You had a picture of the wrong Peter Brock. The pic of him standing over an Australian Holden Commodore with number 0.5 on the door was the Australian racing car driver and HDT performance parts manufacture founder Peter Brock. Not the American designer of Shlbey fame and BRE founder Peter Brock.
Great video! Just wanted to add, the BRE 510’s were available with three engine sizes. They were known as “Yuma Rocket Engines” they were so powerful that one your for a Indy car race at the old Ontario Motor Speedway (OMS) They were the pace car for the race. Many people on race day were laughing out loud about the choice of the 510’s, until they saw them in action! I thought the racing engines were available through BRE to the public. As I remember they were somewhere between $3500-$5000. Those cars had huge fender flares front and back that made the little car look unbeatable!
In Australia the Datsun 510 was known as the Datsun 1600! Hard to find one that’s NOT modified. On my channel you will see that I own its predecessor,the bluebird 410 from 1965. Great little cars.
I had a 72 coupe with the 4 speed . Residing in Vancouver I did a number of road trips including down to the Baja . V/ reliable and zero rust problems . Followed up in 87 with a Maxima a worthy successor .
The "Peter Brock" you showed was Australia's greatest race car driver, not the American Peter Brock. In a bizarre twist of fate, our Peter Brock was killed in 2006 during a race whilst driving a Daytona designed by the American Peter Brock...(cue the Twilight Zone theme music...)
My first (and only) NEW car was a 1969 510 2-door. I didn't mess with the engine, but I did add the rally springs, Koni shocks, a Stebro exhaust, wider rims off a Chevy II wagon for wider tires, and the acessory tachometer. Loved it, it was a hoot to drive, cruise all day at 75-80, great handling. Sadly, it succumbed to rust. Wish I could find one today, they are pretty rare, and... $$$
i had a speacial edition of this as my first two cars after having driver´s permit, this with a 1800 engine SSS , coupé not fastback it had long seats in suede tri-radius steering-wheel blue windows those rally closers to the bonnet extra front lights, speacial rally wheels in iron, black and grey, sportive dash was fast and a w114 diesel mercedes, this after selling my Mercedes 280S, it was big and drinked more than the owner, after i got a 65 coupé 280S coming from californea with the two round lights in front with a chromed framed, i saw a regular SSS with the 1600 engine, this was a car made to celebrate it having won the rally championship, i only saw mine my all life should had kept it ,today would be unique ,as i have all others ,even the 280S i sold, there are at least two datsuns from the 70´s that i never heard no one refer to them one being the datsun GT with larger size compared to the 510 bluebird, the other don´t even remenber the model but was a good rally car with more space inside,it was bigger than the 510, had for a few monthes a bought in the 80´s simple four door car allthough the design made it look a coupé, the Datsun GT was giant, also remenber the 120Y and the 100A
The 510 was one of the greatest Rally Cars of all time. My first car was a 71 1200 4 door that held together well even though I pounded the snot out of it.
You done you're research but made a big mistake by showing a pic of Australian touring car and V8 Supercar champion and legend Peter Brock ,he's not the Pete Brock you are talking about in that segment that worked for Shelby same name but two completely different people
My friend's parents had a 1971 green 510 in South Africa where it was known as the SSS. His older brother use to run the twisty roads of our like a maniac. Used to scare the hell out of us.
They were cheap in the 70's in Aust as a used car when we were teenagers. I ended up buying instead a Mazda RX4 with a 13B rotary and had it bridge-ported & tuned for more power and it would rev like crazy & eat a Datson for breakfast. The RX4 also had a jet cockpit designed cabin/dash that was well ahead of its time plus an 8 track player that was awesome
Here in Australia, we only got the 4 door and wagon. Here they were known as Datsun 1600. Watched a few of your videos now. But one little gripe. You rarely show the stock versions of the cars. I think showing a standard car and going over that first, then go over what mods can be done. I know a lot about these cars, as a mate had a few, which we modded with worked over L16's, L18's and L20's. They're work quite a bit here now, if you can find one. They were known to rust badly.
