Copy of watermarked-100B1430_1600x1200 (1) by Devon Mitchell, on FlickrLittle background info -
A few years ago I was into the Subaru scene... but the car was my daily driver... next step on that car was turbo swap and the downward spiral from there... being my daily I couldn't afford to break it on Sat/Sun and not be able to drive it on Monday. I went to the Limerock Vintage races and saw the Stonebridge 510 ripping around and decided at that moment that was the plan.
1972 Datsun PL510 racer by Vetatur Fumare, on FlickrSold the Subaru, bought a Tacoma and started my hunt for a 510--- it took about a year of searching on and off to finally find one. Considered a rusty yellow 2 door (Little Miss Sunshine... ) but it was too much of a project for me. Then found a rusty stripped two door in CT, but again too much work for what I was prepared for.
Some photos of the 2door in CT... it was rough... but it did have a CA18...
IMG_1084 by Devon Mitchell, on Flickr
IMG_1083 by Devon Mitchell, on FlickrYears after looking at this car, I learned that the owner passed away and his business partner was trying to get his stuff off the property. That storage container behind it, housed two 510s and ton of parts. A good buddy of mine and his uncle ended up picking those up... you never know what can be hidden in those containers.
Finally I stumbled on a Red 4 door down in MD on craiglist, traced it back to Ratsun and chatted back and forth with the guy for a few days and decided to pull the trigger.
Ran all over to find a Uhaul dealer that would rent me a trailer for my little Tacoma... finally found one and picked the trailer up bright and early in CT, drove down to MD, made the sale, loaded it up, and drove all the back to CT the same day. The little Tacoma did surprisingly well pulling 4.5k lbs.
Loaded up -
IMG_1117 by Devon Mitchell, on FlickrThats a great view-
IMG_1118 by Devon Mitchell, on FlickrPhoto collage I found recently browsing the web of when it was first for sale-
4b1f75accc7811e1a39b1231381b7ba1_7 by Devon Mitchell, on FlickrAs it sat, it was a 71 four door with some race history, but not much official known. Had an L20b with weber DCOM 40s and a 5 speed trans. Suprisingly rust free for an east coast dime. The previous owner Brad had done some work to clean it up though, replacing the trunk pan. He also cut out the front portion of the "cage" leaving the rear roll bar in place. Interior totally stripped and some WRX seats bolted to the floor.
A few randoms from Brad's original thread--
WRX seats
DSC00192 by Devon Mitchell, on FlickrEngine
DSC01485 by Devon Mitchell, on FlickrReplaced Trunk pan and back end (work done by Brad)
DSC01490 by Devon Mitchell, on Flickr
DSC00277 by Devon Mitchell, on FlickrWith just a few tweeks I was able to get it up and running and to the CT DMV to be registered.
One of the first meets I drove it too with the CTZCC crew
DSC_1658 by Devon Mitchell, on FlickrShortly after getting the car and starting a thread on Ratsun - one of the earlier owners posted up some more original photos of the car - I was also able to pull a vehicle history report on the car to find that before me the car had been registered 9 different times since '91
med_gallery_11655_1105_683364 by Devon Mitchell, on Flickr
med_gallery_11655_1105_111299 by Devon Mitchell, on FlickrMore to come....
