{"id":24831,"date":"2013-10-16T23:06:53","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T06:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=24831"},"modified":"2013-10-16T23:06:53","modified_gmt":"2013-10-17T06:06:53","slug":"classic-datsun-car-show-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/classic-datsun-car-show-arizona\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Datsun Car Show Invades Arizona"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fclassic-datsun-car-show-arizona%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F10%2FDatsun-car-show-arizona-1.jpg&amp;description=Classic+Datsun+Car+Show+Invades+Arizona\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[24831]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/classic-datsun-car-show-arizona\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/classic-datsun-car-show-arizona\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Classic Datsun Car Show Invades Arizona\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/classic-datsun-car-show-arizona\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Classic Datsun Car Show Invades Arizona&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/classic-datsun-car-show-arizona\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/classic-datsun-car-show-arizona\/\" data-text=\"Classic Datsun Car Show Invades Arizona\" data-desc=\"One of the best Datsun Car Shows in little Williams, AZ 3rd\u00a0Annual Multi State Datsun Classic Early morning shot of the BnB parking lot. Story and Pictures by Dale Herseth - All pictures from the Classic Datsun Show HERE \u00a0 Over the weekend of Oct 4th- 5th, Datsuns from several states including\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Datsun-car-show-arizona-1.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><h2>One of the best Datsun Car Shows in little Williams, AZ<\/h2>\n<h3 align=\"center\">3rd\u00a0Annual Multi State Datsun Classic<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_24833\" style=\"width: 585px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24833\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-24833\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"3rd Annual Multi State Datsun Classic Car Show\" alt=\"classic datsun, classic japanese, datsun roadster\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Datsun-car-show-arizona-1.jpg\" width=\"575\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Datsun-car-show-arizona-1.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Datsun-car-show-arizona-1-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24833\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Early morning shot of the BnB parking lot.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Story and Pictures by Dale Herseth &#8211; All pictures from the <a title=\"Classic Datsun Car Show Pictures \" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/ViewEventImages\/Classic%20Datsun%20Car%20Show\" target=\"_blank\">Classic Datsun Show HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend of Oct 4th- 5th, Datsuns from several states including Arizona, California, Nevada, Washington, New Mexico, Texas, Florida and even Mexico migrated to the small town of Williams in northwest Arizona for the \u201c3rd\u00a0Annual Multi State Datsun Classic\u201d car show.\u00a0 Williams is a perfect spot for the automotive enthusiast and is right in the heart of old Route 66!\u00a0 The whole town really gets behind this event and offers discounts at many food establishments as well as souvenir shops.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This year there were approx 80 classic Datsuns in attendance and it\u2019s growing every year.\u00a0 The organizers of this show are SOCALROC (Southern California Roadster Owners Club) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nostalgicdatsun.com\/\">www.nostalgicdatsun.com<\/a>.\u00a0 They do a fantastic job putting on this event which is no small task.\u00a0 They had T-shirts, dash plaques, awards, raffle prizes, and all the usual stuff that goes with any quality car show!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We drove up from Gilbert on Friday and stayed at a great Bed &amp; Breakfast called the \u201cGrand Living\u201d.\u00a0 Several participants from our local Arizona Datsun Club (Desert Datsuns) stayed at the same place.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24833\" style=\"width: 585px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24833\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-24833\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"3rd Annual Multi State Datsun Classic Car Show\" alt=\"classic datsun, classic japanese, datsun roadster\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Datsun-car-show-arizona-2.jpg\" width=\"575\" height=\"430\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24833\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our cars were lined up eagerly awaiting yet another car show!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The town Meyer allows us to park on both sides of old Route 66 in the middle of town to display our cars during the show on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Z-cars had the biggest attendance in the show, followed up with the Datsun Roadsters, and then the 510\u2019s.\u00a0 There were also several \u201cother\u201d classified Datsuns as well as a few pickups.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For this show Jodi and I took our white 1970 SPL311 Roadster.\u00a0 1970 is the last year that Datsun made a Roadster and it\u2019s the only year the Roadster and the \u201cNew Z-car\u201d were sold at the same time.\u00a0 This was the end of the line for the Roadster and the beginning of the new era of the Nissan Z.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Arizona contingent came home with several awards 1st\u00a0&amp; 2nd\u00a0Datsun 510, 1st\u00a0&amp; 2nd\u00a0&#8211; Datsun Z-car, 1st\u00a0&amp; 2nd\u00a0Datsun \u201cother\u201d and 3rd\u00a0in late model Roadster.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Overall a great time!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fclassic-datsun-car-show-arizona%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=Classic+Datsun+Car+Show+Invades+Arizona\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/classic-datsun-car-show-arizona\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/classic-datsun-car-show-arizona\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Classic Datsun Car Show Invades Arizona\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/classic-datsun-car-show-arizona\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Classic Datsun Car Show Invades Arizona&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/classic-datsun-car-show-arizona\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/classic-datsun-car-show-arizona\/\" data-text=\"Classic Datsun Car Show Invades Arizona\" data-desc=\"One of the best Datsun Car Shows in little Williams, AZ 3rd\u00a0Annual Multi State Datsun Classic Early morning shot of the BnB parking lot. 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