rosso

I just finished installing a set of BMW E30 sport seats in my '72 510 wagon. Not too hard, drilling a couple of holes in the existing 510 seat floor brackets. PM me and I will take a picture and send more install details. I have not even had time to post on my project page - but will there soon too.

Ima be there with my VG33 1972 510 wagon.

Wagons in the US were WPL510 (at least my '72 is).

As others have mentioned, keeping the L20B is the easiest and best way to just enjoy the car and get any other things done - like suspension, brakes, seats, etc. However, if you can manage a trip down here to Salem, we have a yearly Datsun show/event - Powerland. It's a great way to see all kinds of engines in 510s. Look at the events site on Ratsun to see the past shows. I expect JBirds (the organizer) to be there with his 510 wagon with a V6 and I will have my '72 510 wagon with a VG33 V-6 and carburetor. Although significantly more work to install, I really like the V6 - and it's 180HP stock. Great daily driver and a blast at the track. You can see my build thread on the Projects page it's - '72 510 Goon - Prova - because it will be a test Many details about the swap, and if you don't want to read, there are quite a few pictures because on ratsun everyone loves pictures. Best of luck with however you go. Post lots of pisc as you can.

Sorry to see that mirror get dinked - when I park my '72 wagon (in my very small garage) for any expected longer amount of time, I take the mirror off just to make sure I don't forget to avoid hitting it. Good luck with your continued work.

Looking good! What paint did you use for the door panel top trim (silver)? I have mine yet to do on my wagon. Thx.

On a smaller scale, but still to improve the handling more I installed a steering box brace.

Although DMike's solution of homemade spacers will work (and are very inexpensive to make and well done), I would suggest buying a true bump steer spacer. These spacers are machined to fit into the recesses cast in the struts and lower control arms. Here's a photo of mine mounted to 280ZX struts (with T3 coil over kit) and the stock 510 suspension.

Video of car on the track!! My reward for all the work put in to make this car a fun driving 510. Running at the Alfa Romeo lapping day at Pacific Raceways - in car video of the 510 wagon (sorry it's not great quality, it was taken with a cell phone video by a passenger sitting in the car). Great fun though!!!

Took the car out to WagonFest in Tacoma over the summer. They selected our car to be shown in the featured area by the registration. Had lots of interest in the car and engine. Very good turn out and nice day next to the Le May auto museum.

Raymond, Love your wagon - any chance you can tell me the company and model number for your engine brace/damper? Thanks in advance for your help. I went to wagonfest in Tacoma and showed my '72 510 daily VG33 wagon. Cheers, Michael aka rosso on ratsun

I used a TecdhnoVersions box, worked great to convert the VG33 six to the stock 4 cyl 510 tach. https://www.technoversions.com/TachMatch.html Brian was great to work with and full of information. Highly recommended. Located in Arlington, Washington, USA

Here's a photo of the Speedhut Revolution in a stock 510 dash. I don't recall where I got this image on the interwebs.