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The very name of this cheap, cheerful Japanese runabout seemed self-mockery here in the homeland stores Woolworth five and dime But the association with a store room for ten cents off didn t Datsun problems in less otherwise President Nissan USA Yutaka Katayama, the revered Mr. K, pushed hard for a car that wouldn t offend anyone and would provide more than customers expected as its objective Woolworth was to make the Datsun 1968 510 Japan's first sedan to be widely accepted by the US market.
It was a challenge the first net 83 Datsuns had washed ashore 10 years before Volkswagen's US sales have exceeded 78,000 in 1958 Motor Trend praised this first Datsun in 1000 aka L210 for its sturdy construction, but design based British Austin A40 was quite unsuited to the US market, its wheezing engine 37 horsepower pushrod to its displacement column model backwards and handbrake knee hit 310 Bluebird 1959 addressed some of these issues, but remained too compact to accommodate the largest Americans and even featured British indigestible body and a dilapidated motor in 1963, Pininfarina solved the Datsun style problem by penning 410 to resemble a period Alfa material under -jacent lack of innovation, but the size was a better fit, and increased power so that the latest versions were capabl es of 100 mph becoming help Datsun annual import sales of America the fastest growth remained below 50,000.
In the mid-1960s, M. Katayama, a Japanese-born rebel and Christian, had embraced the American culture and understand what makes tick Yanks He knew that if Datsun really wanted to give VW and Japanese rival Toyota a run for the money here he needed a car that was satisfying to drive, not only cheap to own and knew satisfactory car when he drove a speeding ticket habitual offender had started running at an early age and helped founding the Sport Car club of Japan Mr. K passionate and knowledgeable case for setting BMW 1600 sedan acclaimed as the benchmark for the replacement of the 410.
Katayama ambitious plan has a shot in the arm when Nissan acquired the tech-savvy Prince Motor Company in 1966 the Prince had expertise in engine design overhead cam cribbed from Mercedes-Benz and construction scholarly unit design aircraft during the war with a chassis designed by engineers at Nissan are working from a BMW model 1600 and innocuous but shapely sheetmetal writing young industrial-design graduate Teruo Uchino, the planets aligned to forge an instant cult classic.
The 510 arrived in four-door sedan and wagon body styles in the fall of 1967, with two doors following a year later in 1996, the star Sedan 96 horsepower engine 1 of 6 liters, rear drum-brakes front disc and rear MacPherson front-leg semi-arm rear suspension features BMW 500 discount No American car boasted these attributes at anywhere near the price huge selling VW Beetle was similar in size, very well built and 200 cheaper, but it offered a wrong back seat and trunk space, only 53 horses, and the dynamics of dull the chassis 510 gRANT a comfortable ride, spacious and airy interior and a generous trunk 13 feet cubes, all attracted enough customers to help quadruple Nissan's sales in the United States between 1968 and 1973.
Make no mistake, out of the box it was not BMW-Slayer While the 510 chassis was much like the 1600s on paper, the Datsun diagonal Toyo severely limited lateral grip and, wearing only a small front anti-roll bar, it cornered with car roll borderline water body and pilot conducted a comparison of track nine eligible sedans economy to competition in a class showroom stock SCCA that allowed no performance change and 510 ranked fourth, citing difficulties in braking or accelerating out of bends difficult because of wheel lift.
Our memory of those cars that impressive handling machines is largely due to the service of the competition Mr. K was established in 1967 to sell a full range of high-performance chassis and powertrain parts and provide technical advice through grid He was a factory level that rivaled anything stroke support available from Detroit on the track, the factory teams and privateers have accumulated an impressive race record in Trans-Am and other series see box Looking 510s handle on the race track inspired the owners to edit their own 510s, even if they never run and the department of competition wasn t the only source of parts A great after-sales emerged and junkyards offered ample pickings many parts of Z-cars and better living right sedans on the 510 with a pe change u or not the small overdesigned 510 was sufficiently robust to endure intense modification.
These days, it starts to get hard to find without a hitch original 510 Randy York UFO Southern California 510 club, estimates the number of pure storekeepers in his club is down to around two they're percent just a whole lot more fun to drive when they re picture modified car Randy was snowed during our drive window, so we borrowed an unrestored, unmodified 1972 510 with two doors a four-speed driving Nissan this little gem 119000 mile takes you back to the time when made in Japan was no inside supplement is flooded painted and shiny metal, plastic cable harnesses and hard vinyl and ducts discharge paper are visible under the dashboard much of the switchgear feels fragile, and long-term tests refer to snap buttons and switches in the pre mier months of service.
Turn the key and the engine fires immediately shifter, described in clear and precise day, now trading nebulae doors with six inches of side wobbling in a vehicle, but the clutch takes smooth and the engine feels strong and looks forward lateral grip feels general radians reasonable Ameristar, but the body looks even changing lanes again, tight management, agile independent suspension and reassuring manual brakes hint at the potential that is hidden in the chassis, and the whole driving experience helps explain the continuing popularity of the dime.
