Really Ratty Rusty Ruby 510/miata

[Indy510]

I've been too busy to post on here lately. I still have the 2dr 710, but I finally sold the wagon a few months ago. As stupid as it sounds, I quickly spent all that money on the tools and parts needed to get my rusty 510 back on the road.

The only problem is the 510 looked like this in 2015, when I started the "re-build":

[Indy510]

The only thing left to do was start sawzalling ...



and drag the body panels out of storage:

[flatcat19]

Too soon to say I like where this is going?

[Taterhead]

Probably, but I do too.

[DRIVEN]

I can't even imagine where it's going but I'm in.

[Laecaon]

This will be fun!

[Converted_to_datsun]

Hmmm I’ll bite... where is this going? lol

[Indy510]

I knew I needed a donor chassis, so I looked into using a 1st or 2nd gen. Miata, S2000, Pontiac Solstice, or some exo-skeleton kit car

All of these options are at least 6-7" wider than a stock 510, so I made some relief cuts in the roof to bend out the roof pillars and widen the whole 510 three inches

[Indy510]

I jammed some .75x1.5" square tube in the cross-braces between all 3 pillars:

[DRIVEN]

[Indy510]

Haha ... yeah, this wasn't a serious project in the beggining

[Indy510]

Then I let it sit for 6 months, while working on the 710s:





removable quarter panels:

[Indy510]

I wasn't planning on using $400 taillights on this $50 car, but it helps that they're a lot wider than stock 510 tailights:

[Indy510]

The hood was 3" too narrow:

[Indy510]

I decided to widen the headlight buckets too, but it took me forever to figure out the grill to headlight bezel ratio is 2:1

[Indy510]

The patina is the only reason this car didn't go to the dump:



Then I took it all apart, so I could paint the 2dr 710, 2 years ago:

[DRIVEN]

I think you mean the radness is the only reason it didn't go to the dump.

[noflers]

Yup, thats what he meant

I kept wondering why the body is wide and things like the hood are too narrow, then I remembered Miata in the title. This should be pretty dang cool.

[Ni10]

cool, another datsun project on NWD.

[Indy510]