[{"id": 10044098, "authorName": "BajaOrBust2023", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bajaorbust2023/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Conflicting info between the overview and write up. It\u2019s it a 1.8 or a 1.6?", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1668473887, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10044099, "authorName": "Schpodie", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/schpodie/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I love that back end treatment - looks great!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1668473889, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10044159, "authorName": "craZee", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/crazee/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "All those mods and still a 4-speed?", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1668474413, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10044213, "authorName": "GrandPrixMotors", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/grandprixmotors/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "taillight panel looks good.. Until you realize you need a license plate and license plate lights and it looks kind of silly hanging off the side of the bumper.. IMO.. ok for a racecar.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1668474859, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10044215, "authorName": "Garycf", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/garycf/", "bidAmount": 15104, "content": "$15,104 bid placed by Garycf", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1668474872, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 10044222, "authorName": "shaddai", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/shaddai/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "That's... a lot... of bronze. Steering components can be sourced easily, except for the steering box. Hope that's in good shape. GLWA!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1668474958, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10044226, "authorName": "JLsKA510", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jlska510/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Kind of an 80\u2019s look with modern paint sans chrome\u2026 I wish it had chrome and the 918 orange I see in the engine bay.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1668475014, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10044602, "authorName": "MarkChilders", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/markchilders/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I owned a brown '71 with a manual trans and a Weber in Modesto CA from 73 thru 75. A terrific driver in its day; one of only three cars I have ever regretted selling - a 63 E-Type and a 65 TVR Griffith being the other two, putting in fine company.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1668478691, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10044697, "authorName": "Lowlifelongie", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lowlifelongie/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What happins if it rains?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1668479777, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10045133, "authorName": "HeavyTank77", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/heavytank77/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I've been on the BaT for 5 years and I think I have yet to see a bone stock 510 cross the block. I get it, they were economy cars and mods are plentiful. But just one....please?", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1668487832, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10045241, "authorName": "PDXBryan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pdxbryan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@HeavyTank77\r\nHey Heavy, I think yer looker\u2019s busted ;^) There\u2019s been about 12-ish stockers on BaT since \u201815. The one that really shook us up was the white one in 2016 that went for $32K! However, as a long-time 510 nut I would never leave one stock. They\u2019re just too much fun to mess with!", "likes": 10, "timestamp": 1668491262, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10045348, "authorName": "Mr_M", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mr_m/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Body work, filler, paint separating, steering problems, $15,104 with 7 days to go??.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1668496001, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10045512, "authorName": "parshooter", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/parshooter/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "\"All those mods and still a 4-speed?\"\r\n\r\nRight. Just like my 510. Spent most of the money on paint and body. Had basically the same engine here. Had plenty of resources for the trans and labor, but never really thought about it. It was my daily and did see it's fair share of Atlanta highway driving. This one does have many pluses and minuses. Interesting dime. GLWS", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1668513170, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10045571, "authorName": "FloridaManNeedsTrailer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/floridamanneedstrailer/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Those SSS steering wheels aren\u2019t cheap, and stock radios are rare, props for keeping it given all of the other audio upgrades. It seems someone shaved the C-pillar vents, that\u2019s unusual.\nInteresting mix on this one, $15k feels like a pretty solid bid but still some areas that could have easily been addressed prior to sale to make it a solid driver.\nAnd is it a 1.8 or a 1.6, the write up says both\u2026", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1668515382, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10045935, "authorName": "bringatrailer", "authorUrl": "", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@BajaOrBust2023 Thank you for catching this. The listing has been updated with the correct engine size.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1668521993, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10046015, "authorName": "996sthelens", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/996sthelens/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I love seeing the 510s. A 510 was the first car that I ever fully built came from one of the mechanics my dad worked with at Jim Fisher Datsun here in Portland.\r\n I agree with @PDXBryan. \r\nWith just a few mods these become crazy go carts and are so much fun to drive. \r\nI like this car in brown\u2026. \r\n(Rubbing hands together) \r\nboy oh boy\r\nthe things you could do with this one\u2026..", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1668522751, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10046516, "authorName": "PDXBryan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pdxbryan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@996sthelens\r\nYep, me too. My first successful project was my 2dr 510 that\u2019s still (hopefully) roaming around these parts today. OK, all together now\u2026\u201dDamn, I shoulda kept it!\u201d", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1668527950, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10046542, "authorName": "BB510", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bb510/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I would say BAT is incorrect on \"replacement\" bucket seats. Those are \"recovered\" 510 seats.