jks13 Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 Is this 710 sedan in Import tuner magazine of this month? In the JCCS event coverage? Tried to find a picture of it online, but couldn't. I honestly swear I saw it. I also saw the car at JCCS in person. Just wonderin if it was the same, or maybe its twin. Awesome car BTW! :cool: Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted February 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 Thanks but no. It's spent it's life in Victoria till after 2002 when the owner died. His daughter tried unsuccessfully to sell it for some time. It was eventually bought and trailered up island to Duncan the ownership paperwork eventually following a year later but never put on the road... and sat until I 'acquired' it just before X mass '09. Has 26K miles (it's a '74 so the year before Canada switched to KPH) and has the original exhaust system and mufflers.... The part number checks out for a 710 sedan. . Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted February 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2012 Well I have the insurance on the sedan. Drove into town and back then up to the scrap yard and back. Runs great and was throwing heat in about 3 min. Has a 90 amp KA alt in it so the heater fan is like a tornado. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted February 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 Just got back from Campbell River and have 69 miles and 10.37 liters of gas used... 30.26 MPG!!!! Bitches!!! Quote Link to comment
Dguy210 Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 Just got back from Campbell River and have 69 miles and 10.37 liters of gas used... 30.26 MPG!!!! Bitches!!! Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted February 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 That's 60 MPH up drive around town and 50 back. If you were to do a steady double nickel would be higher. Right now its an automatic so :fu: to the auto haters. It also has a 4.11 rear end. Have a dogleg for it too somewhere. It was overcast but fairly mild today... just right for a Datsun cruise. Quote Link to comment
Will Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 Thanks for doing the conversion from metric to English Standard, for the bitches. Just got back from Campbell River and have 69 miles and 10.37 liters of gas used... 30.26 MPG!!!! Bitches!!! Quote Link to comment
Guest 510kamikazifreak Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 Just got back from Campbell River and have 69 miles and 10.37 liters of gas used... 30.26 MPG!!!! Bitches!!! :cool: was a great day to drive a datsun, I drove white into town a few times today :lol: rainging now tho Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted February 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 Thanks for doing the conversion from metric to English Standard, for the bitches. 'Course our gallons are bigger so unfortunately that works out to 25.2 MP u.s. G :cool: was a great day to drive a datsun, I drove white into town a few times today :lol: rainging now tho Have to get your address. Quote Link to comment
Laecaon Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 'Course our gallons are bigger so unfortunately that works out to 25.2 MP u.s. G I always have to remind myself of that when watching Top Gear. Like when the Jag diesel 2.8L twin turbo gets 55mpg... actually 45 USmpg. Quote Link to comment
Will Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 'Course our gallons are bigger so unfortunately that works out to 25.2 MP u.s. G I remember when I was a kid, seeing signs at gas stations in Buffalo that warned customers about big, expensive, IMPERIAL Gallons across the border! Quote Link to comment
Nice140Y Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 Just got back from Campbell River and have 69 miles and 10.37 liters of gas used... 30.26 MPG!!!! Bitches!!! Must have been that old gas you filtered out of the can.....LOL Good stuff.... Quote Link to comment
Sealik Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 I remember when I was a kid, seeing signs at gas stations in Buffalo that warned customers about big, expensive, IMPERIAL Gallons across the border! They are predicting $1.50 to $1.60 a litre this summer... :blink: As of today.... 1.17......big difference for a gallon north of the border Quote Link to comment
Guest 510kamikazifreak Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 They are predicting $1.50 to $1.60 a litre this summer... :blink: As of today.... 1.17......big difference for a gallon north of the border $139.9 for 89 oc here now(131.9 for 87 oc) :lol: has to be better fuel, right?,its worth moar :lol: Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted February 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 Those fuckers jumped from 115 to 125 last night! Thats $523 up to $5.68 a gal. 45.5 cent jump Quote Link to comment
Sealik Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 Those fuckers jumped from 115 to 125 last night! Thats $523 up to $5.68 a gal. 45.5 cent jump Yup....our pumps should read 126 within a week....spring 'break'... Quote Link to comment
