These photographs provided by Michael Spreadbury and may only be used for private viewing
These pictures and captions were provided by Denny Stevison and may only be used for private viewing purposes. |
 This view of the car you can see the extent of the work to prepare it for reassembly.  This is another view of the car showing the extent of the work. If you look through the car you can see the 4 door quarter and the ugly flared 2 door quarter leaning against the wall.  The trunk area shows the bracing and shielding which surrounds the fuel cell.  Painting done, I've started reinstalling the plumbing. I managed to use most of the original brake tubing and fuel lines. It was really hard to tell where all the various lines went when they were all laying in a box. The dual brake master arrangement was easy to make look good.  The dash has been modified many times during it's life. I tried to stay with the original look as much as possible. The result turned out pretty decent.  This is what the car looks like today from the drivers side.  This is what the rear looks like. I have not installed the exhaust yet. It will exit at the stock location.  Here's a good look at the detailing of all the under dash wiring and plumbing. It is very sanitary and purposeful. |
The car was built with intentions of participating in the 2.5 Trans Am
series in the early '70's. Jack Scoville ('69 SCCA National Champ in a
2.0L Roadster) built the car from a car that was on his lot with some roof
damage. Mr. Scoville is the Nissan dealer in Corvallis OR (Michael
Spreadbury's employer). Jeff Scoville, Jack's son, races a 240SX now in
SCCA races.
The Trans Am series was dropped before the car was ready. With Trans Am gone the car was raced for a number of years by both Jack and Jeff in SCCA's B sedan class. When Jeff got a 200SX from Nissan the car was sold to Sterling Kelly (another Nissan dealer principal) in Columbia MO. Kelly raced the car for 3 or 4 seasons until Kelly bought an HL510 in the early '80's. The car was picked up by a group of 510 racers in St Louis, MO. The car became one car of a 5 510 stable. It really was quite a sight to see these cars roll in at the local track! Eventually the other cars in the stable got crashed and fell into dis-repair. My car and a tube frame, total effort, 510 became the only cars left. The owner of the tube frame car was a much more competitive driver. He made a two season effort to place at the Nationals. During that time my car became a donor to his efforts. They used all of the fiber glass panels and most of the high quality drive train parts. I picked up the car as a total basket case in 1990. To bring the car home I had to spend a couple of days digging it out from under trashed and otherwise junk parts. It took another late night to put the struts back on the car to be able to roll it onto the trailer. (Yes, I am nuts) The car was media blasted inside, outside, and underside. When I got it back from the media blaster it was sent to the frame shop to get the front unibody pulled back to square. The left front corner of the frame was pushed back .75" and up nearly an inch. When the frame guy was done it came out within 2mm of specs. It had a new radiator support installed during this work. The rear sheet metal was totally trashed. It took a couple of months to find a left rear quarter and a rear tail panel. The right quarter was not available anywhere. I had been able to find a 4 door right quarter at a local Nissan store which I picked up. The tube frame car had a front section of a right quarter that was in decent shape. You guessed it, the right side of the car is part 2 door and part 4 door. It turned out great! Wasn't really that much extra work either. I will be participating in a few Vintage races with the car. The engine is in the works for it now. A moderately warmed over L18. I am going for reliability with the drive train from front to rear. Yes, I know most of you think I am crazy to do this much work but I am truly A 510 FAN! |