by "PanchoVilleneuve ST" (PanchoVilleneuve)
Published 04/07/2017 at 03:26
by "PanchoVilleneuve ST" (PanchoVilleneuve)
Published 04/07/2017 at 03:26
Tags: Goo-Net
; Nissan
; Bluebird
; Datsun
; 610
STARS: 3
The 610 is a 510 that they actually bothered to give styling. And it rules. It looks like an 8/10 scale Hakosuka Skyline. And when I say it’s a 510, I mean it. They’re so mechanically similar that most parts are completely interchangable. So you have a car that handles incredibly well, along with having massive aftermarket support. And it’s an SSS, so it gets the twin-carb version of the L16 (although I think this might be an SSS-E, so it has a Bosch EFI system), good for 110 horsepower (output is the same for both carbed and fuel injected models). It’s not as gonzo of an engine as the Yamaha twincam engines that Toyota was using at the time, but the car only weights ~2200 pounds.
It’s been tastefully modified, with a front spoiler and period-correct wheels (and I think some suspension work, by the looks of it).
Sadly, prices on Japanese classic cars are climbing again, especially for cars in Japan. However, for a car as rare as this is (seriously, 2-door 610s almost never turn up, and rarely this clean), in the condition that it’s in, $31,660 is more than reasonable.
http://www.goo-net-exchange.com/usedcars/NISSAN/BLUEBIRD/700040088030170215002/index.html
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
04/07/2017 at 03:53, STARS: 0
you can have the 180B , i’ll have the blue Subaru wagon behind it please
8)
"Birddog" (maintmgt)
04/07/2017 at 03:58, STARS: 1
All I see is a 1971 Charger that’s been in the wash too long.
"VonBootWilly - Likes Toyota, but it's still complicated." (vonbootwilly)
04/07/2017 at 05:59, STARS: 0
Looks fantastic.
When growing up as a kid in the 80's and 90's my father raced a well prepared and caged street 510 in slaloms and my uncle had a box-flared prepped 510 racecar (looked like a BRE-datsun but dark blue). The story I was always told of them finding some SSS parts of a car in a junkyard (differential, emblems, cams, etc) was always (and still is) sort of mind blowing. they still don’t know how an SSS prepared 610 rallycar ended up in a Canadian junkyard, but years later the story still sounds cool.
"nerd_racing" (nerd189)
04/07/2017 at 08:15, STARS: 0
It’s a shame goo-net will not deal with the U.S. at all. I’ve stalked some great deals on there, even went to pull the trigger on one and found out they wouldn’t take my money.
"Die-Trying" (die-trying)
04/07/2017 at 08:46, STARS: 1
i see the back end of a 67 barracuda.....
"SpeedSix" (speedsix)
04/08/2017 at 15:15, STARS: 0
That’s not as unusual as you might think - Yahoo Auctions Japan (their version of eBay) doesn’t accept outside buying, which is why proxy bidding services have sprung up. You find a proxy bidder, they bid/buy it for you, they have it shipped to their Japanese address, and then they forward the shipment to you.