I suspect AI has been used to create this video without very much fact checking or editing. I love the Datsun 510 (owned 4-5 and still own one). Seeing so many errors just triggers me. Just about every time the L16 is mentioned they show the wrong engine (I think it's a KA24), the picture of the independent rear suspension is of a modified race suspension. And of course everyone's mentioned the wrong Peter Brock, famous for racing Australian Holden V8's not running a Datsun race team. Shit, I hope AI don't take over the world too soon otherwise we're all in trouble.
Datsun 1600 in Australia... Or Datto, great little bush bashers, but usually full of rust. A mate bought one in 82/3(?) for $500AU.. they were everywhere.
Like when Toyota released the Celica in the States during the mid 70's. And it looked exactly like a mini fastback mustang. Something Ford couldn't even do with the Mustang 2. You've definitely shown some beautiful examples of the 510.
The 2002 is the better car anyways.... Datsun actually purchased a 2002 backwards engineered it to creat the 510. The 510 has the exact underpinnings as the 2002. That's why the 510 was called a poor man's bmw. the bmw had more success in motorsports, euro rally championship, WTCC champion, ETCC, class win at Le Mans, etc. it did poorly in the Trans Am series for 1. Only gentlemen drivers campaigned it in the US 2. Alot of parts that were FIA approved were actually banned by the SCCA.
Absolutely amazing video that I truly enjoyed, just one fact for your information, back in the day it was pronounced Triple S and not S, S, S. I know that in the States they would say S, S for the Chevy SS or Super Spot versions but with Datsun it's always been Triple S.
No mention of Paul Newman when it comes to racing? I had always thought that, while with Datsun, that he raced 240Zs. However I saw a clip in a documentary about him and in that particular clip, he was racing the 510.
I was beginning to think I was the only person in the comments who remembered that. His first few years he raced a 510. This is surely an AI-generated script, hence the notable omission of Newman.
My first car was a '71 4-door in 918 orange. Wonderful car. Thanks for the video. A couple of notes. The L-series engine was inherited by Nissan when they absorbed Prince. It was essentially a Mercedes SOHC engine of the vintage swapped left for right. Why? The Japanese home market was right hand driver, and the swap made locating accessories simpler. The general layout; strut front suspension, semi-trailing rear, general size, wheelbase, engine power were very close to the BMW 1600 of the day. If Nissan was copying, they copied from another car that became a legend.
My dad, a speed freak vicar in Victoria Australia had a 910. I think he stressed it out or something though - it gave a lot of trouble. He drove it pretty hard!
I was a kid when an uncle had a souped up version of the Datsun SSS 1600. Was I or was I impressed?? Bearing in mind I couldn't even have a driving licence at the time.
The Datto 1600 when they came very popular and don't use Australia's Peter Brock with the American Peter Brock Australia's would never be associated with Shelby which was linked to Ford Australia's Peter Brock drove Holden's at Bathurst in the 500 mile and 1000 kilometre races
there´s a thing the whole models were sold at least in europe the 1600SSS or tri-S was only the sport model but there were others only never had seen the van, there was other the datsun 1200 it was known by this ,those had vans and saloon cars
I bought one,didn't like it,too different from American car handling,power ,and ride,,at the time.Probably would love it now,it was super great on gas!
You don't have to use a filter to make the video look ""old"". Nothing here has been filmed and then stored for decades, somehow along the way getting scratched. It just makes it hard to look at and well, just really distracting and annoying. Maybe, just maybe, your audience likes crystal clarity, or the nearest to that possible.
This video has plenty of good history, but in my opinion, WAY too many ugly modern custom track-boy versions. While you're discussing original features of the 510s, you shouldn't be showing us fully customized editions. It's just confusing. I fully understand that tons of these have been converted for racing and/or posing, but give the original car some love.
