The vets vintage car blog

Datsun Bluebirds , they're some darn slick rides from the 1970s, ain't they? Specially that Datsun Bluebird 2000 G6 Hardtop and the 810 series, they're downright slick. I remember seeing a Datsun Bluebird 910 back in the day, the mom of a kid in my class drove one, albeit a fancied-up version called the Nissan Bluebird U11 series , but it was pretty much the same deal. Heard through the grapevine that back in '89 when my folks were fixin' to buy a new family wagon (can't rightly recall, mind you, 'cause I was just a year old then), my bro and pops apparently test drove a Nissan (Datsun) Bluebird 910, Nissan U11. They took it for a spin and found somethin' off about the headlights, heck, the whole darn car seemed off. Ended up settlin' for a '85 Ford Sierra, which they stopped makin' in '87, while the Bluebird Wagon kept rollin' off the line till '90. Worst part was, that Sierra was a sorry excuse for a car, smelled like dust and h...

Folks, Ah've already scribbled 'bout Ferdinand Verbiest and Joseph Cugnot's steam contraptions from the 1600s and 1700s and various steam wagons from the 1800s. But d'ya reckon ya know that the oldest wheeled rig in Norway's history is over 1200 years old, reckon it's from 'round 820 AD ? That Norwegian Oseberg Wagon's on display at the Viking Museum in Oslo, makin' it the oldest wheeled contraption in Norway, hailin' from 820 AD, that's 1200 years back in 2020. Some folks might argue that horse-drawn rigs ain't rightly called cars, which is fair, but they got wheels and they're a human invention. 'Sides, it's true that horses provided the horsepower, and eventually, cars took over from 'em, but remember, once upon a time, it was just horses, donkeys, camels, or our own two feet gettin' us around on land. Now, to the point, researchers reckon horse-drawn wagons were in use by us folks between 3000 and 4200 BC, accor...