Minty 1969 510 Sedan

[indy510]

[bobbyjones]

i like this

[tristinGrind]

[coconutt]

Hell yeah! I'm liking that Safari grill, lol.

[hinrichs]

looks soo good now, cant wait to see more progress

[MommysLittleMonster]

Just awesome.

[brsteinbach]

I love 510s! I would like to see more pics of your car, maybe you could give us a link to your build thread so we can just check out on the other forum?

[tristinGrind]

So to sum up the 40 or so pages of my other thread, here is what I really have left to do. Some of this stuff I really havent mention even on that forum, but here are the rest of my plans:

In no particular order-

• Engine swap (more-than-likely just a rebuilt stock unit)
• Dual Mikuni side drafts
• 20gal. fuel cell
• ProClassic lines for everything
• Relocate battery to trunk
• Finish GL tail light install
• Bumper mounted license plate light
• ZG fender flares... possibly BAMF (wider) versions... possibly carbon fiber
• Vinyl top (though I would have to get rid of my sunroof which I like very much)
• Engine bay tuck
• Stereo
• Skid plate

Now those are the for sures. I have a few possibly's as well as a few options.

Air bags: Now, everyone wants to go lower. Moar loar is always better! But I dont want to scrap shit... thats only fun for so long. Well bags should get me where I want, but whats holding me back is the front suspension. With the way that its configured, air bags are not fully supported and can move around. There is no upper control arm to keep things solid. Ive been brainstorming a few ideas with a could other people who are interested in bagging 510s, and were trying to come up with a solid plan.

Dry sump oil system: Now, Id like to do this for a few reasons.

1. Better oil control
2. If the pan is shorter, I might be able to remove the pan without needing to pull the engine (which is the normal procedure)
3. The drain plug on the 510 pan is the lowest part of the engine bay which is ridiculous. What that means is, is that whenever you lower your car, the first thing you scrap is the drain plug. That blows.
4. Because I can as a machinist... or will be anyway. Im still new to this game, but I figure milling my own oil pan and reservoir tank will be fun.

Wheels:
Now I currently have two options that Im looking at doing for wheels. Now, Im either going to rebarrel my SSRs (as I love love love SSRs), or will be making my own set of centers for a set of BBS barrels. I just know that I will need a wider set of wheels to fill out the flares.

Went to a local show in Seattle for all Japanese and Euro cars pre-85:

[Trigsby]

Already looks killer. Keeping an eye on this one.

[12345678910]

great so far, love the wheels

i hope to own day own one

[tristinGrind]

Ha... I just went through your build thread earlier; great thread! Your engine bay is wicked. Ill have to check out this other thread you mention.

Edit: Turns out I already know that car... Im friends with his brother. Were from around the same area.

[willis]

This is my kind of build, I love this!

Such a good color! Now sixty-nine-dime has some competition.

[AMGwheelwhore]

Love the mismatched wheels!

[FunfGang]

Loving this!

[tristinGrind]

Love 510's and can't wait to see how this build goes

Thanks! I still have quite a few plans left to get it to where Im mostly done/happy with it. It runs like a champ and looks decent so Im pretty content. Im hoping to have it mostly done by this time next year for an annual Datsun weekend carshow as well as a local old school event they do up here.

I dont have much left thats big so it shouldnt be too hard. As of right now, I have to major items on my list and thats an engine swap (nothing crazy, mostly bolt in) and rebarrelling my SSRs wider. The rest is all easy/cheap things I can do as I go.

One other item that may happen is I might bag it. The strut setup in the front isnt very bag friendly since theres no upper control arm to stabilize the bag, but we shall see what I come up with.