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The Green Goon
510 Wagons are gaining in popularity and are affectionately known as goons on ratsun.net . Mine's a '72 with a '69 grille, 80,000 original miles, stock L16, stock 4speed. I got her in 2002 in Seattle. Flew up there one Saturday and drove 800+ miles home to Salt Lake. No problems, even got about 30 MPG!
I put in a StreetBeat rag top and had the aging vinyl top redone. I lowered the suspension with shortened strut towers and Ground Control/Eibach springs and 3" blocks in the back. Well, it wasn't low enough so I fabricated a new top strut mount, new front leaf spring perch and had the rear leafs dearched. Then I cut a big hole in the interior, raised the driveshaft tunnel and put it all back together. With the seat and carpet back in it appears stock yet when the air shocks are on empty, the axle rests on the rear subframe.
Wheels are Infinity M30 with the center cap removed. Tires are Federal 195/50/15.
Datsun did a great job of 'overbuilding' their engines so I have no intentions of swapping any time soon. I won't win any races but as my kids say, the car feels faster than it is. I'll just keep tinkering and driving it and keep it in its unrestored state, cart rash and all. Not alot of these old compacts in Utah so it turns heads everywhere.
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