There are times when you’re finishing up a build or a restoration, and you look at the car, and you suddenly see it the way other people see it. You’ve looked at it for months, maybe years – you know every flaw, every bolt and nut, every curve, every scent… but one day, you see […]

With all the major events of 2013 in the books, the fall is a great time in AZ to really crank out a lot of work on the Datsuns – except that it’s also the best time of year to DRIVE them! So, we’re not getting in over our heads this year – One car […]

With two big shows (JCCS and the Multi-State Datsun Classic in Williams) coming up on back-to-back weekends, some fine-tuning on the 510 and a few more updates were needed… Little stuff, such as adjusting the rear sway bar, replacing a fussy ignition switch, and replacing some dash cluster bulbs. Time flies when you’re preparing for […]

Now that the 510 was running better, it was time to put some additional “shakedown” miles on it, just to find the little things that might go wrong when it’s driven harder. Well, the day prior to heading out for the local show, we found one: The header had developed cracks on three of the […]

Now that Project 510 is all assembled, I think it’s time to take it out and see if it’ll move under its own power. After a few cranks, she fired right up – and the sound was nothing short of ungodly! Remember, we haven’t installed an exhaust system yet, so she’s running a lumpy cam […]

Getting close to the end of a restoration project is an interesting time… For some people, it’s super-exciting, and they tend to rush things towards the end, just to hurry up and get it out on the road. For others, like me, it’s bittersweet. Once the project is this far along, it’s too late to […]

WE’RE BACK! Guys, I apologize for the lack of updates – Project 510 had to take a bit of a break, for several reasons: I had a couple health issues that kept me out of the garage for about 6 months, a couple of our other cars needed some immediate attention, and life just got […]