Comments by "" (@tommurphy4307) on "Hagerty" channel.

  1. the 1200s are actually harder to find nowadays
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  2. i have a two-door and my girl drives a 4-door (which i maintain)...does that make me a snob, too? and... my 2-door has a 2+ inch extended wheelbase- try doing that with a 4-door car. there are a few great mods that you can't do with a 4-door or wagon car. your comment is ignorant and not appropriate and there are hundreds of 510 owners out there that would agree with me.
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  3. if you are referring to the plastic barrier underneath the door trim i would recommend making and installing another one if you ever drive it in the rain. and get that horrible B/W letchworth tranny out of there and find a 3N71B tranny for it.
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  4. theyre foreign car fanatics- don't get your panties in a wad.....
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  5. we used to get corvair or monza wheels for our 510s when we were young and poor.
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  6. are you friends with the butt-hurt guy complaining about the same lack of info??
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  7. you already said that- GET OVER IT
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  8. its only worth what someone is willing to pay- just like anything else
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  9. you can bet someone already snapped it up.
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  10. i would say go to northern california or the pacific northwest and you should be able to find a solid one- but you won't like the price.
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  11. no- the barrier was factory- glued to the door shell. it stays put when you release the door trim clips. there's something to be said for 'hands-on' knowledge.
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  12. good for doing donuts in your ex's front yard.
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  13. no ones going to 'cut it up' - its a four-door car. a big boy who likes to chop and modify is going to want a two-door car even if just because its a hell of a lot easier to get in and out of (and looks better to boot). the only 510 that belongs in MY museum would be the ultra-rare '68 two-door car. anyone who says they have one has to put out and post a pic somewhere.
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  14.  @towallomeesgel1703  just bagging it would cost a fortune.
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  15. you can get em from year one- gen 1 mustangs are hot in california.
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  16. youre not understanding how sparse their dealer network was here.....
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  17. maybe it was really a 2-door sedan? they only had the K-510s in the JDM
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  18. the value of the auto 510s are quite low as they are a lot of work installing the three-pedal setups for MTM.
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  19. its okay but its a 4-door car.
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  20. some people change out the speedo heads (usually an attempt to deceive a potential buyer)
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  21. some 510 guys have skinned-over the flimsy gas door ON THE RH QUARTER PANEL and just put the outer filler/cap directly on the tank filler in the trunk. my sedan is like that. all you had to do was look in the trunk where the fuel tank was. the license plate filler was a moronic GM idea.
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  22. in asia, as well.
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  23. pretty much
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  24. we build em- you drive em
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  25.  @seed_drill7135  ...because they used salt on the roads upstate. some of the western new york cars are still around as they used slag on their icy roads.
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  26.  @TheCanadianBubba  since the 2-door 510s weren't brought to the US until 6/68, they are extremely rare as only a handful made it here before the '69s started showing up the following month. i've lived in southern california for the last 42 years, working at various datsun/nissan dealers and i've seen only one '68 2-door sedan.
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  27.  @MichaelSteeves  i still have my '72 2-door sedan- its now gone over half a million miles. it has an alcohol-fuel nissan V6 in it now.
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  28. they never put 5-speeds in those- somebody must have put one in yours.
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  29. once upon a time, we had a red muira s at rick case honda in cuyahoga falls back in '73. it was a lemon and went thru 3 frustrated owners before we bought it back (again). it then burned to the ground on one of our techs test drives. the end.
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  30. about 12K in 2018, and about 20K nowadays. thats for a solid, straight, rust-free 4-door car like you would see in the southwest desert locations.
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  31. no you don't....
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  32. because at some point it was driven in the salt & snow. what a downgrade- from a 2-liter 510 to a fairmont.
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  33. good luck finding parts- any kind of parts. any good nissan dealer parts dept can help keep your 510 running.
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  34. nissan never used a six-cylinder in any 510 and your '69 was not an A10 510/violet as they weren't introduced until 1976. the 3N71B automatic 3-speeds weren't introduced until mid-year 1970. get the VIN and MOP, post it and i'll tell you what it really was. if it was a 69 510- it would have had an L16 engine mated to a borg-warner 2-speed 'full automatic' transmission.
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  35. better pick one up at auto zone.
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  36. way past its useful life.
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  37. sitting for 25 years is a hellova lot better than being abused or neglected for 25 years.....
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  38.  @meharidude  call it 'unique'- call it what you want- i call it 'ignorant'... a telescoping steering column is smart- even the 510 had a collapse-under-impact steering-column body.