I get that the Datsun 510 and the Z240 had the tech in their engines and independent rear suspensions. But for me, these cars are ugly. The 1950s 356 and 1960s 911 Porsches are like old Chevys. They could take larger Porsche engines and independent rear suspensions and all wheel disc brakes. So this would be the car to have in my garage. The early 1960 Chevrolet Chevy II weighed as much as the Porsche at 2600 Lbs. Its engine bay could take the largest engine Chevy produced, the 454 which would bolt up to the two speed Chevy Powerglide automatic transmission. Chevy made this transmission so bulletproof that it would take a modified V8 with a supercharger and would not break. They were a drag racing dream. To each his own.
I love those Datsuns 1600 sss. But was disappointed by the boot and rear passenger space. So The Alfa Romeo 1600 Gulia more expensive but if you could afford it. It beats the 1600 and 1800 SSS .IN all departments maybe on looks the Datsun wins for sure. But mechanical engineering, drive train ,suspension and Top speed standard models,Alfa beat them 99% of the races here in South Africa.
I'm Canadian. They salt roads in the winter in Canada. In 1975, I bought a used '73 two-door 510 as my first car. One magazine called the car "The poor man's BMW". I called it "The worst rust bucket ever built". Not long after I got it, I could put my finger through the front fender (the previous owner had carefully hidden the rust). Someone wrote that these cars were already rusting on the ships that were taking them from Japan to North America. I sincerely believe that it's true. I scrapped the car in 1977 because it was structurally so rusted, it had become unsafe to drive. What a POS!
Another Canadian here. Our 510 was our first family car purchased brand new. We weren't impressed. Three teen boys fighting over seating positions on the back bench seat. Black vinyl with no AC... cramped ... seemed to break down at inconvenient times. We were glad to replace it. The family we gave it to ran it for another 15 years!
My dad owned a 1971 Datsun 510. Just a buzzy, flimsy glass lantern on wheels and not reliable at all... over the few years there were constant maintenance issues and breakdowns and it was very prone to rust. Yes they sold well and were successful rally cars but you're buying into hype.
The Brock in the pic you showed is Australian Touring Car champion Peter Brock ( now deceased ) not the American Peter Brock of Datsun fame..
This is why you never believe history. It's his story. Small details get lost as younger generation get more stupid every single year
I had a 510 wagon. I'm gonna call it one of the first Hot Hatchs.
My first car was a 510, loved that car, fun to drive, reliable as hell.
I love those cars.
In 1970 I had a four door Datsun 1600 SSS here in South Africa.
My dad had a B210. I don’t know where that sedan fit in the lineup. Amazingly reliable car.
I had a 510 SSS and loved it. I Autocrossed it
This was a great car in its time. It has become a true classic.
So happy a Family member owns one, Datsun SSS with original L16 dual carb and a dog leg 5spd
Datsun 1600 here in Australia - very popular as a first car 1980s
I remember those things. They were dope. Peppy and light and so reliable. Easy to work on too. This reminder makes we want to go find one.
You had a picture of the wrong Peter Brock. The pic of him standing over an Australian Holden Commodore with number 0.5 on the door was the Australian racing car driver and HDT performance parts manufacture founder Peter Brock. Not the American designer of Shlbey fame and BRE founder Peter Brock.
Great video! Just wanted to add, the BRE 510’s were available with three engine sizes. They were known as “Yuma Rocket Engines” they were so powerful that one your for a Indy car race at the old Ontario Motor Speedway (OMS) They were the pace car for the race. Many people on race day were laughing out loud about the choice of the 510’s, until they saw them in action! I thought the racing engines were available through BRE to the public. As I remember they were somewhere between $3500-$5000. Those cars had huge fender flares front and back that made the little car look unbeatable!
In Australia the Datsun 510 was known as the Datsun 1600! Hard to find one that’s NOT modified.
On my channel you will see that I own its predecessor,the bluebird 410 from 1965. Great little cars.
I had a 72 coupe with the 4 speed . Residing in Vancouver I did a number of road trips including down to the Baja . V/ reliable and zero rust problems . Followed up in 87 with a Maxima a worthy successor .
