Number of Datsuns by State

[ggzilla]

Does anyone know how to get data like the number of Datsuns currently registered in each state? I know dealers pay for such data, is there any provider that works with Car Clubs at a discount?

[Icehouse]

Maybe if you find out how we can all pitch in a little cash to find out :D

[tangent]

Id kick in for that if that person could also get addresses, it make trolling for new projects alot easier...

[tangent]

Wait Im a Hall Monitor now...?!@# I was more of the "Sleep in class or just Ditch alltogether" kind of Guy. Hmm

[Icehouse]

Yeah that might be bad.... I already have 6 dattos :D I usually don't buy runners so I might be in the clear if they all our tabbed.

 

O I was messing around with the rating thingy :D you should see what it says if you get to 10,000 hehe it still needs some work, its hard to think of funny ratings.

[tangent]

Yeah that might be bad.... I already have 6 dattos :D I usually don't buy runners so I might be in the clear if they all our tabbed.

 

O I was messing around with the rating thingy :D you should see what it says if you get to 10,000 hehe it still needs some work, its hard to think of funny ratings.

 

you lost me on the ratings

[kansascity1]

user ratings for number of posts

[Charboucher]

I think it's be kinda cool to see how many there were. I know of about 10 here in my home town of vancouver. one I'm trying my hardest to get but no luck. it has sat almost sence new for about 27 years. in one spot. waiting for me lol.

[kiznook]

I think it's be kinda cool to see how many there were. I know of about 10 here in my home town of vancouver. one I'm trying my hardest to get but no luck. it has sat almost sence new for about 27 years. in one spot. waiting for me lol.

 

10 in vancouver? that number is WAY low, id say there are at least 100-150 various forms of datsun in the greater vancouver area

[ggzilla]

There are about 77,000 registered pre-1973 vehicles in Washington state...how many are Datsun is the question, presumably the report would say?

 

"Car club" registration to join is $150 per/year. Are we a car club?

[Charboucher]

oh, I mean the ones that I have been "watching" lol, that I see often is all

[datzenmike]

Id kick in for that if that person could also get

addresses, it make trolling for new projects alot easier...

 

If addresses were available, what's to stop thieves from targeting a specific year or model? It would be like a shopping list. I don't want my address out there and I don't want unsolicited calls from people. Present company very accepted, lol.

[Charboucher]

yeah thats a little scary. I have a few I have been checking on to see if owner is "junking" don't need address list. thats dangerous

[Bleach]

42% of CA cars are pre 1973... that is a lot!

 

probaly more of an ensentive due to the tighter emissions testing there

[datzenmike]

I worked for GM in '73, the year that compression was lowered. On really cold night shifts, the new '74 owners in the employee's parking lot always had to come back to the guard's shack to get the battery and cables to boost their brand new low compression cars. My 4 year old Charger always started.

[datsun]

of course it started its the freakin general lee. but as for datsuns, they seem to litter the town i live in(sequim wa) and by litter i mean there everywhere not that they are garbage cuz it takes a lot for datsuns to be garbage. there is a beautiful 521 sitting next to a lavender field out here that i wuld almost kill to get my hands on

[datsunaholic]

42% of CA cars are pre 1973... that is a lot!

 

probaly more of an ensentive due to the tighter emissions testing there

 

 

That's the percentage of pre-'73 vehicles in the US, not the percentage of cars in Cali.

[datzenmike]

That's the percentage of pre-'73 vehicles in the US, not the percentage of cars in Cali.

 

That can't be right, can it? Surely not all these cars are, or can be insured and on the road. This 42% must include all autos made prior to '73, many now derelict in fields and in back yards.

[datsunaholic]

There are over 25 million vehicles registered in California alone. There are almost 250 million vehicles registered in the US, so over 10% of the cars in the US are registered in California. If you take into account that California accounts for 12% of the population, that's not all that unusual.

 

That SEMA table has a major flaw- Yes, it reports there are 2.8 Million pre-1973 vehicles in Cali, and 6.5 million in the US (43% in Cali) BUT the table only lists 26 States. There's 50 States- almost half the US is ignored by the report because half the US doesn't report it publically. It does NOT say that 43% of cars in Cali are 1973 and older. In fact, 11% of cars registered in Cali are 1973 and older. That's high, but it represents SoCal's dry climate and rust being a non-factor when compared to Vermont or Minnesota where cars barely last 10 years due to the road salt. Cali's smog laws probably inflate the number, since you can't "Hot Rod" anything that has to be tested there.

[ggzilla]

I just want to know how many are Datsuns.

[wiwawy]

if you read the text above the chart it states "California, the birthplace of hot rodding, has 2,775,004 registered automobiles from model years 1871 through 1972. This represents 5.99% of the total number of registered vehicles in the state" which sounds a little more realistic

i think that the 43% was a typo

 

as far as hot rodding in cali it depends on what county you live in, where i live you only smog at change of ownership and then not if it is transfered between family, however most areas are bianual

[hang_510]

...where i live you only smog at change of ownership...

 

AFAIK all pre '75(or 76?) vehicle are exempt from ANY smog check, regardless of county.

the last 2 dimes i reg were straight transfers, no smog req.

[Icehouse]

Suckers I've never done smog :D One good thing about growing up in the woods....

[datzenmike]

Ther's smog tests on the lower mainland but not out here on the island. Lots of fresh air blowin' in off the Pacific.

[kiznook]

i have to get my truck sniffed this month, i suppose they might want a tailpipe eh?