Hey all

Well, I wanted another car that'd be a little more practical than the car I've got at the mo, and after looking at the aussie market for a while I stumbled upon the humble datsun range. Looked a bit further and found the 510!

Fell in love as soon as I saw it and so I went out and got one! I've picked up a '72 P510, L20B running on straight gas. Overall it's in a pretty sad condition but that's why I bought it after all. Some pics below

I'm planning a complete restoration and rebuild so the interior will be updated with something comfortable, a nice nissan 2L (FJ or SR, undecided), some modern suspension and brakes, complete strip back to baremetal and rust treatment and a good respray! None of this will be happening for a while though, I've got another project to finish first but that shouldn't be much longer


Looking forward to getting it running nicely

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1972 P510
1979 620

doesn't look half bad mate. straight LP gas is good too, plugs never foul, oil stays clean, and you can hike up the compression without pinging

No complaints with gas that's for sure

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1972 P510
1979 620

the straight gas sounds cool throw up a pic of the engine bay, i'd like to see the setup, i've only seen an A series engine with gas on it, never seen an L...

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120Y Coupe- longest build ever!

Not the best pics, if there's anything in particular you'd like a look at I'll get some more

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1972 P510
1979 620

Very Nice!

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1972 Datsun 1600, S14 SR20DET Engineered (204rwkW @ 17psi.)
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That looks different! looks like a CA18 inlet plenuim how smooth does it go/run?

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Previously owned Datsun's:
71 Wagon - WAG510 SOLD now is sa "datto"
71 Sedan - P510M0540
1980 JDM styled Suzuki Carry SOLD

I've only driven it a little but overall not too bad, normal performance hasn't suffered too much. Once warm it runs well, but takes a while to get there...

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1972 P510
1979 620