Soundline

I like the large unit. But I have lots of crap to stuff in it.

It’s nice to have a cup holder that works, an ashtray that exists, and a functional stereo. I removed the Wal-Mart special steering wheel wrap. Unfortunately it ripped apart, or I was gonna give it to the King Rat himself. Hopefully that light bar survives disassembly so Mike can have a souvenir.

I figured I’d update the battery pic to show I’m not actually keeping the good ol’ bungie strap battery holder. Finished this mess in the doors today. The PO cut these holes in both door panels to stuff Hertz 6x9s in the door. I was able to find new door panels in a junk yard, and got it all swapped in. Terrible tint still needs to go though.

I didn’t “do” this, my gf paid a great group of carpenters to do this so I wouldn’t have to shovel snow. I think they did a great job. They did the greenhouse and the cover on the soon to be tiki-bar.

Finally was able to get the dash sorted out. Having a working drink holder, clean ash tray, functional Bluetooth player, and shit is wired in. The under panel is still off waiting on the trailer brake controller.

Finally took three of my toolboxes into one, thanks to Lowe’s “spring Black Friday” sale. I decided to add some character to it, so I stenciled on the UFO scene.

It worked for me. I’ll sell you my master plan on how to be a lazy government worker for $99.95. But wait there’s more! I’ll throw in a Sham-Wow for free (just pay the $27.95 processing fee).

I’ve actually been dealing with a vaccine issue for years. Dose 6 of the Anthrax series in the US Air Force fucked me up baaaaaad. Ever since then I’ve not taken anything but a tetanus shot. As a former gov employee, don’t trust them. We’re the idiots that couldn’t make it in the private sector.

Excellent work so far. I really like the idea of keeping the battery in the engine bay unless it is in a sealed container. I’m sure you know of the possibility of lead and sulfuric acid off gassing but I’ll cite a source here for people who may be new. https://batteryuniversity.com/article/bu-703-health-concerns-with-batteries

My opinion of Fauchi really changed after reading this book. Just kidding, but it did give me much more specific reasons to write Congress and demand hearings.

I’ve been wondering where all of the good Datsuns were…

Because I’m a moron who’s impatient I put the bumper on before the bezels for the fog lights showed up, which means I have some additional work to do. Nothing makes you love a job more, than doing it twice. Next, a bit of electrical. I’m doing a bit of preventative maintenance here to hopefully make things easier for later.

That is a very good point. I’m curious if anyone has found answers to this. I’m not the smartest of Ratsun, so I’ll keep researching this and if I stumble onto a reasonable answer I’ll update this thread.

Replaced the oddly modified front bumper with a repop chrome one from LMC. It’s cocked because I’m not going to tighten it down until I put the plastic on. Really makes me hate these headlights that much more.

I’m glad you got a refund on that mess EDM. There’s always those one year gaps where things get cocked up. I had an 84’ Corvette that was an utter piece of goat shit. The cross port injection system was a nightmare. I learned to despise that car…. If I could have gotten my money back from the thieving prick I got it from I’d have done that in a gnats heartbeat. Steering dampener, door panels, deck/speakers, and a tune up kit came in today. Hopefully next week will be an update with me doing shit.

This has perplexed me, so I’m coming to the Ratsun experts to ask a stupid question. Is there a way to print the sticker found on buttons like this? I’d like to take a bunch of my S13 apart and redo it, specifically the dash. Once I get it cleaned up, repaired, and repainted I’d like to fix all of these stickers. Does anyone know of a printer I can use to accomplish this? Thank you!

First off mate, I’m glad you’re ok. Im from an area that’s so small the seller was friends with my Godfather. He absolutely gave me the heads up, and I’d observed the terrible condition of the ball joints so I expected it. I’m an old hand at Jeep’s so I’m experienced with the death wobbles and keeping a kung fu grip on the steering wheel. I’m also a punk bitch when it comes to my gf’s safety. I’m expendable, but her and the motorists around me are not. The death wobble is in fact gone. A LOT of it for me specifically was the terrible tires, blown ball joints, and the steering stabilizer that’s blown. After the tires, track bar, and ball joints were replaced, I had the alignment done. Just alignment can cause some of the death wobble issues. This is precisely why people sell death wobble rigs. They’re dangerous as fuck and can be tricky/expensive to dial in and fix. Fortunately I have a great support network here to assist in rapidly dialing this in. Yesterday I used the dodge to move things, maybe 1,000 lbs. It worked very well, the steering dampener should be here Wed to get this wrapped up. Today I dumped 47 cardboard boxes into the bed… Don’t tell anyone but I recycle. Fuck it, tell whomever you want, no one will believe you.

