the unwanted car i wanted

[drivnovrdaedge]

i picked up this 1988 bmw 325is in asperations to flip it to get money for my other project ... 1969 datsun 510

but then i fell in love with the car and got stuck with school and other bullshit

it needed front lip, paint on bumper and fender, driver side glass and motor ....

picked it up for cheap

its been sitting in my garage for the past year since i have been bouncing between schools, career paths and jobs. i started working at a hospital a couple months ago so now i am getting a stead flow

i should be done pretty soon

the mess of car parts in the garage



the car





tan interior



black interior progress



honda s2000 seats





guage pod




getting ready to put the motor back in finally

[drivnovrdaedge]

magnaflow exhaust



also bought a magnaflow y pipe

some momo spares i picked up with tires for 200 bucks



new polk momo front components speakers



ebay headers:



also picked up a full set of bbs rx that are getting mailed from Wisconsin with tires ... should be here on monday



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when i am done with putting the motor in and get everything running ... i am going to be putting alot of stuff for sale .. so check for it

i know for sure i have 2 heads ... one ones rebuilt and cleaned, milled and checked ... the other one was pulled off a motor with a blown headgasket .. could use the head being milled but all in all good shape

[320iCar]

is that also an e21 sitting in your garage? i love the rims on it. those looks pretty nice for ebay headers as well!

[drivnovrdaedge]

its a 1969 datsun 510 .. my original love .. pics when i first got it 4 years ago .... found some rust in quarter panels, bondo was cracking and the body was eating itseld ... been tryin to restore it since ..

so ill probably sell the e30 in the near future to get the datsun in the body shop

plans are sr20det, keep original wheels, go back to regular fenders instead of the bubble fenders

[320iCar]

that is just a beautiful 510! i wanted one even more than my current bimmer. but in richmond, they are WAY overpriced (since our....err...'racial' makeup drives up the prices for old import cars)

[kowalski]

I love 510's.

[Bimmer_Racer]

I've all but given up on finding a 510 project car. They are becoming rare, and when one does pop up, you've gotta have a pretty hefty bankroll. the search is ongoing.

[Shocka]

agreed 510's are gorgeous, the japanese 2002, or the german 510? which was first?

[Shocka]

From wikipedia "The Datsun 510 or P510/PL510 was a series of the Nissan Bluebird sold from 1968 to 1974, and offered outside the U.S. as the Datsun 1600. According to AutoWeek's G.D. Levy, The 510 has often been called the "poor man's BMW." The 510's engineering was inspired by contemporary European sedans, particularly the 1966 BMW 1600-2, incorporating an SOHC engine, MacPherson strut suspension in front and independent, semi-trailing arms in back.[1] The European-influenced sheet metal design is attributed to a young Datsun in-house designer, Teruo Uchino." i had a 310 for a couple years, what a workhorse, first car i really loved. Beat the **** out it on the daily. like an abusive husband.

[drivnovrdaedge]

update ....

oh yeah ... timing belt and water pump were changed out .... next up will be the oil pan and rear main crank seal ...

dont mind the bird poop welds .. lol ... had to modify the x pipe so that i can go to a single pipe .... catalytic convert should be coming this week ....

had to cut it .. split it .... and then put some plates inbetween .. and then weld it back together and then weld the y pipe ..... i need more practice welding .. but its only exhaust ... not a roll bar or cross member .. lol !

and the rims got here

[direction88]

Where did you get he Y pipe from? Do you still have the pre S2000 seats?

[drivnovrdaedge]

i bought the y pipe from amazon.com .... its magnaflow # 10748 ... dual 2inch in and sing 2.5inch out ....

the honda s2000 seats are going to be perminantly in the car and yes i do have the seats and almost all the leather interior including the rear seat

you interested in picking them up ?

[drivnovrdaedge]

progress:

since you guys dont have a work log type section .. ill just keep posting here

got some progress with the e30 ...

fully reassembled engine ... bought new bolts for the missing bolts ...

dropped motor in ... fits in perfectly ...

hooked up transmission crossmember and slave cylinder ...

test fitted headers .... hit on transmission tunnel a little bit ...

ran harness and hooked it up

still alot to go but very simple stuff .. hard work is done



need to put new wheels on ... but whatever .... i am happy its at its stance it use to be .. forgot it was so low .. and happy i bought custom skid plate ..



stripped the interior again ... im going to the junk yard to pick up a gray carpet ... maybe ... the carpet is wet and moldy .. YUCK!





i felt like hooking up the car with some bling ... so i put the bbs rx on .. and the front lip ......... a huge difference .... ill take some pics with the car outside the garage when it stops raining .. whenever that is

before:



after





need to bend out the front valence ... the lip doesnt want to sit right .. just something else to do i guess ..

[Slammed80]

Which Magnaflow muffler is that??? Looks like the one I just put on my 89.

[drivnovrdaedge]

it a magnaflow 14815 ... how does your sound?

i am just wondering if i should put a resonator .. since i will be running the headers ... y pipe, and magnaflow free flow cat .. and that muffler .. dont want it too be too much ...

sound clip?