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Ol 'Jazz Hands' - AKA: Cabbage Patch Kid from the great north. Fit that bish for striped coveralls.

Yup, looks like we're gonna be dealin with an uptick of the flop-eared 'Messiah's' 'Fudamental Transformation of America' again; at least in some of the expected shit-hole locations. Dammit, Wayno, now I can't get J. Lennon's 'Imagine' outta my mental soundtrack machine.

I've been perusing many articles on the Venezuelan operation over the past day and something that I've only seen mentioned in ONE comment on one of the articles is the Smartmatic voting machines that are used all over the developed world and now guess where they come from. I've read quite a bit about the 'back & forth' controversy over the machines the past decade or more and I've a hunch that the topic will be heard a bit more of in the next little bit of time. It's inevitable that a plethora of benefits (???) just might result from this 'Police Action'. Hat tip: just observe where the loudest opposition to this event emerges from over the next week or so. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartmatic

Crusty, If your springs are good and the plate is not warped, that will be your easiest and most cost effective route short of a very lucky find on the internet. Allowing you to go look for other parts. If you don't have the factory owners and factory parts manuals for the 320, visit the NICO link pasted here and click the 320 tab. I've downloaded and printed both out years ago. Very helpful when tinkering time comes around. Also might want to visit the NICO forum for the 320. Don't believe there's much activity there anymore, but a good amount of info to be gleaned. If U visit the 320 forum, be sure to check out the posts by 'Lil Truckie'. https://www.nicoclub.com/datsun-service-manuals

Only the first six months production of the 520 clutch plate will work as they had the same 'top-load' transmission that the 64/65 320 pickup had. In September 65 the top-load transmission was phased out and replaced by the transmission with the stamped tin bottom plate. The main physical difference between the top-load trany in the 320 and the 520 was the machining of the pads on the tailshaft housing. The 320 had the pads on either side of the tailshaft housing machined and drilled for side mounts. For installation in the 520 the bottom pad was machined and drilled for a central mount. I don't know if the ratios are different between the 320 & 520.

The clutch disc/pressure-plate/throwout parts for the transmission with stamped bottom plate will not work on the 320/520 up to Sept. 65. The first six months production of the 520 used the same top-load floor shift trany as the 64-65 320. The input shaft on the September 65 520 (bottom load trany) is 1" in diameter and has more splines than the 320 floor shift trany (input shaft is also smaller diameter on 320; 7/8" diameter if my memory is working today). Attached is a pic of a correct disc that I found 12-13 years ago when I was re-doing the NL320 power unit. Correct new clutch parts for the 320 floor shift trany are going to be extremely hard to score. Someone's mention of having the disc re-lined might be the easiest route to take. I located such a business in Tulsa about 15-20 years ago, 'Friction Products' that relined a set of brake shoes for a 1958 BMW microcar for me. I just took a quick look and they are still in business and have a Facebook page. I would highly recommend them, but you might find something closer to you. Take a look at the thread that I built when going through the rebuild and upgrades on the 63/64 NL320. I addressed a number of issues that you have been encountering.

Cadillac OHV V16 1929-1937 Replaced by a valve-in-block V16 1938-1939

Recycle Ur Plastic

Post a 'Wanted' ad in the classifieds for a spin-on filter base for a later E1 or J-Series engine and get rid of that canister filter. For the clutch arm boot on the floor-shift trany, visit a British sports car supply site and get the boot for an early 60's MGA. It's the same. A number of the engine & trany parts are interchangeable between the E & J series engines and transmissions. and several of the British makes from the late 50's - early 60's. If the vent cover you're referring to is the oblong rubber pop-in affair, you might try messaging the member who posted the thread linked below a year or so ago. He was gonna possibly make up some vents. There's another member who 3D printed some up over the past couple years but can't remember his name. He also printed up some elbows that connect the heater to the fresh air plenum under the dash.

Nice looking little truk. Damn, those rear-view mirrors just have to cut at least 5mph off your top speed and knock your mpg down a couple digits.

I believe that you can just put it in neutral and lift the shift rod straight up and out of the trany. The domed cover and spring is what holds it in. I don't believe that you can rotate it while it's in the transmission, but you can put the shift rod in rotated 180 degrees so that the knob is toward the dash.

Oh well, there's a truck in there somewhere !!

"All together now" !!