You’ve run out of fuel on a lonely road in the middle of nowhere. It’s getting dark. There’s no cell service. In the distance, you see a dim light emanating from an old gas station. You walk toward it, hoping to find help. After what seems like an eternity, you arrive. The building seems like it was abandoned decades ago. “Hello?” you call out, but there’s no response. You peek inside the garage only to see a strange machine filling the room. There must be miles of cable and wire, pulsing with an electric hum. Against your better judgement, you step inside the device. It’s big enough to fit a car. Suddenly it whirs and beeps and emanates a blinding light. As your eyes readjust, you step outside the machine to see a bustling service station. A transistor radio plays KC and the Sunshine Band. A calendar on the wall says it’s 1975. You’ve traveled 50 years into the past and can take back one car with you to the present.
If you could buy any new JNC from 1975, what would it be?
The most entertaining comment by next week will receive a prize. Scroll down to see the winner of last week’s QotW, “What have you sacrificed for your car?“.
Sometimes your sacrifices lead to an even better outcome, as Steve discovered when he gave up girls to go rallying. Taylor C. had to forgo a family vacation to fix a beloved car, but what a great family to vote for the repair of dad’s car instead. ra21benj slaved behind fast food counters during senior year of high school, but got the set of wheels that he wanted. Richard M offered some deep and wise words, as did Negishi no Keibajo‘s response.
Ultimately, the winner last week as Alan, who has seemingly suffered everything. Hopefully a few measly stickers makes up for it!
Not for a single car, but plural?
Boatloads of money, skin, blood, sweat, fingernails, tears, comfort, safety, security, sanity, hygiene, countless societal standards of propriety, property value, my neighbor’s property value, social skills, EPA and CARB regulations, hearing, clutch knee ligament, a healthy relationship with dopamine, time, money, money, money, and time.
Omedetou, your comment has earned you a set of decals from the JNC Shop!
a skyline, not just any skyline though, i’d love to get my hands on a c110 4 cylinder two door.
not the straight six longnose beasts but a more sensible shortnose cruiser.
i’d do it up period correctly and drop it a bit lower, find some period correct 14 inch wheels, upgrade the stereo, reinforce the chassis and just enjoy it as a daily driver.
I wouldn’t get a new anything from that year because of the big bumper mandate. I’d get a four or five year old lightly used S 30 Z car, simply for it’s purity of form and function.
A slightly used four door C10.