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    First-Ever LeMons Datsun 510 Prepares To Race Next Weekend!

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    Image of Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness
    07/05/09

    In reply to First-Ever LeMons Datsun 510 Prepares To Race Next Weekend!
    FINALLY!!!! ....


    We can get you one of these if ya' want....


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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    07/05/09

    In reply to First-Ever LeMons Datsun 510 Prepares To Race Next Weekend!
    Shit, they almost don't need a theme.
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    Image of Jim-Bob Jim-Bob
    07/05/09

    In reply to First-Ever LeMons Datsun 510 Prepares To Race Next Weekend!
    It is sad to see a 510 in such condition. I would have loved to have made it the centerpiece of my own hell garage and am saddened to see it meet it's demise in LeMons. That said, I will be cheering for it as the Datsun 510 is one of my all time dream cars, right up there with the original Mini, the Trabant and the Lamborghini Miura SV.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    07/05/09

    @Jim-Bob: Cars no longer "meet their demise" in LeMons, now that no more races take place at Altamont "Demolition Derby" Motor Speedway. These days there's very little metal-on-metal or metal-on-concrete contact at LeMons races.
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    Image of JC Whitless JC Whitless
    07/05/09

    @Murilee Martin: Well, Peoples curse notwithstanding...
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    07/05/09

    In reply to First-Ever LeMons Datsun 510 Prepares To Race Next Weekend!
    Found a really badly hit 510 on eBay recently, would have been a perfect contender. I think the bidding was still less than 5 bills, too, and it had all manner of aftermarket performance equipment on it.
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    Image of JC Whitless JC Whitless
    07/05/09

    In reply to First-Ever LeMons Datsun 510 Prepares To Race Next Weekend!
    You need to check out the song "Rollin' in the 5-1-0" by Size 14...






    It's a Japanese juggernaut

    You better get out the way

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    Image of JC Whitless JC Whitless
    07/05/09

    @JCWhitless: [www.myspace.com]
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    07/05/09

    In reply to First-Ever LeMons Datsun 510 Prepares To Race Next Weekend!
    Very impressive backstory and lots of good karma--may the ancestors be with you, little 510!
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    06/15/09

    In reply to Very First DOTS Car Up For Sale!
    That's a sexy little car. I don't know if I could let it leave my garage without weeping. For 3k? Please....
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/14/09

    In reply to Very First DOTS Car Up For Sale!
    At least he took the tape off the headlights.
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    Image of despisethesun despisethesun
    06/14/09

    In reply to Very First DOTS Car Up For Sale!
    Question: Is it Jalopnik-approved to buy this thing, put a modern high-revving 4-banger into it, and have a lightweight sleeper? Not that I have the money to do any of that, but I'm looking at this thinking it's a perfect project car and the comments here make me think the Jalopnik secret police will throw me in the Jalopnistan gulag for thought crimes.


    Seriously though, cool car. Like everyone else here, if I had $3000 plus travel money, I'd be all over this in a heartbeat.

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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    06/14/09

    @despisethesun: I won't say no outright, but I strongly recommend that you search extensively for a non-runner first.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    06/14/09

    @despisethesun: Normally I'd say that an engine upgrade would be a great idea, but this is one of the very last relatively unmolested 411s on the planet. Probably best to keep the original running gear.
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    Image of Gearhead's Garage Gearhead's Garage
    06/15/09

    @Murilee Martin:


    Have you ever driven one of these? 1300cc's of get-you-to-60mph-sometime-today power. A period-correct upgrade would be an R16 out of a 311 Roadster, although I think that tiny engine compartment is calling out for a rotary.

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    06/15/09

    @Gearhead's Garage: I rode in it from Alameda to Vallejo for the Motoring J Style show, and it was indeed pretty damn slow (though not anywhere near as slow as, say, a VW Rabbit Diesel). I think staying original is still worth it in this case.
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    Image of John Krewson John Krewson
    06/14/09

    In reply to Very First DOTS Car Up For Sale!
    If I wasn't up to my wedding tackle in reliable Japanese bauxite...
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    Image of cyclopticgaze cyclopticgaze
    06/14/09

    In reply to Very First DOTS Car Up For Sale!
    For $3,000 he's giving it away. Please, someone! I'd take it but I live on the wrong side of the continent.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    06/15/09

    @cyclopticgaze: It would rust in about 19 seconds where you live. I think it needs to stay in California.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/14/09

    In reply to Very First DOTS Car Up For Sale!
    Oh, and if that's the original red paint, how is it not pink? It's the lead, isn't it.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    06/15/09

    @Ambiguously Fuzzy Plushroom: It's actually not quite as vivid a shade of red as it appears in the photos. More like an orangy/faded red.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/14/09

    In reply to Very First DOTS Car Up For Sale!
    If this car leaves California, I hope the owner mails Jesse back the plates and frames.
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    06/14/09

    In reply to Very First DOTS Car Up For Sale!
    There is so much right about that car, I don't know where to begin. Wish I could make it mine...
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    Image of Alphamazing Alphamazing
    06/14/09

    In reply to Very First DOTS Car Up For Sale!
    Wait a second... VW kit car for the 24 Hours of LeMons race? I thought kit cars weren't allowed...
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    06/14/09

    @Alphamazing: A kit car based on a VW Beetle pan counts as a VW.
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