Originally Posted by
presidential
It's not like the car is a Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe or a Rolls Royce Silver Phantom II, so go ahead and mod it. Make it reliable however you can with modern stuff. Dealing with carbs every day sucks, trust me. I'm still trying to get a hold of my Triumph guy for you. I need some inlet/runner measurements.
Yeah, lets go cut up every 36 year old car with 14k original miles on it just because. It doesn't have to be a one-off, million dollar car to be collectible. Hell, it doesn't even have to be the coupe version of the 510 to be collectible. I'm just saying, that car as it sits is probably worth 7k or more. Dumping the engine out, tinkering with every bit on it, and undoing all the original parts is only going to devalue it. Why did I think that a comment on classic Datsun hardware would fall on deaf ears with this crowd...
"Dealing" with carbs every day? That's not even going to be on the radar on a 90* day with no AC (510 AC is basically unobtanium), a vinyl interior and tiny 70's windows.