there is a diesel engine for that car. Drops in pretty nicely my friend was saying.
Chris Rich Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I signed up on a site dedicated to 510s, guys rebuilding them with newer Nissan components (a lot of which bolt in pretty easily or with some minor mods) and race or rice them. I posted a coupla pics and it got some of them going... It turns out that these little things were quite advanced for the time, small but handled and performed pretty well. They are rear-wheel drive too. I have some more pics I need to post. I do kinda like the idea of just getting it cleaned up and running as it is (probably a new interior or major redo to deal with the mouse issue) and let it be a rolling memorial to gramps. Probably wouldn't take much to do that. I also thought that since it is pretty small and light, it might make an interesting electric or hybrid conversion (a little bio-fueled diesel for generator?) for an in-town runabout -- quite an active hobby effort doing that with old Japan imports. Who knows. I had to store some stuff so stuck it in the space too and there it sits til whenever. --R Christopher McCann wrote: > my friend paid $8K for his 2 door 510 - 1972 - excellent condition. he used > to race a wagon. if you want to sell, he can hook you up with "the 510 crowd" > - let me know. > > Chris > > > > > Redghost wrote: Wash it, polish the paint, freshen the interior and then > sell the > thing for large amounts of cash. The wagons are in HIGH demand on > the east coast. Talking to the fellow who built my garage door. He > is in the datsun club here in seattle. Talking about the 510 sedan > and he told me of a guy over in NC who paid $15k for a barn car since > their are so few and those rusted along the Atlantic. > > YMMV > > > On Apr 2, 2007, at 2:50 PM, Rich Thomas wrote: > > >> Hey I just pulled grampa's '72 510 wagon out of the barn, where it has >> been sitting for maybe 20 yr, and into a storage space (that was fun, >> all by myself with a big winch and chains). I remember riding with >> him >> in that thing when I was a sprout. I have this fantasy about >> turning it >> into some old school rat-rod-ricer thing, or maybe just get it running >> and use it. It is actually in pretty decent shape, no rust but some >> dings, and the interior has been a mouse house for 20 yr so it smells >> really really bad. I think I will call it the "Hanta Wagon." >> >> --R >> >> Christopher McCann wrote: >> >>> just happened upon this a few moments ago. It's too bad there are >>> not more enthusiast sites for our cars. My co-worker has a Datsun >>> 510 and you can spend your whole LIFE doing Datsun 510 stuff...OK, >>> it's kind of an interesting car, but for old diesel benzes, I >>> think we're about it. >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > > -- > Clay > Seattle Bioburner > > 1972 220D - Gump > 1995 E300D - Cleo > 1987 300SDL - POS - DOA > The FSM would drive a Diesel Benz > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > Christopher McCann, happy customer of austerlitzshepherds.com > "Ohne Zucht keine Leistung, ohne Leistung keine Zucht!" > -2006 GSD, "Anke" (Yanke von der Burg Austerlitz) > -2006 GSD, "Sammy" (Zane von der Burg Austerlitz) > "Freude an der Arbeit: Hoechste Leistung - Mercedes-Benz." > -1985 300SD, 220K miles, "Wulf" > -1982 300Dt, 117K miles, "little blue klatter box" > > --------------------------------- > The fish are biting. > Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! 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From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Apr 03 17:38:56 2007 Received: from ms-smtp-03.southeast.rr.com ([24.25.9.102]) by server8.arterytc8.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) id 1HYmy7-00030e-PV for mercedes@okiebenz.com; Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:38:55 +0000 Received: from computer (cpe-069-134-169-178.nc.res.rr.com [69.134.169.178]) by ms-smtp-03.southeast.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id l33HcVjY020153 for <mercedes@okiebenz.com>; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 13:38:50 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "wilton strickland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 13:36:56 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: [MBZ] Freightliner motorhome and watch pockets X-BeenThere: mercedes@okiebenz.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9.cp2 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_okiebenz.com.okiebenz.com> List-Unsubscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com> List-Post: <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:38:56 -0000 I do still have working wrist Elgin a brother gave me in '52; 'never been opened. 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