Guest 510kamikazifreak Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 Alberta is full of oil,we get none..they "say" its the iraq crap. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted February 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 It wouldn't matter how much we have it would be sold for world market prices to make more profit. Heading to China of the gas guzzling states. (sorry no offense) Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted March 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 Well the car ran fine for our wedding trip. Once with heater, lights and wipers on we pulled to a stop and the car let out a screech that went away when I turned the heater down. Belt may have been wet and I have the KA 90 amp alt on it so that's quite a load on it. I'll check the belt this weekend. Yesterday I replaced the the 38 year old heater hoses as the short one from the head was wet. Wasn't looking forward to this as working under the dash beside the heater is a bitch... but surprize!!! The 710's brass heater pipes stick through the firewall and are easy to get at. The hose wanted to kink slightly on the 90 degree bend from the head to the firewall. I put a spare hose clamp on the kink and gently tightened it and squashed the kink into a round shape. Good to go. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted March 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 Bless Nissan for this. At least on the 710 you don't leak coolant all over the interior when changing a hose. Speaking of hoses there is more room out here to get rid of hose kinks than behind the heater core inside the car. This was the only tight area and also where it was wet. Could have tightened the hoses but they are 38 years old so I replaced and with SS gear clamps. This short length kinked so I put agear clamp on the kink and tightened it till it was round. Works for me. . Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted April 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 Well this spring when I got the sedan back on the road I was disappointed to find 'bumps in the (new) paint job. They were like acne pimples scattered randomly over the entire roof and the trunk. Maybe 3mm across no bigger. Also when waxing I found a rough painted area below the right headlight and another near the antenna. I ran into the guy who does the painting and told him about it and he said to come by. Well 6 weeks later we did... the bumps have gone down but you can just see their outline. So he figures that he should have waited at least a week before repainting the car. Remember ? It got painted the wrong color and had to be done over again? The first paint probably wasn't 'cured' enough and bubbled, or something. So he's agreed to repaint it and this will fix the other two or three bad spots at the same time. Oh yeah when the windshield trim is off more sealer can be added as there is still a small leak at the top. This can all be done once I get my goon insured for Canby and Mrs. D can use it to get to work. This paves the way for having the goon painted this fall or winter. Haven't decided on a color. It's pale yellow right now and i don't really care for it much.. wrong end of the spectrum... I'm more of a green or blue guy. I had a new '70 Dart back in the day and it was colored 'Sub Lime' like the Challenger below... I never liked it much and changed it to 'Sassy Grass Green' below. I always thought the Lime was to light and the Sassy green was just right with black hood, black vinyl roof and stripe. Can anyone photoshop the Sassy Grass Green color onto my yellow goon??? Quote Link to comment
420n620 Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 I used to have a pic's of a 710 wagon in that color (sassy green / lime green ) a few weeks ago but deleted it. That lime green on the 710 stood out like a sore thumb. May I suggest another green and I think it's also a Mopar color. A friend of mine painted his 69 Dart GT a darker green, not sure what it's called but if you like it, I can call him and ask. Anyways LMK what it looks like with the sun light on it. no sun light. Quote Link to comment
Z chopper Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 maybe british racing green Quote Link to comment
Will Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 Were you inspired by that lime green 610 goon that just showed up on Ratsun? Here's my best quick photoshop of a quick Sassy Grass 710 As far as greens go, I really like Datsun's "Leaf Green." It's a great 1970's green - kinda on the yellowish end of the spectrum, but not an avocado green. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted April 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 No, my Dart was originally SubLime green which is quite light snot green. The Sassy Grass is several shades darker and I don't think anyone would call it 'lime'. This getting there but needs darker. This has too much yellow in it still and not enough blue. Can you use the same color on the second Challenger I posted ? Barely noticeable right? Ha ha ha well better to try it here than paint it for real. . Quote Link to comment
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