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Joe,

 

Glad to see you held onto the 810! Let me know if you need some wrenching help...I've been meaning to get up your way and check out the 240 for a while.

 

So any chance she'll be ready for showing at ye ol Burger King out my way? :flamedevi

 

-Ryan

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Joe,

 

Glad to see you held onto the 810! Let me know if you need some wrenching help...I've been meaning to get up your way and check out the 240 for a while.

 

So any chance she'll be ready for showing at ye ol Burger King out my way? :flamedevi

 

-Ryan

 

PM sent :)

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I don't know why there is tape on the driveshaft.

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More Pictures:http://photobucket.com/79_Datsun_810

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Congratulations.

 

Excellent project, it is not easy to find a nice 810 . I am following your work, not only because I like Datsuns a lot ( have a 610 and a 710 myself, owned a performance B210 and soon will purchase a 280ZX from an old lady ) , but I have been looking for an 810 ever since. I always wondered why I could not find any built ones.

It has a 6 in line powerfull motor, I like it. What suspension are you using for the front? I have a 610 that is in the final stages of suspension mods before hitting the road. I am using 280ZX strut assemblies which are similar to the 610 assemblies except for the heftier caliper and vented discs.

I am shortening the assemblies, so I need shorter struts to go in. Ground control coil overs with Eibach springs for the front.

 

Hope to see more pictures.

 

Jaime._____________________________________________________

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Congratulations.

 

Excellent project, it is not easy to find a nice 810 . I am following your work, not only because I like Datsuns a lot ( have a 610 and a 710 myself, owned a performance B210 and soon will purchase a 280ZX from an old lady ) , but I have been looking for an 810 ever since. I always wondered why I could not find any built ones.

It has a 6 in line powerfull motor, I like it. What suspension are you using for the front? I have a 610 that is in the final stages of suspension mods before hitting the road. I am using 280ZX strut assemblies which are similar to the 610 assemblies except for the heftier caliper and vented discs.

I am shortening the assemblies, so I need shorter struts to go in. Ground control coil overs with Eibach springs for the front.

 

Hope to see more pictures.

 

Jaime._____________________________________________________

 

Thanks Jaime!

 

I cut a coil and have Koni's on the fronts. Bilstein and Quickor springs from a 280ZX for the rears. Post some pics of your Datsuns...

 

BTW here is a nice 4-door in Idaho Ebay Item number: 150257343813

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After a fantastic recommendation by 1tuffz in conjunction with a vacation to visit family and see Niagara Falls...again I took an 8 hour road trip up to Lancaster New York to Classic Tube. Well a month later this is what I received back... New and old are in there.

 

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I also found a plating place in my home town that took care of all my suspension bolts (260+ pieces) for $100 shipped! Can't beat that. :D

 

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looks like they didnt media blast those parts or put them in a hopper... i would be replace any bolts that look questionable with newer hardware and ave the newer batch re-done, but keep using the ones that came out good.

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For a couple years I owned Ernie's (RacerX) 810 and I even autocrossed it a few times.

 

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Hey John. Any photos of that 810 racer????

 

Would like to see it.

 

Thanks.

 

Jaime._____________________________________________________

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looks like they didnt media blast those parts or put them in a hopper... i would be replace any bolts that look questionable with newer hardware and ave the newer batch re-done, but keep using the ones that came out good.

 

Already done.

 

Thanks,

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Hey John. Any photos of that 810 racer????

 

Would like to see it.

 

Thanks.

 

Jaime._____________________________________________________

I remember that car. It was a red 4 dr., 77 or 78. He autocrossed it but I don't think John would call it a racer. Last I heard was that the kid that bought it gave it a 'pimp my ride' type of treatement (oversized clown wheels, etc.) and since then it just kind of disappeared from the scene. It's been about 3 years since I last saw that car. This is what it looked like before the wheels etc. were changed:

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Thanks for the pix Yardbird.

 

That is most unfortunate, such a nice 810 with that potential and nice looks falling in the wrong hands can certainly end up with that clown wheel treatment that I abhorr myself.

 

Poor 810, those clown , or Barbie Doll look wheels as I call it, made it attractive to the wrong kind of crowd and God knows were it ended up!

 

If lucky, someone might see it and rescue it from ending up looking like Barbie Doll's car, enormous chromed wheels, corny paint colors and a boom box that makes the glass and trim fall off:icon45:

 

Jaime.____________________________________________________

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