Had one 2 door with a sr20 swap my dumb ass sold it 20 years ago not a day goes by that I don't regret😭😢😤😪😥
Fond memories of that car, with the 2L six it was really quick and a five speed box. It took some work but than you had something great.
The "Peter Brock" you showed was Australia's greatest race car driver, not the American Peter Brock. In a bizarre twist of fate, our Peter Brock was killed in 2006 during a race whilst driving a Daytona designed by the American Peter Brock...(cue the Twilight Zone theme music...)
My first (and only) NEW car was a 1969 510 2-door. I didn't mess with the engine, but I did add the rally springs, Koni shocks, a Stebro exhaust, wider rims off a Chevy II wagon for wider tires, and the acessory tachometer. Loved it, it was a hoot to drive, cruise all day at 75-80, great handling. Sadly, it succumbed to rust. Wish I could find one today, they are pretty rare, and... $$$
i had a speacial edition of this as my first two cars after having driver´s permit, this with a 1800 engine SSS , coupé not fastback it had long seats in suede tri-radius steering-wheel blue windows those rally closers to the bonnet extra front lights, speacial rally wheels in iron, black and grey, sportive dash was fast and a w114 diesel mercedes, this after selling my Mercedes 280S, it was big and drinked more than the owner, after i got a 65 coupé 280S coming from californea with the two round lights in front with a chromed framed, i saw a regular SSS with the 1600 engine, this was a car made to celebrate it having won the rally championship, i only saw mine my all life should had kept it ,today would be unique ,as i have all others ,even the 280S i sold, there are at least two datsuns from the 70´s that i never heard no one refer to them one being the datsun GT with larger size compared to the 510 bluebird, the other don´t even remenber the model but was a good rally car with more space inside,it was bigger than the 510, had for a few monthes a bought in the 80´s simple four door car allthough the design made it look a coupé, the Datsun GT was giant, also remenber the 120Y and the 100A
The 510 was one of the greatest Rally Cars of all time. My first car was a 71 1200 4 door that held together well even though I pounded the snot out of it.
You done you're research but made a big mistake by showing a pic of Australian touring car and V8 Supercar champion and legend Peter Brock ,he's not the Pete Brock you are talking about in that segment that worked for Shelby same name but two completely different people
My friend's parents had a 1971 green 510 in South Africa where it was known as the SSS. His older brother use to run the twisty roads of our like a maniac. Used to scare the hell out of us.
They were cheap in the 70's in Aust as a used car when we were teenagers. I ended up buying instead a Mazda RX4 with a 13B rotary and had it bridge-ported & tuned for more power and it would rev like crazy & eat a Datson for breakfast. The RX4 also had a jet cockpit designed cabin/dash that was well ahead of its time plus an 8 track player that was awesome
I ❤ trains, trams, take a ride, I have a folder on ''transportation''
(folder 2, in playlists) you will love them too :)
Here in Australia, we only got the 4 door and wagon. Here they were known as Datsun 1600.
Watched a few of your videos now. But one little gripe. You rarely show the stock versions of the cars. I think showing a standard car and going over that first, then go over what mods can be done.
I know a lot about these cars, as a mate had a few, which we modded with worked over L16's, L18's and L20's. They're work quite a bit here now, if you can find one. They were known to rust badly.
We got a few 2 doors. My mate has a SSS 2 door and a 4 door I concourse condition.
@@logic.and.reasoning. From what I'm to believe, the factory never imported the 2 door into Australia. All two doors here now are imports.
Yay finally 510 fan for sure lowered 2 litre turbo 5 sps not much will beat them on track or street.love to have my old 72 2dr.
I suspect AI has been used to create this video without very much fact checking or editing. I love the Datsun 510 (owned 4-5 and still own one). Seeing so many errors just triggers me. Just about every time the L16 is mentioned they show the wrong engine (I think it's a KA24), the picture of the independent rear suspension is of a modified race suspension. And of course everyone's mentioned the wrong Peter Brock, famous for racing Australian Holden V8's not running a Datsun race team. Shit, I hope AI don't take over the world too soon otherwise we're all in trouble.
Datsun 1600 in Australia...
