Datsun 510 H Production Race Car

Here are some final pictures of our H production race car. In 2005 we competed in 6 races with out any breakage. WE won 1st in class every time the car ran on the track.

Here are some in process pictures from the shop at Thompson-Machine.

A new dash was constructed out of aluminum then painted flat black. All new gauges were installed. Critical switches needed to be located where the driver could reach them while restrained in the safety harness. Simpson safety gear was used for belts and window net.

New inner fender wells were constructed to seal the trunk to the large fender flares. It keeps things a lot cleaner especially when you need to race in the rain. ATL makes an affordable 15-gallon cell that meets all of SCCA requirements. Also shown is a Fram fuel filter with a Carter fuel pump.

After the tub was welded with all the new bars and seat mounts the car was painted in safety blue. We thought it would give us a good contrast to yellow exterior.

This yellow 510 was a solo car. It had a solid chassis but was old and worn. This picture shows the trunk, the fuel cell didn’t meet current regulations and was pulled to evaluate the car.

There was no forward bracing in the roll cage past the firewall. This will not be acceptable for most sanctioning bodies. We hole sawed thru the fire wall to align tubes with the strut towers, and then tied them back to the front cross bar above the legs. Crossbars were also added to the passenger door opening. The final touch was a new seat back brace required by SCCA.

We were going to use this as a training car and wanted the seat adjustable for many different drivers to be comfortable. We used a Kirkley 5 deg seat and then made adjustable brackets to change the pitch of the seat. The seat was secured to the slide brackets on the box tubing. The slide brackets were then pinned at different locations to accommodate different height drivers

This picture shows a stripped interior. All seams were welded for strength. All unnecessary holes from previous owners were repaired for a clean looking cockpit