FrankRizzo

I ended up buying the Isuzu cables on the caliper side and joined them to the factory Datsun cables after the split with 3/16 cable clamps. It "kinda" works. I would not trust it to hold the truck on a hill and after a few years of cable stretch it barely holds the truck on a flat surface! The problem is that the clevis for the Isuzu parking brake function pulls in an "up" direction and unless you fabricobble some brackets it does not work that well

Well pound me in the you know where... My engine is finally done and at my mechanic's shop getting installed. Almost 2 fucking years....updates soon. And in other news, I got the heck out of California and moved to the hills of Texas. That means when the truck is done I have to ship it out here...

Extra points for the vintage KLOS 95.5 sticker in the back window.

I'll just leave this here: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1977-datsun-620-pickup-10/ 😸

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While waiting for the engine to be rebuilt I towed the truck to my painter and had him freshen up the engine bay. He used flat finish kind of like the factory. It was a pita because he had to unbolt all the "stuff" and mask around it....

He's doing flat top pistons to get the compression up, along with using exhaust cams on the intake side and port and polish. .

Update (if anyone gives a Rat(sun's) ass Head gasket was toast: Everyone in LA seems like a flake for engine rebuilds so I went to the interwebs and found a guy in North Carolina that had a lot of experience on the KA and shipped the engine to him for a full rebuild, P & P, cams, flat tops, etc. He has a lot of work..so I waited and he sent this yesterday: Then I flat bed towed it to my paint guy to paint the engine bay while it was empty. (Skrew you. Im not Redeye and cant rebuild engines! You dam kids!) I dont own Crocs either! Watch the videos and upvote, You'll get it. Updates to follow. .

Very cool!!! thank you!

I used Stock Interiors for my regular cab '74 620. At the time the website only listed 720's but I notice now they just say "65-79". It fits fine with a few tiney modifications/cuts. There were also two grades of carpet, regular and a thicker model. I got the regular and it pills up a little bit , wish I got the more expensive carpet. There used to be an option to get matching floor mats, that I dont see anymore. I pulled them out of my truck because they made it a little too thick. Also - I got the carpet by the roll and used it to carpet over the back wall of the cab and got their jute padding to put on the floor. F'd up photobucket pics here (scroll down) page 4:

I'll add to Mikes thorough explanation...that the fan is controlled by the lover lever by pulling it out, away from the dash to force hot air out of the heater box. .

I used 3M spray glue. I added jute padding as well, so l lightly glued the padding down and the lightly glued the carpet to the top of the pad. While you are in there, consider installing a layer of dynamat down. It really helps .

Welcome to Ratsun!!!!!! oh wait a min.......I already said that!!! .

Im faaaar from perplexed! In fact, I'm stoked that it sold for as much as it did. Welcome aboard! .

Yesh. Just far enouff to ge the fug outta LA County. Halfway to Santa Barbara....capeeesh? Ever heard of it????? .