New Zealand Datsun Club

Here is a quick rundown of my P510 SSS rebuild. I am the second owner of the car. Bought it out of a deceased estate. Old lady bought it new in 1973. When we took the covers off the back seats, there was QC marks on it dating it to October 1973. It has taken me a year to get to this point. The only issue I still have is getting the right windscreen rubbers. SA spec was different to the rest of the world. Anycase, it is a real pleasure driving around in it.

This is what I started with:


















The big stripdown.I stripped every piece from the car. Everything was labelled and stored away. Later on I cleaned each and every bolt and nut. Whatever I could replaced with new stuff was replaced. Others were refurbished
















Child labour. I was fortunate enough to have my 11yo daughter help me with the restoration. Unfortunately other forum members decided to do this to her. She was quite chuffed.


Off to the sandblasters. Every part that could handle sandblasting, was sandblasted. The body was primered immediately after the blasting with marine primer.



Sandblasted and primered


Datsun achne


Rust on door


Sandblasted doors


Suspension before


Suspension after


Gearbox after


After clearcoat have been applied


Stuff to be plated


Back from plating








Assembled front suspension



Engine parts














Lead work on body




Botch job on bonnet repair. There was a dent in the bonnet, but the first panel guy tried to cover it with filler. The second outfit picked this up and we decided it was not worth repairing. This forced me to find a new bonnet. I got one that was stored in someones garage for 20 years. An original from Nissan Japan.




Panel shop













Back home




New coil springs too long. The replacement coil springs were way to long and through a process of trial and error I got them to the length I wanted. It did take me a week of stripping, cutting and fitting though.




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Engine in










Soundproofing


Work getting a bit much for the little one


Outside for the first time






Steering wheel refurbishment





New wheels arrived






New bonnet arrived








Rear view


Front view


Coil spring lowereing


Before cutting


after cutting


new weather strips




Upholstery












The finished car

im blown away with how much detail you have gone through to get where you are. well done. i wish i had half the motivation you have man, its simply epic

Man thats one of the coolest builds ive seen - gotta love it when everything is new or nearly new

Put me down for an Awesome! Would be very cool to have something like this, that is practically new again. Awesome Awesome Awesome

Dattodevil wrote:Put me down for an Awesome! Would be very cool to have something like this, that is practically new again. Awesome Awesome Awesome

My BIL, that stays in Aucland, have begged me to sell it to him. He says he would make a killing selling it to you guys. He told me to log onto your local Datto websites to tease you guys. He recons you guys love your Datsuns. Anyway, if you want to kill him, I'll galdly supply his address. He still owes me money for marrying his sister.

welcome AWESOME build man, attention to detail and the quality of your work is just EPIC.

The best resto build ive seen ever! Congrats dude

I love the interior most, what a beaut!

Thanks for shareing the pics with us, I personally love seeing how much work goes into a car like this, im absolutely impressed

Followed this build closely on the other datto forums, I would be happy if my build had half the quality of yours!