15 Facts About Datsun 510

1.

Datsun 510 was a series of the Datsun Bluebird sold from 1968 to 1973, and offered outside the U S and Canada as the Datsun 1600.

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2.

Datsun 510 range became famous for Nissan's rallying successes outside Japan and paved the way for greater Nissan sales internationally.

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3.

Datsun 510 released to the North American market had a Hitachi downdraft-carbureted 1.

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4.

Affordable performance combined with simple mechanicals has helped the Datsun 510 remain a popular automotive enthusiast's car for many years after its discontinuation.

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5.

One advantage of the early Datsun 510 cars is that many of the parts were interchangeable — engines, transmissions, and suspension setups, for example, were all similar enough to swap with minor modifications.

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6.

In September 1971 the new, larger, Bluebird U appeared in Japanese showrooms, but the Datsun 510 continued on sale as a lower-priced, more compact version.

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7.

Nissan established a proper dealer network around the time the Datsun 510 was discontinued, so the Datsun 510 never really received the marketing nor recognition that was achieved in other countries.

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8.

Australian versions of the Datsun 510 1600 were delivered either as a full import, or assembled in Australia from local and Japanese parts.

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9.

The last of the PDatsun 510 series went through Australian assembly lines in 1972, and due to the extensive use for rallying, the cars are now quite hard to find in any reasonable condition.

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10.

South American versions of the Datsun 510 were delivered with OHV pushrod engines of the J series variety and leaf spring suspensions on all models.

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11.

Datsun 510 was sold in Taiwan as the Yue Loong Bluebird 706 and was powered by the J13 from the 411 and had leaf spring rear suspension.

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12.

P510-series Datsun 1600 was built in South Africa in Pretoria between 1969 and 1974 and marked the end of the "Bluebird" badge there.

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13.

Datsun 510 is best known in the United States for its competitiveness in the Trans Am Series under 2500cc class.

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14.

The Datsun 510 remains one of the most popular production cars in numerous SCCA classes of amateur racing, partly due to Nissan Motor Corporation in USA's commitment to providing an extensive selection of common replacement parts from its many area parts distribution centers, special replacement parts from their master parts distribution center, as well as parts from Nissan Motorsports, Nissan's performance division .

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15.

The Datsun 510 1600 was very competitive in the Australian Rally Championship with outright and class wins throughout the 70s and the 80s and currently in historic classes.

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