Nice, the last pic is the rarest of the rarest when it comes to 610 dashes, Im glad someone finally bought those. I was also watching them. Only Produced from january to may in 1974 for the Bluebird-U SSS model. Thats the dash thats in my car.
I get them new from japan, australia, singapore & new zealand, thats including shipping and all fees. since you can get them cheaper then more power to you.
No problem, Glad I was able to clear some things up for you.
There is some good info and specifics about this model car here... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datsun_610#610_series
The 610 bluebird-u japan model and 180B sss from australia 5 speed doglegs are 780mm ( this is obviously referred to as the long box and it is the same length as the Datsun Z Boxes and bluebird boxes in japan). So I'm pretty sure its long.
Yes this car has a Dogleg 5 speed and I believe its long (but not 100% sure).
Here is the gear ratio,
R- 3.57
1st- 3.382 (14.8),
2nd- 2.013 (8.81)
3rd- 1.312 (5.74)
4th- 1 (4.38)
5th- 0.854 (3.74)
The car has been fixed and driven, it has almost 50,000 Kilometers now since purchased. I get 35-40 mpg driving it.
Thanks for the welcome. The car is a piece of history, It is a Bluebird-U SSS-E with every factory option available. It was only produced from Jan-May of 1974. It was produced as the first and only Nissan/Datsun with Factory Electronic Bosch Fuel Injected L-16. This Model was only produced in japan.
It doesnt matter what it sold for, Im just telling you it didnt sell on ebay for $4K like you seem to think, It sold for $7K+ not running and all stock. I dont see it as an investment I see it as a piece of history thats going in a museum where it belongs.
Yes back in 2008-2010, it did NOT sell on ebay. I have had many conversations with the importer about this car and it was sold outside of ebay in 2009-2010 for more than 7K. Maybe if people did there research on it, they would have known that the car is valued at more than 12K. It was brought over in April 16, 2006 along with a Nissan/Datsun 510, Nissan GC10 and a Nissan KGC10. An archive has been done on the history of the vehicle and its quite amazing on what has been found. The vehicle will most likely be going into a museum in the near future.