\r\n\r\n-BB510", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1668528219, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10046597, "authorName": "BB510", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bb510/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "On that same subject I don't love the two-piece seat, no headrest and rollbar combination.\r\n\r\n-BB510", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1668528562, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10046775, "authorName": "Artiturbe", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/artiturbe/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Car is super nice buttttt those black lights wheels need to come off. Another local seller, wonder if I can see this beauty in person", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1668529810, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10047003, "authorName": "groceg", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/groceg/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The interior on this one looks pretty clean. I can't tell for sure but the original dash might be uncracked ? Have to see a photo of the top. Nice factory tach. Always great to see an L series under the hood. I too like the rear end treatment. Looks very much like a \"Euro\" BMW E21. Very clean. @FloridaManNeedsTrailer I believe that's a 240Z steering wheel with a SSS center cap not a SSS wheel. Experts would have to confirm. I'm imagining this car with it's original orange color w/o the flairs. That was pretty desirable color back in the day. @HeavyTank77, The one I bought here was pretty darned stock. So close in fact that I couldn't resist bringing it even a little closer to stock before doing some very easily reversible, mild mods. @PDXBryan is right...it's impossible to resist. ....Futile \n https://bringatrailer.com/2021/12/31/bat-auction-success-story-shining-like-a-new-dime/", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1668531995, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10049468, "authorName": "Tedman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tedman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Too bad the fresh air ventilation has been rendered virtually useless with the elimination of the cowl grill and C-pillar vents. That is one of the best, yet oft overlooked features of a 510. I have survived many a road trip in the CA heat sans AC by rolling up the windows and aiming the dash vents at my face. Above 60 mph, the system works surprisingly well. Much better than rolling the windows down and getting blasted by the wind, arriving at your destination wind blown and deafened with a case of Trucker's sunburn.", "likes": 10, "timestamp": 1668542149, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10051613, "authorName": "shaddai", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/shaddai/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@groceg I too love seeing an l series under the hood. Even an idiot like me can rebuild one! @tedman I didn't even catch that... a 510 without the C pillar vents looks funny.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1668550003, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10051693, "authorName": "BB510", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bb510/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I would be worried driving this without a locking gas door.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1668550234, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10052937, "authorName": "Tedman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tedman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The taillight rings are upside down and need to be swapped side to side. Easy fix. I do like the interior, especially the leather. If one can find a good pair of black 510 head rests, I bet the receivers are still in the seatbacks. Perhaps an upholstery can fit grommets without too much trouble.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1668556355, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10053417, "authorName": "kicks", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kicks/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I dig it! But not as much as gary. GLWTA!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1668561144, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10053784, "authorName": "Kleanish", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kleanish/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Lot of haters! I love it!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1668564979, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10053925, "authorName": "JUSTWANNAPLAY (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/justwannaplay/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Kleanish, yeah..tons of haters. Kinda sad. Hardly any comments that edify the car and it's 50+ year existence rather than provide unnecessary commentary that's belittles or picks apart a neat car.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1668566744, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10055506, "authorName": "JUSTWANNAPLAY (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/justwannaplay/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Tedman, I often wondered that myself when I picked the car up. The other 2 door sedan we had when I was a kid had them.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1668612813, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10055523, "authorName": "JUSTWANNAPLAY (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/justwannaplay/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@groceg, the dash is completely OE without any damage or cracks to it. Surprising I know! Most other I saw before I purchased this one has some sort of issue regarding the dash. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw this one.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1668612938, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10055586, "authorName": "groceg", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/groceg/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@JUSTWANNAPLAY, That is pretty amazing. The whole dash, gauges, etc, just look wonderful. Must have been a very solid car to begin with. Still is. BTW...I think I have an extra set of 510 headrests :)", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1668613548, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10055936, "authorName": "BB510", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bb510/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I didn't read the comments as being a bunch of \"haters\" or even particularly negative. I read them as a general consensus that the mild customizations on the car are mostly attractive and the retention of the L Series engine and original interior taken positively. \r\n\r\nThen we went about our nitpicking of minor things - of which I am guilty. At $15k with 5 days left this one appears to be moving along fine.\r\n\r\n-BB510", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1668616588, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10056243, "authorName": "shaddai", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/shaddai/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Hating? If we're picking nits, that means we're generally okay with the underlying stuff. You gotta love a car that's in good shape, even if the nits are the wrong direction for one's personal proclivities. The shape of the dash alone warrants major respect.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1668619457, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10073829, "authorName": "chad.james07", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chad.james07/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Do the wiper motors work? And are there any vids of this thing running? It's really a gorgeous ride.