dat521gatherer

These are so cool . Only 253 sold.

521 with no skirt could be sexy.

220 was a 1959 model.

That is not a 220 grill. More like a 221 and 222 grill both models made in 1960. What model does the tag say? Very nice truck.

Next is the dash pad and door hinge I picked up recently.

Difference in the 2 fans really is not much the original fan is a bit smaller. Long pump. A little paint for the shroud and pulley. Done. dammit that took way too long.

Growling from the water pump just got fixed. I wanted to put the factory fan back on but I didn't like the spacing and I couldn't get the bolts back in because of the offset with the radiator in the way. I also left the shorter bolts at pick and pull. So the metal fan is back on for now but I do have the fan and spacer for a later installment. The long spacer made the plastic fan basically touch the radiator and the short spacer looked too distant. On second look it probably would have been fine.

Okay this is finally done. Every little project that should take hours or days has turned into weeks lately. I ended up using the metal fan in the end for now. 2 trips to the junk yark. 2 trips to the auto store. Some paint to wrap it all up. Thanks for the help guys. Looks like the long pump according to ggzilla's pic. The rest of this projects pics can be viewed on my b210 thread in a few minutes. http://community.ratsun.net/topic/33268-a-new-addition-to-the-family/ End result pic.

Here ya go.

Nice save.

Tdaaj comes through again. Thanks for the 521 heater hose. Now I dont have to make a hacked up fuck mess just to drive my truck. I use the old hose to route my valve cover breather tube to my weber air filter as the hose fits perfect being two different sizes at both ends. BAM.

Now the water pump is growling so I am going to try to put a factory plastic fan back on and buy a pump. I wont know anything until I pull it apart this weekend. It did have the dealer installed a/c at one time. Is that why I have that huge gap?

Pm sent.

Yeah and I threw it away like an idiot.

Aww shit look at that. How cool.

Payment sent a couple days ago. I hope you received it. This knob will look bad ass on my truck.

Very nice. Welcome my friend.

Do you have a red one with the rat and wrenches logo you can whip up for my 521?

Nice work.

Ted pm coming your way. The thing is you could get these from nissanparts.cc forever and then earlier this year the price doubled and I tried to order one earlier this month and no word so I called today and he said no go.

Mike that is not long enough. Zilla that first 90 turn between the firewall and valve cover I've never seen anyone pull off the generic hose option on a 521. Yeah I could cut a bunch of hoses and make it work but I really want a original one.

Yeah I tried the generic years ago and it kinks right out of the firewall and looks like shit.

The longer one. Paypal waiting. Shipping to tacoma,wa 98405. Let me know what you want.

Very nice truck. Please add some full interior shots. Definitely check the point gap on both sets and fuel level on the window as others have mentioned. Make sure your nuts on the carb base are snug. For me it's always been the points working their way closed a few times a year that causes backfire. 2 of my 521's now have electronic ignition. I cant say there is a performance difference but I dont have to reset and buy points all the time anymore. Set it and forget it as they say.