Day 1

I bought this '71 Datsun 510 in August of 1995 - it wasn't even for sale at the time, I simply walked up to the house it has been parked at and knocked on the door. It didn't run but it was only a couple of (flat) blocks from where I lived so I pushed it home. It had a dead L16 (1600cc) but came with an L18 (1800cc) that was supposedly good. 

Sorry about the image quality, I took video of the day I bought the car and these are stills from the VHS.






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