Or Datto, great little bush bashers, but usually full of rust.
A mate bought one in 82/3(?) for $500AU.. they were everywhere.
Back in the day, my brother had a 710 and loved it. It's a shame just how far Nissan have fallen... to purveyors of junk cars.
Does Leno know you stole his copyrighted images?
Go cry
Like when Toyota released the Celica in the States during the mid 70's. And it looked exactly like a mini fastback mustang. Something Ford couldn't even do with the Mustang 2. You've definitely shown some beautiful examples of the 510.
The wonderful aesthetics of the 60s and 70s japanese cars. Great video.
My high school car was a 1978 Datsun 510 hatchback.
Wanted one for rally cross - finally settled on a '72 2002. Would gladly take a 510 today.
The 2002 is the better car anyways.... Datsun actually purchased a 2002 backwards engineered it to creat the 510. The 510 has the exact underpinnings as the 2002. That's why the 510 was called a poor man's bmw. the bmw had more success in motorsports, euro rally championship, WTCC champion, ETCC, class win at Le Mans, etc. it did poorly in the Trans Am series for 1. Only gentlemen drivers campaigned it in the US 2. Alot of parts that were FIA approved were actually banned by the SCCA.
My son has three 510s in the back yard. Quite small and a bit cramped, no safety stuff, but nicely suspended and sought after.
Absolutely amazing video that I truly enjoyed, just one fact for your information, back in the day it was pronounced Triple S and not S, S, S. I know that in the States they would say S, S for the Chevy SS or Super Spot versions but with Datsun it's always been Triple S.
My first car was a 2 door coupe. An awesome car. Should never have sold it.
No mention of Paul Newman when it comes to racing? I had always thought that, while with Datsun, that he raced 240Zs. However I saw a clip in a documentary about him and in that particular clip, he was racing the 510.
I was beginning to think I was the only person in the comments who remembered that. His first few years he raced a 510. This is surely an AI-generated script, hence the notable omission of Newman.
did you get permission to use any content?
If the Triumph Dolomite video that has just been removed by TH-cam for using my content, unlicenced, is anything to go by. Then no.
My first car was a '71 4-door in 918 orange. Wonderful car. Thanks for the video.
A couple of notes. The L-series engine was inherited by Nissan when they absorbed Prince. It was essentially a Mercedes SOHC engine of the vintage swapped left for right. Why? The Japanese home market was right hand driver, and the swap made locating accessories simpler. The general layout; strut front suspension, semi-trailing rear, general size, wheelbase, engine power were very close to the BMW 1600 of the day. If Nissan was copying, they copied from another car that became a legend.
Don't understand why your channel hasn't fully blow up yet, but love the content. Be patient, you are doing good work
Stealing content would be my first guess
@@Aussieandthelada2101
What car review channel doesn’t steal content? The greater issue is that they didn’t credit the original source.
My dad, a speed freak vicar in Victoria Australia had a 910. I think he stressed it out or something though - it gave a lot of trouble. He drove it pretty hard!
Love Datsun-Nissan!
I was a kid when an uncle had a souped up version of the Datsun SSS 1600.
Was I or was I impressed?? Bearing in mind I couldn't even have a driving licence at the time.
Ahhh poor ai, wrong Brock.....😂😂😂😂
The dealer had a lot of performance parts avaliable cam, heads, pistons, intakes, exhaust ect.
Did my apprenticeship with Datsun. 510 SSS and 240Z were what kept me aroused and sleepless as a 17 year old.
My dad had one as our first new car. It was already rusting within four years of purchase and he went back to domestics for the rest of the 70’s.
The 510 Coupe evolved into a hatchback after the 510 itself entered its second generation.
