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Duct Tape Saves The Day For Vintage Racer's Datsun 510

A '68 Datsun 510 race car is a pretty good handling machine, but when you race in the sleet, rain, and snow of a Pacific Northwest springtime (as VintageRacer does) sometimes your car ends up taking an unscheduled detour off the track. Make the jump for VintageRacer's story.
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3:00 PM on Mon Apr 28 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,558 views, 23 comments

car theft

Find This 510: Stolen Datsun in LA

Have you seen this classic Datsun 510? The viciously tweaked '69 dime was stolen recently in the Los Angeles nabe of Echo Park, and has been spotted — Corvette Summer style — cruising the area since then. Just like WWI veterans, 510s are rare and getting rarer, and those preserving one of the Jalop's most esteemed classic cars should be rewarded with our attention on this matter. If you're in LA, and you spot a matte-finish 510, or if you see a suspicious car on Craigslist or eBay, let this guy know. He'd do it for you. [NICO Club]

11:00 AM on Fri Oct 19 2007
By Mike Spinelli
2,662 views, 21 comments

Latest by Turboner: Good luck to him. I had my 63 Nova wagon stolen for about a week. I felt so violated, by both the perps AND the Police who left it in the impound yard for two days before calling me, despite more »

choose your eternity

PCH, Japanese Turbo Edition: Piston or Rotary?

The 2TG-equipped Corolla cruised to a reasonably solid victory over the tubbed Nova in yesterday's Choose Your Eternity poll. And that's fine, but that Toyota makes us feel like doing an all-Japanese, all-torture selection for today. As always, the problem with Japanese Hell Projects is that the cars themselves start out being pretty reliable and well-built, and in most cases parts aren't very hard to find. That can mean only one thing: turbocharging!
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5:30 PM on Tue Oct 16 2007
By Murilee Martin
3,141 views, 48 comments

Latest by n/a: Being that I owned a '91 RX-7 convertible in college, I have a special place in my heart for them. Also, if I ever go to hell, I'm sure my days will be filled working on one in the driveway. more »

racing

The Bluebird of Vintage Racing Happiness

Since we all enjoyed the shots of VintageRacer's Datsun 510 in action so much, he's sent in some more quality racing photos. This time the subject is a right-hand-drive Bluebird, which has made the move from Japan to the racetracks of the Pacific Northwest. Once again, thanks for sharing this stuff, VintageRacer! More »

2:00 PM on Mon Oct 15 2007
By Murilee Martin
827 views, 6 comments

racing

VintageRacer's '68 Datsun 510 In Action

The hue and cry from the readers who demanded to see more shots of VintageRacer's Datsun 510 after seeing just its engine in yesterday's Workhorse Engine of the Day post has been answered. You can all thank VintageRacer for being kind enough to send in a bunch of high-quality shots of his car, both on the track and standing still. More »

3:30 PM on Wed Oct 10 2007
By Murilee Martin
2,309 views, 18 comments

choose your eternity

Project Car Hell: KA24DE 510 or Turbo 2002?

After the decrepit Crosley wagon just barely edged out the parts-nightmare DAF in yesterday's Choose Your Eternity poll, we figured it was time to put up a couple of projects that would give you plenty of Insane Hoonage Potential for the money (while still driving you completely berserk with frustration and sucking flurries of Benjamins out of your wallet, of course). And, inspired by today's DOTS car, we're going to let you debate the merits of the combatants in the never-ending BMW 2002-Datsun 510 rivalry.
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5:30 PM on Wed Aug 15 2007
By Murilee Martin
3,725 views, 38 comments

Latest by bantamweight: UPDATE: In-depth coverage of popular GM transmissions including rear-wheel drive transmissions thm200-4r, thm350, thm400 and thm700-r4 and front-wheel drive transaxles thm125/125c, thm3t40, thm440-t4 and thm4t60, includes theory of operation, in-vehicle repairs and performance modifications. from Cadillac Catera repair manual more »

choose your eternity

Project Car Hell: 510 Wagon Or Famous Gremlin?

Yesterday, we had our closest Choose Your Eternity poll yet, with the '58 Rambler just barely edging out the Buick-chassis '54 Packard by a couple of percentage points. Today we've decided to take a break from the 50s stuff and look at a couple of low-cost-of-admission project cars hailing from the Malaise Era.
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5:30 PM on Fri Jul 27 2007
By Murilee Martin
3,440 views, 44 comments

Latest by n/a: Easy choice: GremlinBack in the day, I had a five-n-dime 4dr, and my gf had an AMC. AMC was quite a bit faster.The 510 wagon didn't have Independent rear suspension, and with an auto would be heavy, slow, and flex more »

question of the day

Question of the Day: What's Your Favorite Car Country?

Davey G's travels in the People's Republic has got us thinking — what will the culture of Chinese cars be like? Ever since the Datsun 510 we've known about the SUPER POTENTIAL inherent to Japanese cars. Then the NSX showed us that the Rising Sun can beat the big boys at their own supercar game. And cheap. The upcoming hotness that will be the Skyline should cement Japan's position as technical high-performance car-ninjas in the minds of Americans. Even Korean cars are beginning to stand for something besides frickin' cheap. As to what exactly we don't know, but something. So we pose it to you, which country makes the cars you like the most? That speaks to you the loudest? That you dream about most often? Is it those stoic Germans and their horsepower mega-machines? The French with their oddball, well, oddballness? Americans with our love of the straight line, cupholders and sheer size? Personally, we can't decide between Britain and Italy. At all. You? – Jonny lieberman More »

2:45 PM on Mon Apr 23 2007
By Jonny Lieberman
1,368 views, 81 comments

Latest by Sketch242: I always wanted an Esprit, but I ended up buying an NSX instead. There's something great about a (90's) supercar with 180,000 miles on it that is still virtually maintenance-free. I've driven it halfway across the country several more »

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Whither Johnny Morton? Datsun 510 is AB's Reader's Ride of the Day

As we power up the Jalopnik laptop each morning, we're usually greeted by a period shot of Pete Brock's BRE racing team circa 1971: driver John Morton, Brock and engine chief John Caldwell, along with the Datsun 510 racer the team ran in the SCCA Trans Am series that year. That the Jalop comprises all manner of 510 geeks is no secret, which is why we were plenty psyched when Autoblog picked a restored, tuner model as its reader ride of the day. It's a bit of a Frankenstein's monster, this butterscotch brown '72, sporting BMW headlamps, a suspension fitted with bespoke swaybars, and a turbo-boosted Nissan SR20DET under the hood producing 300 hp at the wheel. It even has a BRE-style air dam, which all proper 510s should. Click through for more Datsun geekery, in the form of John Morton's commercial for the original 280z. – Mike Spinelli
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10:26 AM on Thu Dec 14 2006
By Mike Spinelli
2,620 views, 4 comments

Latest by n/a: The butterscotch paint and the BRE "spook" spoiler are vintage 510. You might want to ask a local Porsche Boxer or EVO owner about how potent a SR20det in a 510 can be. more »