Friends 510

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So I convinced my friend to buy a Datsun 510. After looking at a few she decided on a daily driven 1972 510 4 Door.

 

 

 

 

Anyways, the stock steering wheel was all messed up so we picked up a steering wheel off of a Datsun 610

 

 

And the front seats looked like this

 

 

So we took the seats from a Datsun 710 and put those bad boys in with the 510 sliders.

 

 

Those are original seats and have not been recovered, each ones has a small tear but the plan is get them reupholstered some time.

 

Here's a shot of the engine bay.

 

 

So far the main plan for the 510 is to get 4-Wheel disc brakes, Power brake booster, EFI, and a 5-Speed transmission.

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The floor boards do not look very good but I guess they could be worse.

 

 

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Well it looks like the floor boards are going to need to be replaced. I pulled the dash and mocked up the new one.

 

 

 

This is the Datsun 710 Dash it seems to fit really well, just need to trim some of the plastic on the edges to make it fit more flush. then find some replacement floor boards/make some and have someone weld them in.

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Well the interior is completely stripped. the only thing in there is the steering wheel, and the dash harness. and we ground away most of the rust off the repairable areas. but left the replaceable areas alone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We've also removed all trim pieces except for the drip rails... can't figure out how to take those off. all weather striping is removed as well.