Today I drove to San Jose, CA with my father and picked up a 1969 2 door 510 from Ian of this forum. He was a very, very nice guy and gave me a pretty good deal at $800. The car has 93,000ish miles and hasnt run in 15+ years. The motor and tranny are trash, but thats perfect for me, cause I am going to swap in a SR20 anyway. Overall, she is reallly straight and clean with NO serious rust, only a little surface rust here and there.
I am very happy...
Very, very clean and straight.
Almost NO rust. Just a little skin cancer here and there ...
Good glass!
The interior is somewhat trashed, except for the rear bench seat. Oh well, its all gotta go anyway. Yeah, fenders, bumper, grill, and so much more piled in the trunk and cabin.
May the project begin! Next up: finish finding a garage, order an SR20DET motor front clip and start the body & interior restoration.
PS: http://www.cassidysgarage.com went live. It will be a tech article site documenting the progress on the Datsun 510 my 72 biodiesel Mercedes. I will inform you when it gets some content...
I am part of the club now...
Very cool! I hope things go well with the project!
It's good to here another Datsun will be saved and resotred...
sucks to see them just driven into the ground and thrown away!
It's good to here another Datsun will be saved and resotred...
sucks to see them just driven into the ground and thrown away!
richard norrish
'68 'goon resto / '71 ice racer / '72 'goon project / '70 4-door rust pile / '67 520 project
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'68 'goon resto / '71 ice racer / '72 'goon project / '70 4-door rust pile / '67 520 project
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shardik wrote: My swap will be made of solid gold and it will run on puppy farts.