasket sealant, rustproofing, a bit of PULP with maybe a hint of LSD oil.
Better than fried onion

Is it just me......?

lol try polish (lots), octane booster and twin webers

Not just you...

Ahh they all smell the same, I like it when the cars been baking on a warm day you can smell the vinyl, and when the engine gets warm that nice oily smell comes through the firewall (due to lots of unplugged holes).

yeah you're not alone.


I'm kinda going to ruin it now by putting a picture in you head of some dude lining up some rust powder from a Datsun on the table and snorting it

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WhiteSedan has it the closest to how mine smells.My car is driven only weekends and when opening the door for the first time after sitting closed for a week you definately smell that vinyl.Not a new vinyl smell but a old 70's smell.
And of course the oil smell when working on the engine.Again, not a old sticky oily engine smell, but a old school smell with some light fuel fumes hanging around the Hitachi SU's.

Don't you just hate it when someone smokes in your car?

I have to leave the window wound down or else when I open the door the petrol stink is so overpowering I cant get in Might have to do something about that haha

Mine stinks of that heat wrap stuff. its a bit annoying because the first time i smelt it was when i first fired the A15 into life... and the bot rad hose popped off and burnt me. So i still assosiate it with being bad.

should smell like new carpet soon... That'll be the first datto with a complete carpet set in it ive owned.

to me, the most memorable smell of a datsun is in the interior

now, if you've owned different datsuns like me, you know that each model has its own distinctive odor

a mate of mine just bought a 610, and he told me he remembered the smell

i replied, "yeah, that datsun smell," but he said, "no, i haven't smelled this since i last owned a 610, and that was twenty years ago!"

A couple more smells I neglected to mention...

Coolant... About my 3rd drive, the rubber heater hose in the cab split & sprayed coolant everywhere.
Not a bad smell though - It was new coolant. I managed to clean up most of it & ended up mixing o.k with the new carpet smell .

And my favourite one (can't believe if forgot this)....... Burnt rubber .
Hmmmmm... Stinky

MMM. the smell of new carpet, sparco seat foam and a hint of PULP. Makes me want to go for a drive