Well in that case, I guess it's off to stalking the "Datsun" search on Craigslist and figuring out how to work on the things (I literally have no clue. I may or may not have been raised in suburbs...). That being said, a guy down the street from me has, and I'm not kidding, a Nismo tuned 370Z which his wife drives, an S13 he's tuning (maybe to drift? no clue), and he's restoring a 240Z himself. He'd probably know how they work... Really sucks that I'm too lazy to introduce myself.
EDIT: Just remembered these suburban "Home Owners Associations" don't take kindly to beat up, not running cars sitting in your driveway... Time to learn how to fix a car in ~1 month. (they're just fine with it if it moves... but if it doesn't run then it's obviously WAY worse looking
EDIT 2: Also don't have a manual to learn on, considering it's quite likely whatever transmission it is, it isn't a CVT out of a freaking Camry.