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£30,000

Asking price

1971 Datsun 510

  • Right Hand Drive
  • Manual, 5 speed
  • Petrol
  • 2200cc
  • 1971
  • Blue
  • Private seller
  • ZA
    Johannesburg South, South Africa

Description

Body.
Full ground up bolt & nut restoration 2017-2019
Every nut & bolt was replaced after car was completely stripped to a shell for a full rebuild.
Every panel was assessed & straightened if necessary & rust prevention applied.
Car was painted in a one off custom blue, inside & out.
510 coupe taillights were fitted, new front headlights & indicators fitted.
Bumpers were trimmed & tucked to fit right up against the body with minimal gaps & finished in a satin silver to match all the chrome that was given a brushed satin finish.
New window, boot & door rubbers fitted.
New front windscreen fitted.
Grill is a SSS steel grill but have a Supersonic grill too included in sale.

Interior.
Front seats are from a 1989 Nissan Sentra coupe & recovered in black leather, rear seats have been bolstered & covered to match the front.
New door cards were made & covered in matching vinyl material.
New carpet & headliner done in black too.
Dashboard was completed repainted in satin/ flat black & top panel was covered to match the door trim.
Audio is by Alpine head unit, JL Audio 8” sealed sub & Infinity spilt system front & rear all powered by a 5 ch amp that sounds amazing.
Steering wheel is a Momo 350mm

Suspension.
Front: All bushings are Teflon & coilover front struts fitted with custom springs & Koni inserts.
Adjustable camber plates.
Wilwood 300mm discs & 4 piston callipers
35mm bump steer blocks fitted to correct swing arm geometry.
Rear: Sachs coilovers with custom springs & new Teflon buses fitted throughout.
Brakes are stock drums ( Not a race or track car, no disc conversion needed)
Diff is a Subaru LSD R165 with Datsun 4, 1:1 ratio.
Crossmember has been modified to fit a 63mm exhaust through.
Wheels are Compomotive CX16 ( 16 x 7 )
Tyres 205/ 50/ 16 rear 195/ 45/ 16 front

Engine
Block: L20b fitted with a custom crank (Specs will be given on sale)
Custom aluminium flywheel 5kg & custom clutch with high clamp pressure plate.
King Race bearings fitted.
High volume oil pump fitted
Custom 88, 5mm pistons & Conrods fitted
(Specs will be given on sale)
All balanced
Cylinder head: Heavily modified cylinder head with 150+ hours of welding, porting & flow bench testing. ( This is a one off )
Valves: Custom 46mm Intake & 38mm Exhaust
Valve seats are multi angle on bigger inserts & lash pads are all the same for exhaust & all the same for intakes.
Cam is a custom grind with 13mm lift & 217 duration.
Valve Springs are Crane.
All held together by ARP head studs.
I take manifold is a Nissan Motorsport long runner that’s been ported to match the head.
Carbs are Weber 45mm DCOE13 Italian (NOS) when fitted in 2019.
Filtration is an ITG oval.
Ignition is Nissan electric Distributor with an MSD Street Fire CD box / rev limiter, MSD street fire leads & Accel CDI coil.
Exhaust Manifold is a custom 4 into 1 with merge collector ( Specs will be given on sale )
Exhaust is 63mm with two performance silencers.
Gearbox is a Nissan Silvia S13 5speed with modified L series bell housing & fitted with a quick shift kit.
Car has been running since 2019 & has been used on the weekends only for some fun on the freeways & side roads, it’s been around the track once.
Horsepower = 130rwkw on a brake dyno at 5400ft.
That would translate to roughly 190hp at the coast on an inertia dyno.
Please let’s not waste each others time
Only Serious buyers please message me.
Shipping can be arranged. Body.
Full ground up bolt & nut restoration 2017-2019
Every nut & bolt was replaced after car was completely stripped to a shell for a full rebuild.
Every panel was assessed & straightened if necessary & rust prevention applied.
Car was painted in a one off custom blue, inside & out.
510 coupe taillights were fitted, new front headlights & indicators fitted.
Bumpers were trimmed & tucked to fit right up against the body with minimal gaps & finished in a satin silver to match all the chrome that was given a brushed satin finish.
New window, boot & door rubbers fitted.
New front windscreen fitted.
Grill is a SSS steel grill but have a Supersonic grill too included in sale.

Interior.
Front seats are from a 1989 Nissan Sentra coupe & recovered in black leather, rear seats have been bolstered & covered to match the front.
New door cards were made & covered in matching vinyl material.
New carpet & headliner done in black too.
Dashboard was completed repainted in satin/ flat black & top panel was covered to match the door trim.
Audio is by Alpine head unit, JL Audio 8” sealed sub & Infinity spilt system front & rear all powered by a 5 ch amp that sounds amazing.
Steering wheel is a Momo 350mm

Suspension.
Front: All bushings are Teflon & coilover front struts fitted with custom springs & Koni inserts.
Adjustable camber plates.
Wilwood 300mm discs & 4 piston callipers
35mm bump steer blocks fitted to correct swing arm geometry.
Rear: Sachs coilovers with custom springs & new Teflon buses fitted throughout.
Brakes are stock drums ( Not a race or track car, no disc conversion needed)
Diff is a Subaru LSD R165 with Datsun 4, 1:1 ratio.
Crossmember has been modified to fit a 63mm exhaust through.
Wheels are Compomotive CX16 ( 16 x 7 )
Tyres 205/ 50/ 16 rear 195/ 45/ 16 front

Engine
Block: L20b fitted with a custom crank (Specs will be given on sale)
Custom aluminium flywheel 5kg & custom clutch with high clamp pressure plate.
King Race bearings fitted.
High volume oil pump fitted
Custom 88, 5mm pistons & Conrods fitted
(Specs will be given on sale)
All balanced
Cylinder head: Heavily modified cylinder head with 150+ hours of welding, porting & flow bench testing. ( This is a one off )
Valves: Custom 46mm Intake & 38mm Exhaust
Valve seats are multi angle on bigger inserts & lash pads are all the same for exhaust & all the same for intakes.
Cam is a custom grind with 13mm lift & 217 duration.
Valve Springs are Crane.
All held together by ARP head studs.
I take manifold is a Nissan Motorsport long runner that’s been ported to match the head.
Carbs are Weber 45mm DCOE13 Italian (NOS) when fitted in 2019.
Filtration is an ITG oval.
Ignition is Nissan electric Distributor with an MSD Street Fire CD box / rev limiter, MSD street fire leads & Accel CDI coil.
Exhaust Manifold is a custom 4 into 1 with merge collector ( Specs will be given on sale )
Exhaust is 63mm with two performance silencers.
Gearbox is a Nissan Silvia S13 5speed with modified L series bell housing & fitted with a quick shift kit.
Car has been running since 2019 & has been used on the weekends only for some fun on the freeways & side roads, it’s been around the track once.
Horsepower = 130rwkw on a brake dyno at 5400ft.
That would translate to roughly 190hp at the coast on an inertia dyno.
Please let’s not waste each others time
Only Serious buyers please message me.
Shipping can be arranged.

Vehicle background

Has the vehicle ever been imported?

No

Is there any outstanding finance?

No

Has the vehicle ever been declared a total loss?

No

Has there ever been any major structural issues which needed work?

No

Private seller

1 listing since 2025
+27 834110049

Vehicle location

Johannesburg South, South Africa
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