After many years of 510 inactivity, I may be getting back into my project 510 which I acquired in October of 1994 for $2000). The car was manufactured in 9/69, and it has been off the road since about 1979. The previous owner started to make it into a race car, but never finished. It came with a JDM L18 engine (w/A87 head) which I still have, and a brand new Nissan comp. middle close ratio roadster gearbox, bolted up with a 240z bell housing. I sold the trans to a roadster guy many years ago for $1200 and sold a few other parts I didn't need over the years, like an uncracked dash pad and the under dash air conditioning unit. So, I this car has turned out to be quite a deal!
When going through it at time of acquisition, I recall finding an oil change slip sticker that call for the next oil change at 68,000 miles. Here are some pics as it sits today:
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I'm leaning toward making a decent replica #46 BRE car. Like that car, mine is a 70. For the engine, I'm thinking of going with an LZ22, bored and stroked to a 2.3 with 6" rods. I have a U67 head from a L-20B which was built by Tom Howen (Malvern Racing). I ran a similar it in a similar engine in a 510 back in college. I've still got the 92 mm crankshaft.
I have a 82-83 280ZX tranny for the car, and a 4.11 Subaru R-160 diff which I think is an LSD - can't remember. I will go coil overs all around, and 4 wheel disc brakes, but small enough to fit behind 13 X 7 Libres.
I've owned 4 510's now. I got a 4-door when I was 15 and ended up totaling it my first month in college at 18. I bought a rusty 2 door to replace it, but it turned out to have a full front clip (front of one car welded to rear of another). I set that one aside and bought a 73 two door which lasted the rest of college. That car had the 2.3 liter. It also had a factory tach, factory rear defrost, and a Canadian model heater core. I still have all of those parts. Unfortunately, I totaled that one at the end of college!
I've got LOTS of spare 510 hardware and some parts from the 71 four door and the 73 two door. I'll probably be putting some of them in the classified section.
Anyway, that is my intro. I hope to stay on track and make good progress, but this build will probably take a few years!
Garrett
