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Sad way to find out that Len Robertson has passed on when I was searching for F10 parts yesterday

What did they do to your car!?!? https://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cto/d/1975-datsun-710/6739454781.html

...depends on how you get your money from ebay. Paypal reports to the IRS if you make over 20k / year.

Sorry I didn't make it this time - I should be able to get there in the F10 for the next meetup!!

...no, but I thought you could at least make it last another eight years! -and the engine bay color actually looks kinda good next to the purple - sometimes the engine bay is a different case out of laziness when someone doesn't want to pull an engine and unplug all of the wires. Not the case here.

I like blue or burgundy (wasn't this car burgundy at some point? Or was it red?)

...and if anyone does stop by Carson City, could they nab the alternator bracket that bolts onto the A14 block too? It's missing on my F10.

Thanks for the offer - I managed to track down a temp set and a friend actually tracked down someone with a spare F10 set of wheels. Hopefully I can tackle missing paperwork in the meantime. It's looking better with the filth washed off:

Anyone nearby SF have a junky set of 114.3 x 4 rims/tires? It would be a shame if I can't get this thing to the BBQ. It will look a lot better after it gets 15 years of dirt washed off of it. Well, "better" ...for an F10.

Hi Mike! ...I've been carless for a year-and-a-half, but I just picked up a F10 today to introduce chaos into my life. (I'll post some pictures after I get a bit of work done on it.)

It looks like a great start to a project - I was watching this one on craigslist too. I'm hoping that you don't find anything scary when the oil pan comes off!

Don't get too inspired by the holiday!

I'm stumped here - can anyone ID this dash pad? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-vinyl-DASHBOARD-Dash-pad-1970s-era-Datsun-Mazda-other/253415987802?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

I can't tell from the pics - is the rear axle still there? I used the rear axle parts to upgrade my old 710 to rear discs - could be useful to someone else with a 710.

I might even have another Datsun to drive to the next BBQ, so I don't need to ride a bike there.

This thread is making me miss my old '74 710!

Not my car anymore - but it did get painted the color I would have chosen!!

June 11th? That's the day before my birthday. I'll try to be there!

I saw a early 810 sedan at the San Jose North P-N-P - looked pretty fancy with extra stock gauges (maybe they all had those?)

I'll be there ...if the car will start!

So, the dummy lenses are just plain white plastic? Odd that they wouldn't fit a reflector in that space.

No windshield wipers? What about all of the rain?

I might be driving a Colt there too, so maybe it won't be the only one.

From the Dublin Pleasanton BART station to Manteca - still pretty far. I went by the Altamont Landfill - it was surprisingly scenic. I kinda had to buy the car, since I didn't want to ride another 45mi back to the train!

I recently picked up a '73 Colt Wagon. I was really missing driving a wagon, since the trunk in my Datsun 710 was too small to fit a bike wheel, so I couldn't carry any projects or tools around - and when I saw this Colt pop up on Craigslist, it seemed to fit the bill. It will be nice to keep on driving a car where no-one knows what it is. I've had a few years of people telling me that I'm driving a Corolla, just like their dad's, when I pull up to a gas station in the 710 - now I'll probably be hearing people tell me that I'm driving a 510. The people at the insurance company didn't know what I was driving either when I signed up: I needed to travel to pick up the Colt, and the bus schedules were pretty useless, so I wound up taking the BART train as far west as I could get, and then I hopped on my bike and rode another 45 miles east. ...it was quite a long ride, but the scenery was beautiful. The car had a lit brake warning light, but it seemed like it was still stopping okay (though it had been a while since I've driven something without power brakes!) It made it all the way back to a friend's place near the city where it could wait while I transferred the plates and all of that paperwork stuff. The car had flipped a few times in the past year or so - I found some pictures back when someone had it outfitted as a fake Subaru, complete with trailer hitch. ...I was tempted to re-install the brush bar as a bumper protector. It took a little looking to find out what this thing is - Antenna Key! I spent last weekend cleaning the car the best that I could - it seemed like it was in a very dusty location for a long time - inside the doors and under the carpet was a lot of dust COATING every surface. Plus, I managed to fill the footwell with JC-Whitney-style add-on wiring as I pruned the harness back to its stock configuration. Luckily, in most cases the P.O. just cut away a bit of insulation and added the new wires instead of butchering the wiring beyond hope. The back seat is pretty okay: The front seats definitely need some work - the foam is pretty worn with chunks missing, and under the junky replacement carpeting was some slightly less junky original carpet. It looks like it has received an unoriginal tractor-style shift boot at some point. The dash is okay - some warping and cracks. The heater valve is frozen, so I'll either need to get it working again or find a replacement. It has a/c, but the underhood components are missing - it would be nice to find them and get it back together for summer driving. ...looks like someone decided that they had better ideas about pedal spacing than Mitsubishi: I managed to glue this back together, but it still isn't working: Under the hood, some leaks, but nothing totally catastrophic. What the heck is that muffler doing masquerading as an exhaust header? Under the car, it looks like someone had some weird ideas about crossmembers and transmission mounts - I'm not sure what's going on over here: ...and the leaf spring bushings are toast: I picked up some manuals to learn more about these Dodge Colt things... ...according to this cutaway view, they're powered by happy critters: The car already received its first mash note: Last weekend, I tried to bleed the brakes, unsuccessfully. The rear reservoir was filled with quite a bit of rust, and when I opened the rear wheel cylinder's bleeder NOTHING came out when the pedal was pressed. ...so as soon as an order from Rock Auto comes in, it'll be getting a new master cylinder, rear wheel cylinder. I think maybe I can clear out the lines with compressed air to get rid of some of the bad brake fluid? I also need to put in an alternator. ...I washed under the hood, and though I tried to avoid the electrics, it seems like the alternator was close enough to death for a bit of water to push it over the edge. In better news, it looks pretty good after a wash: ...I was thinking about giving it some vinyl wood to cover up some damaged paint: As far as future plans, beyond getting the basics up to snuff, I'd like to swap in a 5-speed and electronic ignition - nothing too drastic. It'll be staying pretty much stock, though I'd like to swap in some round gauges! (it looks like that would require some time with a heat gun or plastic glues.)