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1668788658, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10075560, "authorName": "BB510", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bb510/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@chad.james07 As long as the switch on the dash and the wiring is fine a non functional wiper motor is not too costly to fix. Mine was ruined (don't ask) and I purchased a used one off Ebay and sent it to D&M Restoration and they restored it to like new appearance for not a huge amount. \r\n\r\nhttps://ibb.co/mhpCVSN\r\n\r\n-BB510", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1668797885, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10082213, "authorName": "JUSTWANNAPLAY (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/justwannaplay/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@chad.james07 and BB510 the wiper switch is still there along with the wiring. Because of the wiper arm assembly delete the previous owner disconnected the wiper motor. I didn't reconnect the wiper motor since the wipers were not there and that this car has never seen a rainy day.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1668872493, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10092796, "authorName": "Erikd804", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/erikd804/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "That was my first car on the very first Gran Turismo video game on PlayStation One lol.. definitely a \"Bucket-lister\"! I would have to move the mirrors back to the Japanese version ..front of the fenders.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1668998254, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10093409, "authorName": "CKKurtz", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ckkurtz/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Cool 510. The bronze paint with black wheels and trim looks really good. Unusual too.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1669038525, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10093901, "authorName": "garagespec", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/garagespec/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Ive always wanted a 510. Its one that has eluded me over the years. This is one is quite good.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1669045079, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10094736, "authorName": "JUSTWANNAPLAY (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/justwannaplay/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@ garagespec and CKKurtz, thanks y'all!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1669053514, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10096946, "authorName": "BB510", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bb510/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "7 days is a long pause in bidding.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1669063429, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10096953, "authorName": "JUSTWANNAPLAY (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/justwannaplay/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "BB510, for reals.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1669063495, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10096965, "authorName": "BB510", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bb510/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Typical. I open my mouth and say \"this one is moving along nicely\".....", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1669063586, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10096990, "authorName": "BB510", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bb510/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What material are the flares? They are nicely done.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1669063727, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10097823, "authorName": "JUSTWANNAPLAY (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/justwannaplay/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "BB510, the fender flares were done when the restore was done a few years back. They appear to be molded into the OE fender.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1669068013, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10098056, "authorName": "frogexaggerator", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/frogexaggerator/", "bidAmount": 15400, "content": "$15,400 bid placed by frogexaggerator", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1669069166, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 10098462, "authorName": "NorCalKen", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/norcalken/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Does start run and drive? Any issues? Any videos?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1669070568, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10098666, "authorName": "JUSTWANNAPLAY (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/justwannaplay/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@NorCalKen, yes it runs and drives beautiful. I apologize I don't have a video of the car in motion. I drive it almost every weekend.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1669071205, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10098964, "authorName": "Anonymous", "authorUrl": "", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Reserve not met on 11/21/22 at $15,400", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1669072262, "type": "bat-bid-reserve"}, {"id": 10098996, "authorName": "needthatcar", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/needthatcar/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The market is in a real funk. This looked to me like a $25k+ car. The only real drawback is a somewhat unsightly engine compartment, which would be easily sorted in a couple of weekends.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1669072377, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10100175, "authorName": "HeavyTank77", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/heavytank77/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Dang, I was rooting for @FROGEXAGGERATOR", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1669085409, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10105881, "authorName": "Sandman4x4", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sandman4x4/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Back in the early 80\u2019s, during a tight time in my life, a good friend sold me a 71 510 coupe in red on red, 4 speed 1.6. That had only 67,000 miles he bought from an old school teacher in fantastic condition. Of course I immediately starter to turn it into a rally car. With KONI shocks and hd springs that lifted the car above 3/4\u201d, that made it feel you could do anything in that car. I used to scare the crap out of friends in an old industrial park, where there was a building with a ramp going up on a loading dock, that had a 30\u201d drop I would fly off of! All was great till I was T bond in the passenger rear quarter by a drunk in a Sedan DeVille! That totaled my little rally car!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1669153469, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10215065, "authorName": "JackalopeBidder", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jackalopebidder/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What would you actually take for this?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1670466266, "type": "comment"}]