the pile o' parts wagon

[taikitanabe]

Hello all, my name is Taiki and today I took ownership of a 72 510 Wagon. I got a ton of questions I'm sure I'm gonna have along the way but lets see if I can get some help in identifying my pile o' parts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hopefully the photos work!

[INDY510]

It all looks like 70-73 510 parts, and a 70-73 510 grill, which matches the year of your wagon ... except for the old Mini Cooper or Morris Minor?

[datzenmike]

 

The two door handles on the right are '68 used till Oct. '68. The ones on the left were used from Nov '68 (69 model year wagon and on)

[russaroll]

some assembly required  :thumbup:

[taikitanabe]

thanks all! can anyone tell me what picture 5 & 6, top piece might belong to? I figured where everything else went, just stuck on that one. 

 

INDY510 just a regular mini, non cooper, bored to a 1293 turbo

 

 

 

its running about 12psi and it's just all kinds of fun. But pretty much done with that...and so the new project. I've always wanted a wagon, and the 510 fit the bill.

[datzenmike]

See if the light green part is a finisher panel or molding just under the grill.

 

 

[taikitanabe]

datzenmike I just looked, looks like that's all complete in the front, valance looks original as well. I'll put that piece to the side for the time being, there's plenty figure out otherwise.  :rofl:  but the good part is, there's virtually no rot, everything seems to be there. 

 

Is the piece on the bottom of the dash an a/c unit? 

 

 

what i haven't been able to figure out is what these two trim pieces are or where they to go:

 

[datzenmike]

Look on the inside bottom of the post between the front and rear doors. :lol:

[hobospyder]

holy hell yeah that's an ac unit

 

at least i'm pretty sure it is

[russaroll]

don't know about the thin piece.

 

[taikitanabe]

russaroll ohhhhh you figured it out! So that's a filler piece between the bumper and the body! That pretty much sums up all the loose parts that came with the car! Will update this page as I tear into the wagon in the next few weeks, months, years..... :thumbup:

[datzenmike]

I'll confirm this. It's called an apron #79101-22900, all wagons have it.

 

I tried to find where that chrome piece goes and thought of the trim that holds the carpet at the rear but not enough holes and it looks curved.

[russaroll]

the thin chrome piece wth the 2 holes on each end is the the finisher right under the headlamps.

[taikitanabe]

Today I popped open the hood to see what powertrain I have. 

 

 

 

 

L18 reman from Nissan??

 

Water is super clean, popped the oil filler cap and the valve train from the top looks spotless. The previous owner said he thought it was rebuilt, and he did say he fired it up with starter fluid and runs well. But then again, he did say it was an L20...but the tag shows L18.

 

In any case, what's a L18 worth these days? 

 

I grew up in the 80's and 90's where the street races were in Gardena/Sylmar/Ontario and the rotaries ruled. My vision of a 510 always had a rotary swap so that's the direction I'm headed. So out will come the engine and trans, probably to be put on sale to fund the rotary purchase.

[datzenmike]

Look behind the dip stick handle on the top of the block just below the head. There's a flat boss with the engine size stamped there. A good running L18 is a perfect drop in swap for someone who needs to get their 521/510 going. With a few mods will fit 610/710/620/S10/A10.

[taikitanabe]

So tonight I took the hatch off the pile o' parts. This will be the 1st panel i do some minor body work on. One piece at a time!

 

So a few thoughts, the bolts looked like they had the factory paint on it, and the roof looks factory tan and is super clean on the inside, I'm thinking nothing has ever been done on the rear of this old wagon. 

 

Of course I have a couple questions, 

 

1st, and I pretty much know the answer, but I'm assuming no one makes a repop of this piece: 

 

 

Probably have to fix it to the best of my abilities? 

 

2nd, I'm assuming no one makes a repop of this dome lamp cover?

 

 

and lastly, I feel like I'm missing pieces to the inside of this hatch. Looks like someone along the way thought it'd be awesome to remove and fill the outer vents. I'm not going for original, but looking at other pictures of wagons, I really do like the vents and how it breaks up the hatch a little. What am I missing on the inside of this gate and how hard is it to source the parts? 

