510 Wagon for my M50 swap?

[pacmanE30]

510 wagoons are pretty rare. and I've always been a fan of those cars.

[Anthony B]

I love the 510 or as we call them the 1600 over here, you can turn the 510 into a cruiser or an absolute rocket plenty in Aus running 10's in full street trim

No sure what the datsun scene is like over there but in Aus we have maddat that the name best describes their madness

http://maddat.com.au/1600.php

[illest318i]

I like the wagons more then coups most of the time :D

Check this video out.

vimeo.com/44244509

Nice, I liked the wagon a lot, but his truck is awesome. I've seen it in person before.

Now that I remember there was a '72? wagon at my local junkyard, went back a week later and it was all taken apart. The body was straight and solid and it barely had rust on it.

And an s54 would be pretty freaking sweet! I would love to see that happen.

[OneCleanE30]

Nice, I liked the wagon a lot, but his truck is awesome. I've seen it in person before.

Now that I remember there was a '72? wagon at my local junkyard, went back a week later and it was all taken apart. The body was straight and solid and it barely had rust on it.

And an s54 would be pretty freaking sweet! I would love to see that happen.

The hilux is sweet, they're pretty rare also. If I could find one I'd pick it up haha

[OneCleanE30]

Here's a picture of the wagon

[jc72]

why not just put the m50 in the 510?

[illest318i]

Here's a picture of the wagon

Looks pretty clean. A buddy of mine has a coupe the same color. What are your plans if you do get it? Engine wise

[ELVA164]

Get the wagon, and then save up to stuff an S54 into it. it would turn heads and be buckets of fun.

Please don't swap it if you get it. It doesn't matter so much in something like an E30, but a rare car like a 510 wagon deserves to stay original. Besides, you can get decent power out of the motor it has.

I loooove wagons. I love 510s, but if I remember correctly, 510 wagons got live axle/leaf springs instead of trailing arms in the rear. Hard to say if my love of wagons outweighs the worse suspension setup.

Doesn't matter. If you don't believe me, watch any of my Lotus Cortina videos! :p

[OneCleanE30]

Looks pretty clean. A buddy of mine has a coupe the same color. What are your plans if you do get it? Engine wise

I'm not sure yet, something simple but fun.

[Dj Buttchug]

why not just put the m50 in the 510?

please do this op

[Onizukachan]

Rust. If it is in the wings, it will be in the rockers.

[rturbo 930]

I just stumbled on the car in question while looking for other Datsun related things... Not so sure I'd go for it now, seeing the rear end all smashed in. Not sure how hard finding a new tailgate would be.

[LJ851]

I loooove wagons. I love 510s, but if I remember correctly, 510 wagons got live axle/leaf springs instead of trailing arms in the rear. Hard to say if my love of wagons outweighs the worse suspension setup.

Doesn't matter. If you don't believe me, watch any of my Lotus Cortina videos! :p

"Any suspension, no matter how poorly designed, can be made to work reasonably well if you just stop it from moving."

Colin Chapman

[aaron.j]

http://community.ratsun.net/topic/14356-510-bart-wbmw-e30-front-suspension/

[e30crazie]

Before the e30 was affordable in 1988, 510's were a big deal. I personally owned 5 dimes and 2 of those were wagons. I love my e30 but if someone told me they'd trade 1 of my e30's for a clean dime I'd jump on it. Wagons are sick and much like an e30 they are way customizable. Anyways... just my 2 cents.