When this 1983 Datsun 280ZXhit the showroom, its manufacturer was having a bit of an identity crisis in North America. For years they’d been selling Datsuns on our shores, while elsewhere in the world the same cars were being marketed as Nissans, which reflected the corporate name. In 1981, Nissan decided to begin a phase-out of the Datsun brand, which was completed in 1986. Thus the Datsun