 

 

I lied. one more question. does the top center of the inside of the hatch bulge out a little where those vents are on the inside? I feel like they should be inline with the bottom of the hatch, or maybe this is just the design?

 

thanks!

Taiki

[taikitanabe]

Acquired some 280zx struts over the weekend, along with a 280z 4 spd trans for free

 

 

Got them all stripped down and ready for either coil overs or bags. I can't decided which way I want to go

 

 

Also got the remove the driver fender, not too horrible, looks like a small patch at the bottom, was to be expected, along with a previous repair in the center of it

 

 

 

 

and so we move along with the wagon.

[taikitanabe]

So today I have some questions about some under hood modules that I can't find what they do in the manuals. Or maybe I'm looking at this all wrong. Can you guys help guide me in what these do? I'm trying to clean up the engine bay and wasn't sure what all these do, and if I can just do away with them:

 

 

 

 

[taikitanabe]

finally got the engine yanked this past weekend

 

 

and probably a good thing i didn't try and fire the engine as is....

 

 

all up in the thermostat housing. The head side looked good, as did the radiator side. but man, ain't no water getting past this.

 

and while trying to simplify the engine bay to shave holes etc...got to taking the heater core out...along with the rest of the dash..

 

 

hopefully this weekend, I'll actually make some progress in filling holes, doing some welding the getting closer to cleaning up the engine bay.

[tr8er]

Nice! I just found your thread! And you really don't need that apron, it just looks terrible on the wagon. But I'll do you a favor and buy it off you.

 

Mikes wrong about the door handles. Those are the rear door handles from 70-73 as far as I've seen.

 

The white/yellowed plastic module in your engine bay is the overdrive mechanism for your auto trams. Dump it with your power train.

 

The others are relays that I can figure out again...

[tr8er]

So today I have some questions about some under hood modules that I can't find what they do in the manuals. Or maybe I'm looking at this all wrong. Can you guys help guide me in what these do? I'm trying to clean up the engine bay and wasn't sure what all these do, and if I can just do away with them:

 

 

Overdrive circuit.

 

 

Emissions control? Mine doesn't have this one

 

 

Square one is headlight, other is horn.

 

 

Voltage regulator?

 

[tr8er]

Hello all, my name is Taiki and today I took ownership of a 72 510 Wagon. I got a ton of questions I'm sure I'm gonna have along the way but lets see if I can get some help in identifying my pile

 

 

The curved chrome looks like the rear window trim curve.

[racerx]

your last picture looks like the voltage regulator - black one.  The top one with plastic cover is part of your emissions, I think it retards your timing or something like that.

[taikitanabe]

you guys are awesome! It looks like I can get rid of a lot of clutter in the engine bay!

[taikitanabe]

Quick little update as I find time to work on this pile o parts.

 

 

Tried out the dry ice method of removing the sound deadner....

 

 

Came out fairly easily, spots of it still left that I'll eventually go back and scrape off.... but I keep jumping around the car and I really should just focus on one area at a time....which leads me to the engine bay....

 

 

Started off this a patch on the fender well where the battery tray used to be...

 

 

Plugged a bunch of holes, really nothing fun to see.

 

 

Blew apart the front suspension to be able to get all the little nooks, also need to rebuild all of that...but that's for later down the road.

 

 

 

 

put the stripper to work..I never really used chemical strippers, but man this suckers fun to work with...although I had a couple of times where my bare arm touched it, and I had to run inside the house to wash it off.  :rofl:

 

 

 

I really hate body filler. I hate the fact that the dust gets everywhere. I got a coat of filler dust covering the garage..gotta get that all cleaned up real soon.

 

 

 

I did manage to get some shiny bits.. I'm not totally on board with the color, but I guess I can address that after I get the bay cleaned all up.

 

 

was able to get a buddy in Japan to get me a set of wheels. Brought it back as carry on when he came to visit  :thumbup: