Grandpa Datsun

Funny you mention Canby. I live 6 miles from where the Canby event is held. I hope to have my dime back on the road in about a year. Will be at Canby this year trying to find parts and make friends to meet the one year goal. Hope to see you all there.

Still trying to figure how this forum thing works and how to post pictures. I guess I will have to get my 18 year old daughter to help me.

I am new to Ratsun.Net and after 32 years of being without a Datsun 510 (sold my last one back in 1985) I have one sitting in my barn ready to restore. Unfortunately what I have is 4 door ( my last three 510's were all two door models), but I am not complaining at this point. Back in the day if you needed a part you just went down to the local junk yard and pulled what you needed from a large selection of donor cars. Boy, things have changed. I am old enough to remember when the 510 was new in the US and for sale on the Datsun showroom floor. I always loved the look of the 510 and knew my first car was going to be a 510. I am going to need and engine (want a re-buildable L20B) and a bunch more stuff as time and money permit. If you are in the Portland Oregon area, please reach out to me and introduce yourself. I am sure I will be reaching out to other local dimers in the local area shortly trying to find parts.