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Got to love a bit of big port goodness. Man they sound good when the second inlet tract opens.. That is going to be a great little car.

Jasper is beautiful

Nice. I am working on an 83 Saab Turbo. No doubt it’s a weird but cool car. Everything is backwards. I understand why they no longer import them to the US

It's a shame you couldn't just put the rotten shell in storage and sit on it as an investment, some of the prices for old rotten Fords are ridiculous , next 10 years any 510 might be worth crazy money, shame if it has to be scrapped somebody would restore if doing labour themselves and at least another 510 would still exist.

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Are you going to Yakushi next month?

That’s a crushing feeling. I’m very sorry. Dealing with cars is so fun but also incredibly frustrating (especially the money). I hope one day you get your dream fulfilled with the Datsun. Continued support on your channels to do so 👍

Dammmmmm, congrats. At last there it is.

510 is a great choice.

Unlike the ct200h that it replaced, you can't get a spare wheel under the adjustable height shelf in the boot. But the shelf can be dropped down or removed to give another 4 or 5 inches of depth.

RIP 🙏

Sad times, H RIP Datsun

Yeah, don't blame you for scrapping the 510, that is a lot of money to fix it up. And at least the Toyota starts, so that's a win.

Shame about the Datsun mate 😢

Glad the corolla is coming together for you my condolences on the 510

I'll buy a shirt. sorry to hear about the endless dramas, but I was wrapped to see the update on your ute, cant wait for that to get finished.

These old Japanese vehicles are cool as hell but they can hide some serious neglect or shady 'repairs'. My '91 Toyota Pickup (Hilux everywhere but Canada and US) went in for pads and rotors and turned into upper and lower ball joints, inner and outer wheel bearings, shocks and new calipers because they had never been changed in the truck's entire life. I'm rooting for ya, Nate. I love your Corolla and 720. Sad to hear the 510 is just too far gone to save.

Sorry about the 510

Would totally buy a T-shirt. Found you because of culture stuff…… stayed because of car stuff.

I can speak from experience with 1600s/510s if you are planning on getting another shell keep the scrap shell for the interim-as much as it is roached i guarantee you will need some rust cuts from somewhere on it for the new shell. Loving the vids, cheers from Aus 👍

RIP Datsun 510, that's heartbreaking, My eyes nearly popped out of my head at the cost to repair the unibody. At this point, its a parts car, hopefully some of the good parts from it will work for the new Datsun you're looking to get.

Our of curiosity how much will you get scrap price on the Datsun shell?

I hope everything works out well for you, buddy. Upset after upset.

Finish fixing up the Carolla, sell it, get another of your dream car!

Such a shame you've had to scrap your O.G 510. Hopefully you can source another one.👍

Will you at least salvage it for parts?

Are you actually sending it off to scrap? I'm down south and a welder, possibly interested!

Watching this, learning about your supply chain issues, makes me appreciate how incredibly spoiled Americans are..

I take my hat off to you dude. You've got some grit about you. Keep going. 💪🏻

I hope the Corolla runs like a thoroughbred for you when you've finished. And you deserve a bit of luck with your replacement Datsun dream car too. I'm staggered by the amounts of money you mentioned. When the dream car is fixed up and running will you keep the Corolla, and run both?

How about a gofundme. Theres a lot on here i'm sure would support you in that way. Shame to see your dreams dashed

Scrapping the 510 is a good decision, not a happy one, but better to cut your loses and move on

A shirt would look good man do it =)

aww didnt even know bout the datsun

Ok Nate I wont make any coments about safety shoes this time ! BUT the last video and the Sunday stream ended with the engine and the gearbox not communicating , did you take the engine out again or did you pay someone to do it ?

🎉😮hells yeah i would buy a shirt 👍🏼👍🏼🤜🏼🤛🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

I hope you keep doing these videos. Too many car You Tubers are shills who aren't giving a realistic picture of the vintage car experience.

The 510 being scrap sucks, sorry dude. But good work on the Corolla and interested in the new Datsun making an appearance.

Glad you are makimg progress with the corolla atleast. Keep making videos.

Bad luck on the Datsun, its a shame that its now a rust lottery for cars this old, good luck on the next one

Sorry to hear about your Datsun, Sir. RIP 🙏 🪦

:( nice to hear you found a potential new project. my bank also blocked some of my cards too its so weird.

May the Datsun rest in peace 🪦

Clean with Simple Green

I can't imagine how difficult and frustrating that was, mate. You deserve a good night at the pub after all that malarky, mate! Massive respect to you!

Russian exhaust what a moron....Akrapovich is from Slovenia...

Good work Nate. 👍👍👍

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Good work mate! Wont be long before you are brapping around in it! And as you've probably learnt if you do this again its probably easier to pull the engine and gearbox together, while it makes it ohysically more difficult to remove/fit the engine it allows you to mount the gearbox on the floor which make sit soooo much easier

All that hard work and aggravation, instantly mitigated by getting the job completed. Bet you slept well after all that. ;)