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  39. its a moisture barrier and most survivor 510s still have theirs.
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  40. it would be safer with a multi-spoke wheel as that has nothing to do with the collapsing steering column- and the datsun had such a steering column, as well.
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  41. amazing he came up with that abortion
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  42. the first rx-7 was a hot seller because it was fast and cheap. period. kinda like the first 240Z. my old beat-up datsun 510 could smoke a 944- bfd
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  43. i miss my '68 510, too
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  44. come to shasta lake california during a UFO swap and you can see them- many are for sale. but be warned they sell for big bucks now. a clean, bone-stock 2-door 510 can fetch 45-50K. the only reason they get rusted out is because of the use of corrosive chemicals on icy roads.
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  45. in an age of blown engines displacement doesn't mean that much nowadays although i prefer all-motor for the stoplight drags.
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  46. probably sold it the next day
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  47. for his mom
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  48. nonsense- come to california and you'll see them again. go to shasta lake during the UFO picnics and you can see a hundred or more of them...
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  49. its only $19,999.99 will that be cash or bank check?
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  50. the 2-stroke saabs really were something special- the 900 series was mundane, by comparison.
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  51. its just an old grocery-getter...
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  52. not even close- there are lots of them out west where they don't use salt or chemicals on the roads. some VG-swapper daihatsu rockys out here, too, and they do wheelies they are so crazy.
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  53. wow- a lot of generalizing there. 510s appreciate because they are good cars with timeless style. they only rust out when people neglect or abuse them. i power wash the underside and suspension stuff on my 510 at least once a year and now hit it with my 80-volt yard blower afterwards.
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  54. because it was driven in salt- did you take it into the mountains??
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  55. who's sorry now? the 1602s are right about worthless now. early 2002tii's are HOT.
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  56. how about 4.111 rear end?- they didn't make a 4.10 my 72 has a 300hp VG motor swap and is a fun stoplight car. it used have a 4-pinion fairlady R180, but i went with the 37/10 R200 viscous rear end from a turbo Z31. it also has cheater 610 trailing arms for longer WB.
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  57. they only 'rot like hell' when they are driven in salt and salt-solutions- why does everyone think they just rust out on their own?
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  58. at the 510 meets in northern cali- i see collectors usually with stock-ish or JDM cars- and i see builders with some crazy unique stuff. one of my favorite 510s has the VH45 (infiniti Q45) V8 in it. last time i was there my sedan was the only the one with LWB and most guys didn't even notice the mod. i didn't do it for looks....
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  59. when i take my '72 out- i let my buddies drive cuz its better for my driving record and its quicker with 2 guys in it.
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  60. there are still a lot of them in southern california. the UFO club members have some beautiful examples.
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  61. i love smoking suzuki swift GTI's with my four-cylinder daihatsu charade.
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  62. that sounds right
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  63. i guess thats a kids video game.
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  64. regarding getting away with speeding- i would believe a traffic cop before i believe anyone involved with the development of the C4 chevy corvette or someone involved with the insurance industry. or..... you could go to big 5 or chick's and get a radar gun and prove it to yourself instead of merely speculating how the car was styled/designed
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  65. all the datsuns came with the plastic barriers beneath the door trims. most technicians had no reason to remove or disturb the plastic so most of the surviving cars still have theirs. on the sedans i have built, i used painted factory door and rr trims and created new barriers for them. they are essential because the 510 has water management and drains inside the doors- designed to handle the water running down from the glass. if you see a 510 without the plastic thats a red flag and you should look closer.
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  66. only in the places that have snowy winter roads.
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  67. porsche built this car and they didn't use ANY porsche parts- you MUST have been supervising....
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  68. some people just drive them and don't tear things apart- nothing wrong with that
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  69. not when youre in italia
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  70. to hell with that- there's room for a V6 or V8 under there...all motor and if its done right it will smoke any FJ- even the 2.4 which is hard as hell to find.
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  71. hope you've done that- cuz they are appreciating hella fast.
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  72. i paid $400 for a texas 510 that was just as clean, but i stuffed it into the side of a vista cruiser back in the late 70's- that was a sad day as it was my first car.
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  73. one more time- it was a moisture barrier protecting the door trim panel. its not rocket science, people.
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  74. thats nonsense- they were styled to emulate the bmw sedans at a fraction of the price and they are one of the most pursued older datsuns out there. plus, they garner more attention on the street than ANY citroen.
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  75. no, they survived if they weren't driven in salt or other salt-based solutions. you sound like someone who knows nothing about sheet-metal work and cosmetic restoration.
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