1978 Datsun 510 Coupé [KPA10]

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

Class: Cars, Hatchback — Model origin: — Made for: USA

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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
arrakis39 ◊ 2012-05-05 01:49	this is known as a 710 in europe.madsocks is quite right these were very rare. according to the datsun club, there are only 10 in the uk. dog leg means 1st gear is where 2nd is normally and straight up is reverse. i own three of these, one of my fav cars ever.anyone interested for more info e-mail me john160jsss@gmail.com.
mike962 ◊ 2019-10-21 17:53	REPLACE