He never achieved the sales volume or profitability of the Beetle, but the humble 510 fulfills the dream of Mr. K to become the first Japanese sedan with mass appeal on the market that use seems not started today, unlike a store room dime Woolworth, who disappeared in the 1990s.
BRE Datsun 510 Trans-Am racer Recollections of the guy who did the Datsun box go.
After our first championship Brock Racing Enterprises Datsun 240Zs racing season for the visionary president of Nissan USA, Yutaka Katayama, I was shown the first Datsun 510 sedan in the country I could see the lines and engineering based real elegant design masterpiece Since its 1600cc SOHC series the four-cylinder was a shortened version of the Z-car I-6, I knew immediately that he would make a great class racing engine production of the 510 also had disc brakes at the front and independent rear suspension, something other economic car, foreign or domestic, had at that time, making it an ideal candidate for the SCCA February 5th Trans-Am series for small sedans had the 510 all the solid, basic engineering any rider could want.
Under the existing rules, it is a simple matter of bolt transmission and Z car LSD five rearend gears, as these components were cheaply available over the counter at a dealership Datsun Add a set of broad American Mags free wheel rim, our own BRE springs, shocks and anti-roll bars and a set of 48mm to Mikuni carb side draw and the 510 became the rocket the fastest and cheapest street in America upon a econobox stealthy appearance could smoke while Alfa Romeo or BMW 2002, which until then had been the hottest sedan on the road.
SCCA rules mandate the use of actual production parts, not special racing equipment, FIA homologated used in Europe and Japan was the wiser of the organizers of the Trans-Am series never made it meant all the skills hot rodding us developed that children could be applied to existing components 510 that was not your question of money to go fast There was innovation and intelligent adaptation of rules that guarantee our success on the track.
While we were developing the 510 in a Trans-Am racer February 5 for 1971 and 1972 seasons winning the championship two years, we have also, unknowingly building an enthusiastic fan base of 510 owners they came to races in their thousands -alike BRE 510s look to promote our ace pilot, John Morton, as he took the hottest outdoor and indoor opposition all the success BRE countries on the circuit, winning about 60 percent of our races in the series was the start of today's compact sport scene tuner and the dawn of respect for Asian imports.
Two years after the introduction of the 510, Datsun had reached the top of the heap for sale Say what you will about the race without influence on the market, but statistics prove otherwise execs car company must understand what s done and how to make the most of it as a result of the support of Mr. K of the race and his vision of what could be Datsun, the company has become a power in the market for imports Katayama understood what Americans wanted in a car cheap good engineering, intelligent lines and performance at a reasonable price a formula that still works today s 510 lines were so pure that it took the simplest changes to create a compact stylish street racer, effective today, a well-established 510 is a great car and able to prove that history Sá timeless classic, like the ubiquitous Mini, VW and Ford Model T Peter Brock.
Five Dime Controversy facts Mr. K business announced its new 510 showing a woman speeding on a rain swept coastal road in California accompanied by Vivaldi music no words, just a Datsun logo at the end of this precursor rocks and trees campaign Nissan Infiniti subbrand helped sell 40,000 510s.
The hyperbola hypersonic 510 was the first to use Datsun curved side window advertising compared spare lines, smooth the block 98 mph to those of the Concorde supersonic.
ultimate car driver Bob Bondurant ed spoke Mr. K on a free 510 roadsters and two for use in its nascent high-performance driving school One of his students ace, Paul Newman, began his racing career in a 510.
Bluebird Maxima paradise today is the spiritual successor to the 510 In Japan, it still bears the name Bluebird, dating back to the Datsun 310 of the end of 1959.
rear suspension with leaf springs You can know that 510 cars used drive axles and leaf springs to assume their heavier loads, but did you sedans use a leaf spring foot long bar called a mustache to support the differential.
Ask the man who owns an architect Randy York is a commercial photography day and night, he is CFO of four cylinders Club of America, Inc. publishers of 510 passionate bible, The Dime quarterly.
Why I love They're nice little cars that were so ahead of their time, they're still relevant today, and they respond well to change.
Why it's collection because it was the first Japanese car cult classic, affordable import that rivals the Beetle in terms of emotional appeal and personality.
Fast food Maintain body rusted in the north, and most of the South have been modified cars finishing Fragile bit hard to find Early Z-cars offer a wealth of upgrades bolted.
Beware of electrical system Gremlins The wiring harness includes a large number of connections crimp that corrode, increased heating resistor cores also tend to clog.
Expect to pay loan Contest 5000; 3000 solid conductor; tired runner in 1400.
Then take our No, Virginia, the Datsun 510 1600 is a less expensive duplicate of a BMW 1600, but it is close and it is not supposed to be Eric Dahlquist, MT, March 1969 Now s Datsun sedan sleek couldn match does VW for the quality of his plate and the panel agreed, but it was enough overengineered to tolerate the necessary changes to make it a BMW-killer on the track, win credibility outsider who endeared to the automotive world.
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