Equipment
1,595/96hp, 5-speed, hub caps, narrow whitewalls, cloth boot cover, original radio.
Condition
From the John Staluppi collection. Represented as 43,041 miles from new. Good but older paint and chrome. Even gaps. Good interior with newer upholstery and door handles but original dash and gauges. You don''t often see these earlier Datsun roadsters in any kind of condition, let alone ones that have had serious money put into them like this.
Market commentary
The Datsun Roadster looks like an MGB but it''s more sophisticated, a lot rarer and significantly more valuable. But it''s not particularly expensive, and the quality of this one''s restoration means it is probably one of the best ones out there. The price here for it is massive, but it has brought this kind of money before. It sold for $50,600 at Gooding & Company''s Amelia Island auction in 2014 and for $55,000 at Barrett-Jackson Northeast in 2018. In that context, even with an aging restoration, this is a solid value with one caveat: back in 2014 the odometer read exactly the same 43,041 miles as it shows today.