Cars and other kinds of motoring gibberish

Enna wrote:Wow! Those are really nice B-kun!!!! :woot: Are you planning on buying a Mini Cooper?

I'm looking into them... I can't keep up with the BMW prices... :sweat:

Enna wrote:Wow! Those are really nice B-kun!!!! :woot: Are you planning on buying a Mini Cooper?

bmwracer wrote:
I'm looking into them... I can't keep up with the BMW prices... :sweat:

Well I wish you all the best in your search and purchase of a Mini Cooper? :thumbsup:

bmwracer wrote:
I'm looking into them... I can't keep up with the BMW prices... :sweat:

You should buy Nissan GT-R :mrgreen:

Takoyama wrote:You should buy Nissan GT-R :mrgreen:

Not a chance.

The last and only Nissans I ever liked were the 240Z and the 510.

he he...

I'm really close to buying this 510 right now..

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^ Hmm, it looks in really good shape... What year is it?

71. it has a L20b swap and 5 speed transmission. hardly any rust and the rust that is there has already been treated, coilovers, everythings clean

$9500

yebisu wrote:71. it has a L20b swap and 5 speed transmission. hardly any rust and the rust that is there has already been treated, coilovers, everythings clean

$9500

Nice! If you buy it are you gonna stick with L20 or go L28? I rode in a Bluebird that had SR20DET swap and that damn car was a beast.

bmwracer wrote:
The last and only Nissans I ever liked were the 240Z and the 510.

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I had an '86 Nissan pickup. That thing was bulletproof! :thumbsup:

But according to Nissan, that color is orange! :headscratch: Sure looks like bronze to me. [/list:u]

^^^Sweet. Maybe it's supposed to be burnt orange? Is that lower lip OEM?

Takoyama wrote: Is that lower lip OEM?

Yeah, but it didn't look so nice after I got blind-dated by a snowbank. :bonk: [/list:u]

yebisu wrote:71. it has a L20b swap and 5 speed transmission. hardly any rust and the rust that is there has already been treated, coilovers, everythings clean

$9500

Gehh, $9500 for a 40-year old car? :shocked:

And you're gonna use it as a beater? :sweat:

I will probably just keep the L20, because I'm not going to race it or anything.

No, I won't use it as a beater.

Its kind of expensive, but thats just his listing price. But the the work done on it is amazing.

I'm not too sure if im going to go through with it yet, besides I have to sell my S2000 first... :puppydog:

yebisu wrote:I will probably just keep the L20, because I'm not going to race it or anything.

Aww... It'd be cool if you turned it into a BRE Datsun. :victory:

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racing a 40 year old car? ;)

they are great at autocross, but parts for an s2000 are more readily available and will be more competitve

yebisu wrote:racing a 40 year old car? ;)

they are great at autocross, but parts for an s2000 are more readily available and will be more competitve

I was thinking more like vintage car racing... I wish my brother hadn't sold his 1975 2002... I woulda tried to restore that puppy.

2002s aren't too hard to come by..

check out the guys 510 website so you can see how much was done to the car. in his blog he said he bought it for $3500

http://dat510.com/

yebisu wrote:2002s aren't too hard to come by..

check out the guys 510 website so you can see how much was done to the car. in his blog he said he bought it for $3500

http://dat510.com/

Wow, rather surprised that he'd be willing to part with it, considering all the sweat equity he put in. :sweat:

thats what I was saying. I found another forum that he has posted in ALOT and am going through all his posts to get some more info :mrgreen: I found this post in thread titled how much do you think your 510 is worth:

I think I stopped keeping count of the money around $11,000. I think realisticly my car wouldn't sell for any more than 10k with its current modifications.

I'd guess I have a total amount invested close to 12-15k. And to think I haven't even done paint yet

I'd likely say 12k, although at this point i'd rather keep it than get money. Too much personal time and effort that doesn't translate to a form of currency.

post was a little over a year ago

i want to see what he has done to it since that post to get a better "value" on the car. It will help me feel better spending all that money if i buy it :bonk: