Datsun Racing

Here's what happens when I tell my fabricator Paul Moore to just go for it, no instructions included. I asked him to make me some door panels for my Datsun 710 race car, and here's what he created... All aluminum and a little black paint. My wife says it kind of looks like a Chanel handbag ;-) … [Read more...] about ALUMINUM TUCK ‘N ROLL

Great photo by Bob Pengraph of 710s dicing at the HMSA Portland Historics, July 2014. … [Read more...] about DANCING IN THE RAIN

Spent a little time in the garage today cleaning up the old 710 grill. Gave it a power wash, rubbed it down with a little fine sandpaper, then some acetone. Spray painted it with Krylon Fuzion plastic-adhering satin black, hand painted the perimeter with some metallic silver, cut and formed some 3/16" stainless steel wire mesh for the headlight grills, and couldn't resist … [Read more...] about 710 GRILL REDO

The h165 axle on my Datsun 710 had 1/8" toe-out and zero camber. It made the handling a bit twitchy and did not give ideal tire wear, so I took it to Paul Moore at The Moore Speed Co and had him fix it for me. After removal and measurement, he used the cut-and-weld method to alter the axle housing geometry to an ideal 1/16" toe-in and 1/2 degree negative camber. … [Read more...] about H165 AXLE STRAIGHTENING