1978 Datsun 510 Coupe Hatchback [KPA10]

1978 Datsun 510 Coupe [KPA10] in My Cousin Vinny, Movie, 1992

Class: Cars, Coupé — Model origin:

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Author	Message
ben68 2007-01-15 21:51	The light blue coupé
Ddey65 2007-01-15 22:08	Datsun.
TONKATRACKER 2007-01-15 22:10	Ddey65 wrote Datsun. THATS WHAT I WAS THINKING 210 ??
Ddey65 2007-01-15 22:25	TONKATRACKER wrote THATS WHAT I WAS THINKING 210 ?? I keep thinking of the 510.
carobserver 2007-01-15 22:41	Is a Violet coupe, of 1978-80, called 510 coupe hatchback in US
madsocks 2008-01-09 21:03	welcome, i had one of these in the uk in about 1983. my parents had the car from new. dec 1978 bright yellow coupe with brown vinyl with a sunroof. very rare even in those days(i have only ever seen 3 on the road in my life,and 1 for sale on ebay) datsun 160j sss the sss was also ava as a 180b coupe(my mate had one of those) but not as nice looking as the 160j sss twin carbs, dogleg 1st gear if anyone knows what that means? 105 mph in third gear! went off the clock in top. cost about £2500.00 in 1978 i sold it for £650.00 in 1984/5 brought a 280zx. which was fast and drank loads of petrol. hope this is of interest to someone