Datsun 510 daily driver building

Eventually i purchased that 240z from my friend and drove it as a daily driver, parking it about 12 years ago. As a teenager, he started tinkering with vw bugs before moving on to hondas. In the 1960s, japanese carmakers battled for respectability with u. Fully built 330hp datsun 510 a labor of love youtube. In this case, im not sure why it didnt have the same starpower, but the later 610 seen here on craigslist is a genuine rarity today. Many would also remember the master build plan we had in store for the.

Seventies family road trip in datsun 510 left its mark. Daily driven, sequential shifting, widebody drag monster dodge srt8 challenger. So i recently posted about having a problem installing the ignitor ii 91741 for 4cyl datsun, on a 1976 datsun b210. You may or may not know that my daily driver is a 1972 datsun 510 wagon. Datsun 510 classics for sale classics on autotrader. Im not being coy or overly humble to downplay what i built in the hope that it somehow makes me cooler. L20b engine with twin 45mm webbers, isky cam, electronic ignition, 280z 5 speed and clutch, aluminum flywheel.

The datsun 510 was a series of the datsun bluebird sold from 1968 to 1973, and offered outside the u. Dont mistake that statement for some selfrighteous bullshit. Few classics make sense for the daily drive, this is one of them. Windshields on the 510 come right out with 2 feet pushing out at. Its entirely driven by the prospect that you can have pretty much whatever you can afford to dream. Futofab offers steel, fiberglass and carbon fiber parts for the datsun 510, 240z, 280z, nissan sentra, spridget and vw golf. Artist robert rauschenberg creates a portrait of the datsun 510. Washington datsun 510 for sale wagon, coupe, sedan bluebird classifieds model years. So in the sake of practicality, keegan picked up a toyota tacoma as a daily driver and toy hauler.

Then posted some of the engine when i rebuilt it as well as the dynamat. A popular swap among dime owners is to use s rear coilovers mounted to the 510 shock mount in lieu of the rear dampers. Shop millions of cars from over 21,000 dealers and find the perfect car. Datsuns 510, a sport sedan for the common man, marks its golden anniversary kurt. I own a car that people compliment me on, and i just dont get it. It is my first car and ive owned her for about 2 years now. A wide variety of classified ads buy, rent, sell and find anything datsun 510 listings. Also for faster service, please have year, make, model, production date, serial number or parts number, and photos of your car or parts. This 1970 datsun 510 is a clean twodoor powered by a 2. Datsun 510 for sale in california bluebird classifieds. Two of the family members are nissan trained master techs and the other one works for napa corporate. You can buy solid rollers for 3k, you can get daily driver level mild 240zs with minor problems for 6k. Datsun 510 for sale in california bluebird classifieds page 3.

Most of the interior sheet metal was cut out to make room for a custom firewall, tunnel and wider rear wheel wells. This home built, years owned datsun 510 show us that you dont need power to party just commitment and a solid build. In the early 1970s mike koloffs family loaded up their datsun 510 and drove. If you dont already know about it, read up on its epic transam racing history. After months of planning and installing parts, we have finally arrived at beautifying our beast along with rebuilding our wiring harness no small task in a 40plusyearold car. Follow the restoration of the datsun 510 i bought in the 1970s. Originally this datsun 510 project was only going to receive an engine swap and a few suspension upgrades but now involves a lot more.

Its interesting to see the engine choice after fabricating such an elaborate chassis. Parts of the car lived on in other 510 projects williams built, as he also rallied and autocrossed datsuns. An affordable wellengineered package with lots of aftermarket support. In fact, it was the datsun 510 that started the trend more than a year before the z hit the u. Use classics on autotraders intuitive search tools to find the best classic car, muscle car, project. The first order of business was to make a rudimentary cross member that would fit the engine in the car where i wanted. During development, yutaka katayama, president of datsun usa, wanted the 510 to be a car with a sporty nature, not an economy box devoid of performance. What makes this such a highlycoveted piece is that datsun replaced it with a cheaper plastic vent in the later models. The green piece in the picture did not fit at all and i didnt find anyone experiencing the same issue. I just autox it now but it was a daily driver until 1982. The hot rod datsun 510 that makes purists squirm drivingline. Datsun 510 parts outlet 25201 s lammers rd, tracy, california 95377 rated 4. California datsun 510 for sale wagon, coupe, sedan bluebird classifieds model years.

The car is pretty well done now, just improving on the minor things like window squeegees, anti rattle felt, sunvisor clips, etc. He purchased his first car this datsun 1600 510 at the ripe old age of. That initial 510 was a daily driver for three years before it was in an accident. Where are you located, what datsun you got and is it driveable, in pieces, daily driver, or good enough. And if the z was a halfprice etype, then the 510 was a bmw 16002002 at a substantial discount. The 510 is a car that truly punched above its weight. May 11, 2016 the 68 and early 69 model datsun 510s came with metal cpillar vents.

