Japanese Classic Car Show-Long Beach

[RitcheyRch]

Show tomorrow at Marina Green Park in Long Beach

http://www.japaneseclassiccarshow.com/

 

[Deja_Vu]

A dude I know at the gym just bought a '69 Datsun 510 ...for $14k and its a basket case.

 

[KENDOG689]

Be extra careful diving there.....lmfao

 

[RitcheyRch]

My friend Mark will be there with his Subaru 360's.

 

[HocusPocus]

My son wanted to go, he has a 1987 Nissan Hardbody, very clean and stock except for the lowering.

 

[Old Texan]

A dude I know at the gym just bought a '69 Datsun 510 ...for $14k and its a basket case.

Anybody that would pay $14K for a Datsun 510 of any year is the basket case.......

 

[Deja_Vu]

Anybody that would pay $14K for a Datsun 510 of any year is the basket case.......

Not a fan Eh?

My HS buddy had a ‘72 with a built turbo L18 at 7/1 compression and had the waste gate set at 30 lbs of boost! has methenal water injection as you might notice to prevent detonation .

The 510’s, 610’s are known for their independent rear suspension. They were king of the autocross back in the day of straight axels.

 

[Deja_Vu]

Since I dig up some old photos here’s my baby. It’s a Mitsubishi G54b 2.6 liter
Baby hemi bored .030 over
Magnifluxed block
11.5/1 JE forged pistons
Shotpeened rods
Ported and polished
Cc’d Combustion chambers
Oringged block
Pulled the 3rd jet valve
Enlarged intake and exhaust valves
Schneider cam
Dual 44mm Mikuni carbs
Custom made anti reversion headers
Built in ‘83 for a ‘77 Dodge Colt
Ended up in a ‘82 Dodge Challenger dynoing 214rwhp
Good Times

 

[MOUZER]

 

[RitcheyRch]

My friend Mike will be out there with his 510 wagon.

 

[rvrrun]

I love five-dimes. We used to get driven to school by a friends older brother in a four door through the hills and turns of Palos Verdes. I've wanted one ever since, but a long roof, like above.

 

[Universal Elements]

Not a fan Eh?

My HS buddy had a ‘72 with a built turbo L18 at 7/1 compression and had the waste gate set at 30 lbs of boost! has methenal water injection as you might notice to prevent detonation .

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The 510’s, 610’s are known for their independent rear suspension. They were king of the autocross back in the day of straight axels.

Yep then you also had the 240, 260 & 280z. I had a 1976 Ford Capri. We use to run Mulholland almost every night.

 

[Deja_Vu]

Yep then you also had the 240, 260 & 280z. I had a 1976 Ford Capri. We use to run Mulholland almost every night.

I was a big fan of the Capri it was a good looking car. Neighbor of my parents had a cherry black one.

 

[Universal Elements]

I was a big fan of the Capri it was a good looking car. Neighbor of my parents had a cherry black one.

Mine was yellow. Not the best color for cops. But they weren’t so wound up in the old days either. Can’t blame them nowadays. Getting old, they were the Capri II.

 

[Ziggy]

Not a fan Eh?

My HS buddy had a ‘72 with a built turbo L18 at 7/1 compression and had the waste gate set at 30 lbs of boost! has methenal water injection as you might notice to prevent detonation .

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The 510’s, 610’s are known for their independent rear suspension. They were king of the autocross back in the day of straight axels.

Daves 510 had the L16.
Steves 610 had the L18.
Steve was just beginning to build the L16 out of his car when he found the L18 already built so Dave bought and finished the rebuild.

 

[Ziggy]

My friend Mike will be out there with his 510 wagon.

Had one of them when first married to my 1st wife. SS motor and a close ratio 5 speed(1st gear was left and back).
Total sleeper car that ran like a raped ape until the ex-biatch rear ended someone and then drove it til it cooked the motor.

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[Ziggy]

My biggest regret is unloading my 1600 Roadster(fairlady).

 

[Deja_Vu]

Daves 510 had the L16.
Steves 610 had the L18.
Steve was just beginning to build the L16 out of his car when he found the L18 already built so Dave bought and finished the rebuild.

It’s been a long time dude.. I was thinking Steve’s car was a 2 liter lol

 

[Kailuaboy89]

My friend Tommy will be there with his 81' KP-61 Toyota Starlet, he comes out every year for this event, and others, he stores the car at my house, but he still lives back home in Hawaii.

 

[Ziggy]

It’s been a long time dude.. I was thinking Steve’s car was a 2 liter lol

It might have been. Actually, you're probably right, Steve thought it would be faster. The stock L18 610 engine he gave it in trade toward the 2ltr turbo motor. Cheapo-Steve-o. He never did get that thing running optimally.
It might be that Dave rebuilt his own L16 with the components that Steve had started buying.

 

[Kailuaboy89]

This is Tommy’s starlet

 

[RitcheyRch]

Some pictures from the show

 

[parker ed]

My friend Mike will be out there with his 510 wagon.

I saw Mike pulling out of a gas station yesterday afternoon, that thing sounds so bad ass with a rotary motor.

 

[RitcheyRch]

He truly builds some beautiful cars at his shop.

I saw Mike pulling out of a gas station yesterday afternoon, that thing sounds so bad ass with a rotary motor.

 

[spectras only]

Don't see a Toyota GT 2000 in the pictures. Jay Leno should have been there with his.
Later models, 1969, with 2.3 L were capable 150 MPH. My favourite Datsuns were the 240 models.

 

[rrrr]

Don't see a Toyota GT 2000 in the pictures. Jay Leno should have been there with his.
Later models, 1969, with 2.3 L were capable 150 MPH. My favourite Datsuns were the 240 models.

My dad went to LA on a business trip in early 1970 and saw an ad for the 240Z in the LA Times. When he got back home to Albuquerque, he called every Datsun dealer in NM and AZ, and found one in St. Johns, AZ.

He paid $2,200 for the car. It had A/C, Ansen wheels, and the optional nerf bars on the front and rear bumpers.

Back then the Sandia Heights subdivision was nothing but paved roads running through the hills at the base of the Sandias. That's where I learned heel and toe driving, the streets were like a road course.

The 150 HP six would push the car to 145 MPH, pretty good for a 1970s stock 2.4L engine.

 

[Deja_Vu]

Sweet pics Richey, thanks for posting! Brings back a lot of good memories. The early Toyota celicas were always a favorite of mine.

 

[nameisbond]

My dad went to LA on a business trip in early 1970 and saw an ad for the 240Z in the LA Times. When he got back home to Albuquerque, he called every Datsun dealer in NM and AZ, and found one in St. Johns, AZ.

He paid $2,200 for the car. It had A/C, Ansen wheels, and the optional nerf bars on the front and rear bumpers.

Back then the Sandia Heights subdivision was nothing but paved roads running through the hills at the base of the Sandias. That's where I learned heel and toe driving, the streets were like a road course.

The 150 HP six would push the car to 145 MPH, pretty good for a 1970s stock 2.4L engine.

My dad bought one in 1970, before I was born (72). He sold it in 1977, I was five and cried. He latter bought a 280Zx turbo in 1981. So he made up for it!