We’ve decided to call her Skeeter. I just ordered a set of door cards for her out of a nearby junk yard. Got a few speakers coming as well, unfortunately the one Hertz 6x9 isn’t properly wired. It will be an easy run. I’m not doing things the way that’s the ‘top shelf’ however it will be wonderfully average. This will be a usable project, and I actually used it today to haul a bed load of items to my storage unit. Clearly out my shop to begin getting serious about getting my Jeep and WRX finished. After that I’ll finish the Toyota, S13, and finally finishing the 620. Before wandering into VWs You’re looking at exactly the lamest of all of my average builds.

It’s supposed to be 7 F this week, so I’ll clean’em up this spring. I live in the Washington Desert, so it’ll have to wait. I like that 720 though, and I have those same tires on my Jeep and another style of BFG’s on my Toyota. It’s incredible…. There’s nothing hooked to it, absolutely nothing. Wait were you asking me to remove it because you want it? PM me your address and I’ll mail it to ya’.

It kinda feels like the blues brothers made this bitch. Normally I’d blackout the license plates but this fees strangely appropriate. I put new tires on it and before you say “doughnuts” I’m taking that red shit off and depositing it in a local landfill, because I hate polar bears. As I was driving back from discount tire a piece of clear coat the size of my hand flew off it; then it started snowing clear coat chips. Had to use the windscreen wipers to keep them from obstructing my view. As you can see the door panel is in PRISTINE condition. Very “one owner”. Also, I did the ball joints, couple u-joints, track bar, sway bar endlinks, and some other bits. It’s not 100% steering wise but it’s 1,000x better than it was. I’ll take some close ups of that light bar for you Mike.

For instance; do not do this.

My life is going incredibly well. Which; cannot be allowed. i decided to f**k it up and I bought this treasure. We all know the best treasure is “that which is buried” and that dodge literally means “to avoid”. As you can tell I’m taking this build VERY seriously and will expect you to trash it in the comments. So far the tires on it scare the shit outta me. They’re bald and cracked. I think the date code on them is 1992, older than the truck. Totally safe. After all, expiration dates are for cowards. If you’re still reading, it’s a 5.9 MAGNUM. For the record I can only yell that word. Has the 4 spd auto, 4wd, 231 transfer case. It’s a tow package, mainly to hall the balls I’d need to trust these tires. Has a mere 150k mi on it, and it’s pretty clean inside. The good: It’s paid for. Which hopefully means I can afford the medical bills when I crash and die. The PO decided to put limo tint on the side windows. I get it. I don’t want anybody seeing me driving it either. The bad: How much time do you have? "Death Wobble” its “lifted”… someone cut HOLES in the perfectly good door panels to put wal-mart 6x9’s they ran with house speaker wire that broke in the door seam… it included empty Marlboro hard packs in all the bed stake pockets there was a condom under the seat definitely smoked in there was a near dead Nissan battery in it held in place with a bungee cord paint is faded its a dodge, the most appropriately named car maker in history it has an “exhaust” on it that I think was welded together by a drunk porpoise someone painted the chrome bumpers black after attempting and failing to sand off the chrome the headlights… the electrical… there are monster energy drink stickers on the interior…. the Kenwood detachable face cd player… the hood mounted light bar. That’s not attached to anything. Looks only. No rear LSD. the brakes…. No, not like standard dodge brakes, they’re worse. worst of all, I love it. It’s so f**king obnoxious it suits me. It’ll definitely haul my S13, Toyota Pickup, and 620 once I’m done. This is the Soundline of crummy 90’s pickups.

I know nothing about this car, the place selling it and I’m not encouraging purchase. But I saw it, thought it was interesting and figured I’d pass it along.

RIP J. A true German hero.

So true. Barrels are the most challenging parts to make at home. If you just want to make firearms at home though there’s a number of easier ways to make them out of pipe and wood.