The Datto 1600 when they came very popular and don't use Australia's Peter Brock with the American Peter Brock Australia's would never be associated with Shelby which was linked to Ford Australia's Peter Brock drove Holden's at Bathurst in the 500 mile and 1000 kilometre races
some put 13x 6 rims from 1962-64 corvairs to get wide 60 series tires on them , this was the 2002 that us high school kids could buy
Nissan should bring this back
there´s a thing the whole models were sold at least in europe the 1600SSS or tri-S was only the sport model but there were others only never had seen the van, there was other the datsun 1200 it was known by this ,those had vans and saloon cars
Look like FIAT BRAVA from 70'ies
I bought one,didn't like it,too different from American car handling,power ,and ride,,at the time.Probably would love it now,it was super great on gas!
Australian Peter Brock that you showed had nothing to do with Shelby
The engine was Mercedes based straight six.
They had rust before delivery.
The 200 sx turbo came close.
Getting tired of these AI narrated videos. No soul. No credibility.
Agree, but this is at least a more realistic sounding AI narration than most. I imagine the script is AI-generated as well.
You don't have to use a filter to make the video look ""old"". Nothing here has been filmed and then stored for decades, somehow along the way getting scratched. It just makes it hard to look at and well, just really distracting and annoying. Maybe, just maybe, your audience likes crystal clarity, or the nearest to that possible.
Thank you for your suggestion. We'll keep that in mind
These cars tasted different back then. Reasonably prices cars of today are reliable, but boring and dull...
This video has plenty of good history, but in my opinion, WAY too many ugly modern custom track-boy versions. While you're discussing original features of the 510s, you shouldn't be showing us fully customized editions. It's just confusing. I fully understand that tons of these have been converted for racing and/or posing, but give the original car some love.
His name is not oo-CHEE-no, it's UCHI-no, or more accurately with no accent at all.
I get that the Datsun 510 and the Z240 had the tech in their engines and independent rear suspensions. But for me, these cars are ugly.
The 1950s 356 and 1960s 911 Porsches are like old Chevys. They could take larger Porsche engines and independent rear suspensions and all wheel disc brakes. So this would be the car to have in my garage.
The early 1960 Chevrolet Chevy II weighed as much as the Porsche at 2600 Lbs. Its engine bay could take the largest engine Chevy produced, the 454 which would bolt up to the two speed Chevy Powerglide automatic transmission. Chevy made this transmission so bulletproof that it would take a modified V8 with a supercharger and would not break. They were a drag racing dream.
To each his own.
So why do you show a photo of a 2400 cc engine? Very sloppywork!!
remove this garbage straight away. you have stolen content that people have worked extremely hard for and invested a lot of money Into.
you should pronounce coupe the right way which is " cou-'pey"
I love those Datsuns 1600 sss. But was disappointed by the boot and rear passenger space. So The Alfa Romeo 1600 Gulia more expensive but if you could afford it. It beats the 1600 and 1800 SSS .IN all departments maybe on looks the Datsun wins for sure. But mechanical engineering, drive train ,suspension and Top speed standard models,Alfa beat them 99% of the races here in South Africa.
My Eleanor 😞
And coupe is pronounce coo pay, not coop!! A coop is a small cage, e.g. for chickens!!
I'm Canadian. They salt roads in the winter in Canada. In 1975, I bought a used '73 two-door 510 as my first car. One magazine called the car "The poor man's BMW". I called it "The worst rust bucket ever built". Not long after I got it, I could put my finger through the front fender (the previous owner had carefully hidden the rust). Someone wrote that these cars were already rusting on the ships that were taking them from Japan to North America. I sincerely believe that it's true. I scrapped the car in 1977 because it was structurally so rusted, it had become unsafe to drive. What a POS!
Another Canadian here. Our 510 was our first family car purchased brand new. We weren't impressed. Three teen boys fighting over seating positions on the back bench seat. Black vinyl with no AC... cramped ... seemed to break down at inconvenient times. We were glad to replace it. The family we gave it to ran it for another 15 years!
My dad owned a 1971 Datsun 510. Just a buzzy, flimsy glass lantern on wheels and not reliable at all... over the few years there were constant maintenance issues and breakdowns and it was very prone to rust. Yes they sold well and were successful rally cars but you're buying into hype.
THEY DIDNT GET TO 6 FOOT UNTILL YOU TOLD THIS !!!