Datsun 510 ....

[BOOOGHAR]

cant go wrong with mini lites on a 510

[38P]

L-88 hood, DeLorean PVR . . . oops . . . wrong thread.

Yes, these photos are of OPELs, not "Dimes," but the Steinmetz-style box flares looks a lot more elegant than the bulky late BRE box flares.





As for the mill . . . It'd be hard to resist a modern DOHC turbo or maybe a simple turbo SBF.

[Gary 351C]

There is a strong following for those old 510's here in the south land. Prices reflect that following.

It seemed these and the Toyo Corrollas of the early 70's were cars of choice back in my pizza delivery days.

I think anything Asian and RWD has a following now and isn't cheap. I always liked the Mazda RX-4s.

[38P]

The "I-live-too-close-to-a-leaking-nuclear-plant" versions





(What is it with the externally-mounted heat exchangers?)

[38P]

I think anything Asian and RWD has a following now and isn't cheap. I always liked the Mazda RX-4s.

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The one I wanted back in '72-'73 . . . .

[milner351]

in the same vein - when was the last time someone saw a BMW2002?

[Gary 351C]

in the same vein - when was the last time someone saw a BMW2002?

I had a '70 2002, another failed project.

[38P]

[Bob Holmes]

Alfa GTV beats the crap out of both of them.

[JOES66FURY]

^^^this,


I dig the little Datsuns....there is one running around the base here with a I4 and some side draft carbs, sounds like a billion pissed of hornets and from what I have seen...it goes like hell....

[38P]

Alfa GTV beats the crap out of both of them.

That's what all the AAA tow truck drivers say . . . .

[38P]

[Loren]

A stock 510 was a decent car for putzin' around in, there was one I used to borrow sometimes. I always thought the BRE-style ones were pretty cool. Any 510 now gets the looks from guys who were there back in the day, and many kids too.

But you never saw them in the L.A./Malibu canyons when I was there...1600cc was not enough and the semi-trailing arm rr suspension is kind-of a smooth-pavement deal only. A built V6 Capri (pre-Fox) or even my IECO-hotrodded Vega 2.3 would eat 'em alive on those roads. I would hear about swapping in Datsun 2000 roadster motors but never saw one. BMW 2002s were also oddly rare...I guess it goes along with the deal where if you can't afford to wreck it, you can't afford to race it. All the guys with the pricey stuff tended to congregate on corner turnouts and usually not go testing themselves in public.

To have a 510 now would be a hoot, given that a couple-hundred horsepower and better suspension is more do-able these days. Roll cage and belts!

[Bob Holmes]

That's what all the AAA tow truck drivers say . . . .

Ouch...

[Bob Holmes]

For a while I wanted to obtain one of each of the three cars that contested the Trans-Am under class: GTV, 510, and 2002. They are all great tossable little cars.