black 1980 720

[yenpit]

So the story goes that Datsun never offered a BLACK 510 to the public, however Datsun did offer black 510's to the dealership owners as demo's, which were ultimately eventually sold to the public.  We have an original black 2dr here in Colorado......it is an original black demo car.  I have also seen a 4dr & a Wagon in factory black, so again, they were dealer demo's!  These 510's had a BLANK paint code sticker.  That being said, I have a BLACK 1980 720 2WD..............the ultra clean 77k original mile paint code sticker is BLANK............looks like it never had a paint code stamped.  Anybody know if this 720 might have been a dealer demo?

 

Sad part is this 720 is rusted badly & needs a drivers side front clip from accident damage.  I bought it for parts, had already pulled the low mile L20B 5 speed & rear axle for my 521 & pulled many other parts, before I saw the blank paint code sticker.  However the frame is good (no accident damage) & I have a clean title for it!  If this really is a black dealer demo, I will STOP stripping it down & offer it to somebody as is, probably FREE, so perhaps it would get a new lease on life!?

 

Thoughts on this being a dealer demo cuz it is black with a blank paint code?

 

TJ

Denver CO

[Lockleaf]

No idea on the paint code subject, but I would love to see a few photos of the truck if you are willing to post them up.

[Charlie69]

4 hours ago, yenpit said:

So the story goes that Datsun never offered a BLACK 510 to the public, however Datsun did offer black 510's to the dealership owners as demo's, which were ultimately eventually sold to the public.  We have an original black 2dr here in Colorado......it is an original black demo car.  I have also seen a 4dr & a Wagon in factory black, so again, they were dealer demo's!  These 510's had a BLANK paint code sticker.  That being said, I have a BLACK 1980 720 2WD..............the ultra clean 77k original mile paint code sticker is BLANK............looks like it never had a paint code stamped.  Anybody know if this 720 might have been a dealer demo?

 

Sad part is this 720 is rusted badly & needs a drivers side front clip from accident damage.  I bought it for parts, had already pulled the low mile L20B 5 speed & rear axle for my 521 & pulled many other parts, before I saw the blank paint code sticker.  However the frame is good (no accident damage) & I have a clean title for it!  If this really is a black dealer demo, I will STOP stripping it down & offer it to somebody as is, probably FREE, so perhaps it would get a new lease on life!?

 

Thoughts on this being a dealer demo cuz it is black with a blank paint code?

 

TJ

Denver CO

If the 720 is a standard cab roll the 720 chassis under your 521.  Wayno can do this in his sleep!  LOL

[yenpit]

On 1/8/2021 at 3:28 PM, Charlie69 said:

If the 720 is a standard cab roll the 720 chassis under your 521.  Wayno can do this in his sleep!  LOL

 

My 521 is a flat bed, already has an extended frame!  I'm a 510 guy at heart, but if I get deeper into the trucks, a body swap might be a great project!  We had a 1980 std cab short wheelbase 4x4 in a local LKQ 2 years ago.............now THAT would have been a great chassis to use!!

 

Here is the truck!  Again, it is badly rotted out & you can see that I had already cut off the mangled drivers side sheetmetal, so I could strip it down without gashing myself!  The 77k original mile L20B & 5speed are already pulled, the rear axle is next to come out, once the hulk is positioned for ease of getting on a trailer!  I WILL try to pass along the frame & body to someone else, otherwise it needs to go to scrap 😐