If the 510 will be a daily driver, that usually eliminates highlystrung engines such as a racespec rebello lseries or an sr with a fat turbo. Following the success of the datsun 510, you might expect its successor to be even more of a home run. Datsun 510 for sale in washington bluebird classifieds. So with a little dremel action to make small modifications we got the job done. My daily driver which has more work in it than the 510. The family im getting the car from is such a huge datsun family. Unfortunately, this aspiration fell by the wayside when he got older.

He remembered watching the 510s competing at imsa races and thinking how cool it would be to actually own one. Seventies family road trip in datsun 510 left its mark driving. Classics on autotrader is your onestop shop for the best classic cars, muscle cars, project cars, exotics, hot rods, classic trucks, and old cars for sale. Datsuns 510, a sport sedan for the common man, mark. Visit mikes datsun 510 project on facebook to see many of the custom touches hes added to the car. The first imported 510s with column shifted automatic transmissions had the thicker floor sheet metal and are best for building. It is a daily driver and unlike many 510s, the wiring is not hacked up and the entire car is problem free.

A restomod datsun 510 for the road aged for perfection. In the last installment of our datsun 510 build, we upgraded a number of parts including our brake system and suspension with the help of ground control and futofab. Webb eventually found and purchased this 1971 datsun 510 coupe in 2009. While the 510 has a fan base committed to keeping the car alive, any 610s still on the road exist purely by luck. This car was built in california in 2002 and is in really amazing shape since the built. My end goal wasnt to have a daily driver, koloff concludes. Read the latest datsun 510 news and browse our full collection of datsun 510 articles, photos, press releases and related videos. I became more interested in building a purpose built race carthen i saw an add on. I just added some early photos of what the car looked like when i got it. Red deer enthusiast builds his dream datsun 510 from a farmers field find.

For the most part there are few constraints, the only person to please is yourself. A datsun 510bluebird coupe gets the full drag treatment over in japan, with a tube frame chassis, massive slicks taking up the whole rear end, and a potent straight 6 lseries finished off with some amazing titanium headers. Mar 25, 2020 visit mikes datsun 510 project on facebook to see many of the custom touches hes added to the car. I bought a datsun 1600 cc engine in 2005 and finally got it on. The building of this second datsun 510 began in 2005. If youre building a trackday weapon, a lack of midrange isnt going to matter, and neither will fuel mileage. Most car people think of the datsun 240z as the car that really changed the perception of japanese cars among the motoring press and the public. Levy, the 510 has often been called the poor mans bmw.

It took me three or four years to locate enough parts to put it together. The engine was recently rebuilt and modified with twin hitachi carburetors by the previous owner, who also refreshed the suspension, steering, and brake systems. Gene crow, sharps crew chief, would sell parts off the new cars he was building into racers, so i bought a 280z radiator out of paul newmans race. The engine was recently rebuilt and modified with twin hitachi carburetors by the previous owner, who also. After some internet research there arent exactly a million of 510s sporting this specific swap rolling around on the web some measuring, and a lot of thought, a plan was hatched. My goal was to build my dream car, the ultimate 510 that i couldnt. Building a datsun 510 with a rb25 engine swap depot. See more ideas about datsun 510, datsun 1600 and datsun car. View and download datsun 510 workshop manual online. Hemmings find of the day 1970 datsun 510 hemmings daily.

But for those that build their cars to drive, wear and tear be damned if it stops. The 510s engineering was inspired by contemporary european sedans, particularly the 1966 bmw 16002 incorporating a. For 510 model years after 1973, see a10 series in the nissan violet article the datsun 510 was a series of the datsun bluebird sold from 1968 to 1973, and offered outside the u. Mar 27, 2018 that initial 510 was a daily driver for three years before it was in an accident. We also have performance brake and suspension components. As activities go, car building has some of the most latitude. One of the most visceral, brutal, and characterful cars i have ever driven, owned by an experienced datsun enthusiast with a fascinating. While building his collection of petrolpowered toys. While building his collection of petrolpowered toys, keegans group of friends the same ones that got him into this mess were changing their cars as well. Through an unfortunate divorce situation of a 510 fanatic, jon was able to buy out a collection that consisted of a semi driver 510 sedan, along with a parts car, and a garage full of parts. The earlymodel metal vents were made of pot metal and finding a set in good condition is like winning the lottery. Mar 16, 2016 the car is pretty well done now, just improving on the minor things like window squeegees, anti rattle felt, sunvisor clips, etc. Daily drivers include a 69 roadster, 70 510 coilvers, enkie 92s and another 70 240z that is being built up right now thats almost done. Interesting bluebird 1600sss badging on the front fenders, and brestyled stripes on the side.