Stepchild

[J.Chimpo]

Hi everyone i just picked up a 78 datsun 510 hatch about a week ago. and i've been lurking around checking out some of your dimes. and it seems like the late model 510s are like the stepchild no one seems to talk about. Granted i would love to have an older datsun but i figure a late model 510 is better then none. i was curious if anyone had pics of one that they"ve modified so i could get some ideas. :D

[INDY510]

Why are the pictures so small?

[J.Chimpo]

yeah yeah i know pics or it didn't happen.:D i'll upload tonight when i get home

[INDY510]

Does it look like this?:

 

 

 

 

 

[bonvo]

heres an over seas model that i found on jnc a very indepth resto

[J.Chimpo]

yep that looks like it. i was thinking of doing some modifications the interiors pretty beat up well everything but the dash is. so i think striping is in order. and mine looks like its got a factory optioned cb. i'm missing one of the rear wing windows so was thinking of removing the oppisite and filling it in with a piece of sheet metal or aluminum. and changing the rear tail lights over to a single round light on each side.

[Skib]

yeah yeah i know pics or it didn't happen.:D i'll upload tonight when i get home

 

its pics or ban here, better got movin :lol:

[fuzz's '71 510]

its pics or ban here, better got movin :lol:

 

[J.Chimpo]

you guys really just wanna see any 510 u can huh? well your in luck well maybe not it might hurt some of your eyes

 

 

notice the wonderful missing rear window and the lovely rust at the bottom of the door

 

 

if u look closely it looks like someone ran into a pole

 

 

i'm kind of like the cb. and unfortunately it is an automatic

 

 

anyone want the seat covers. if not there getting a unceremonious bonfire burning

 

 

i got alot of cleaning to do here.

[lardlungs]

she is gonna be awesome!

[Skib]

there ya go :thumbup:

[izzo]

is this the one that was 400 or another one?

[J.Chimpo]

thanks lardlungs and skib i hope to have her looking good. don't think i am gonna go for the normal resto look though. we got some nice curvy roads out where i live and thats what i want it for.

 

is this the one that was 400 or another one?

 

me and a buddy picked this up off CL a couple months ago for d derby but i couldn't let it be destroyed.

[bonvo]

thanks lardlungs and skib i hope to have her looking good. don't think i am gonna go for the normal resto look though. we got some nice curvy roads out where i live and thats what i want it for.

 

 

 

me and a buddy picked this up off CL a couple months ago for d derby but i couldn't let it be destroyed.

 

you get positive reputation for this statement

 

as for cleaning i find spray on oven cleaner and a pressure washer work wonders in the engine compartment just be sure to cover the carb and dizzy

[Loren]

I knew a guy from West Linn,Oregon back in the early '90's that had a late model 510 with a z24/l20 head engine in it. he raced it Pro-Rally. from what I heard it was real fast. must've been pretty tough to handle racing on those forest service roads & whatnot. I think i saw one last time I was out at u-pullit/U-save in Boring,Oregon. Give them a call 5036632211 maybe they have that window you're missing.

[J.Chimpo]

thanks Loren. but i'm not sure if i wanna go through the trouble of finding a widow or do some body changes on the car and seal up those side windows. i do like to weld and fabricate and have the skills to do such a project. what do you guys think? it would be different and thats the way i like to do thing, lol

[Laecaon]

I would feel sorry for anyone who rides in the back seat. I rode in a Infinity RX35 once, horrible. The you sat so far back that you had to lean quite a bit forward to see out the windows. I dont like that feeling.

[bonvo]

thanks Loren. but i'm not sure if i wanna go through the trouble of finding a widow or do some body changes on the car and seal up those side windows. i do like to weld and fabricate and have the skills to do such a project. what do you guys think? it would be different and thats the way i like to do thing, lol

 

you will have huge blind spots if you weld them up.....

[lardlungs]

giver on the river, do whatever you want. it will never be your ride till you make it your ride. go nuts, just post pics, we will all be stoked

[Loren]

giver on the river, do whatever you want. it will never be your ride till you make it your ride. go nuts, just post pics, we will all be stoked

 

x2 go for it!

[J.Chimpo]

I would feel sorry for anyone who rides in the back seat. I rode in a Infinity RX35 once, horrible. The you sat so far back that you had to lean quite a bit forward to see out the windows. I dont like that feeling.

 

well the back seat is really torn up so i wasn't planning on anyone riding in the back mainly cuz i was just gonna remove the seat.

 

and the blind spot is one thing i was kind of worried about but its a small car i've driven big cars and pickups my whole life. so i don't think it will be that bad. and pics will be happening tonight i hope to get the interior cleaned up and a tune up done. and remove the smog pump. damn emissions crap. :)

[RAlly_DatoB210]

thanks lardlungs and skib i hope to have her looking good. don't think i am gonna go for the normal resto look though. we got some nice curvy roads out where i live and thats what i want it for.

 

 

 

me and a buddy picked this up off CL a couple months ago for d derby but i couldn't let it be destroyed.

 

hey i think i know that guys name he got another one if i remember right....