I sent a message to someone on this site that had a 710 that was just like the car I was looking for (ZX 5-speed! 74 hardtop! White interior! ...not GREEN, but at least not a boring color) to see if they had any leads on a car like theirs on the market, and they offered to sell me their car. Hooray!
So it looks like I'll be flying out west near the end of the month and then driving back with my brother who lives in Los Angeles. He'll be driving his Jetta, so I'll have a bit of security if the car breaks down... and besides, this will be my seventh time driving cross country. ...and two of those California-New York trips were in a '76 Gremlin, so I should be okay, right?
So, I'm looking for suggestions on what to bring for my emergency roadside repair Datsun survival kit. L18, ZX 5-Speed. ...what's gonna explode?
And I need to pick up a few parts along the way, so If you have some extra 710 parts laying around, or want to show a weary traveler around your local junkyard with 710's, I need:
74 hardtop front bumper
rear package tray (that's what the panel is called that is between the top of the back seat and the window, right?)
rear springs (the ones on the car had a bit too much of their arc removed, so now the driveshaft bonks the driveline tunnel sometimes.)
dashboard bezel that hasn't been hacked for a radio.
I have a set of instruments that I pulled out of a 710 in a Finnish junkyard to offer in trade. With a tach! And a metric speedometer, so you can pretend that you're going 150% faster!
IMG_2340 by willkrause, on Flickr