Backwoods tribute '72 521

[fisch]

This looks flippin sweet!!!!

[BACKWOODS DAVE]

doors are on and I test fit the bumper. The bed is all preped for paint just need to block the tailgate, seal, and shoot. Oh and a pic of the rear bumpers.

[slodat]

I'm really impressed with the body work and paint! Nice work man!

[mklotz70]

I'm just glad I get to hide some of my crummy work under matte paint!!!

 

 

Dang that looks incredible!!!!!

[denveratsun]

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MONEY SHOT!!!!!!!!

 

Yeah..."BAM" the sound of my brain exploding :blink:when I see this awesome color combo. It looks well on the way to being ready for a trip down the highway and into the past...when they made stuff that looked cool. I love the seat. I am trying to go the same "old flippin awesome" direction with mine.

I really like your truck man:cool:

 

Well done.:)

[BACKWOODS DAVE]

So I drove it Friday night, fires right up, tranny shifts great in all gears, discbrakes stop great. And with new shocks on all four conners it seams to ride smooth. So now I need to reunite the bed after it dries so I can do the final ride hight adjustments and when I get the gas tank back from the radiator shop I can bolt that in also. Pictures of the bed

[datto510]

Beautiful work! How low are you planning to go?

[BACKWOODS DAVE]

as low as possible with stock suspension. My brother re-indexed the torssion bars and fliped the leaf spring packs so it lowered it about 4 to 4.5 Inches. I have to see it with the bed on to see If we need blocks or not.

[Skib]

thats a great looking green on there :D

 

what are you going to do with the inside of the bed?

[mklotz70]

I think I'm going to program a hotkey with the word AWESOME so I don't have to keep typing it!!!

 

Jealous over those lettering magnets!!!! :(

[CharlieBucket]

looks great, after the last one i was anxious to see this one painted. back from vacation and my wish fulfilled. great color choice, love the two tone.

[BACKWOODS DAVE]

tomorrow, spray bedliner in the cab and the bed. possibly mount front bumper, wiper arms, and hood squirter. tues, mount the bed, figure out the tailtights and turn signal switch, finish glovebox and parcel tray, and then theres the bumperettes.

[mklotz70]

I saw an article the other day in Street Trucks I think. They took the chip guard stuff you used on the bottom and sprayed it in as a bed liner. I'm pretty sure they sprayed the paint on top of it so they had a body colored bed liner. My friend Dave was then talking about how you can get the chip guard in clear..................so....what do you think about painting the bed (Mine...not yours :) and then shooting it with the clear chip guard(if clear is actually available)?? I don't expect Mend to be a "hauler"...so it sounds like the chip guard would work.

 

By the way.....what kind of bedliner are you using?

[BACKWOODS DAVE]

I used "SKS euro coat" as the chip guard on both the 520 and 521. It is a great product made by "Wurth" to duplicate european cars heavy texture. It comes in biege, gray, and black. I used the black to do the inside of the bed on the 520 and it worked fine but it alot more exspensive and not as durable as an off the self spray in liner, because that is not what is intended to do. Chip guard, or "rocker shultz" is somewhat soft and rubberey so it can absorb a rock without chipping or cracking the paint. This makes it easier to scrape or gouge, wich is not ideal for truck bed. But if you aren't planing on hauling gravel or scrape engine blocks in your bed it will work. They also make tintable bed liners too.

[mklotz70]

That makes sense.

 

So what are you using for a bed liner? Last spray in liner I checked on was $500. That was years ago, but I don't imagine the price is low enough for me to consider.

[BACKWOODS DAVE]

I think its called "Raptor skin", and I bought it from a friend for $75. He had ran out when he was doing the inside of a work van, so he went back to buy more and they had ran out of the "cheaper" brand he was using so he had to buy this. But he only needed to use one of the four cans that came in the kit.

So I bailed him out on the rest because I need to do mine so it all worked out.

You can pobably pick from three differant brand that range from $100-$150. I will take some pictures of what I got and the finished product and post tonite.

[Hyphy]

Seriously looks great. Im surprised the bed is as straight as it looks. Single wall, 35+ yrs old....itll take a hellova lot of work to get mine that straight.

[dat521kid]

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[dat521kid]

that was me speechless :D

[BACKWOODS DAVE]

some more pictures for you guys, first are of the bed liner, then some with the bed set on. then with the front bumper on. I still need to loose some altitude in the rear but I have to say I am really liking the way it is coming together.

[dat521kid]

sweeeeeeeet!!!

[pl521sss]

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Well done!!

 

where did you get that masking device?

[slayer]

if i remember right when he was doing his last truck i belive he said he found it at work. i have looked on ebay and googled and all kinds of stuff i can find them for chevy and ford but not datsun. would be nice to have.

[BACKWOODS DAVE]

Yeah, I got them at work while they were cleaning out the paint locker. I don't want to rub it in but they work sweet, save a ton of time.

[slayer]

i have been tempted to get a tail gate and cut out the letters and see if i can make my own :) truck looks sweet. would love to see it in person you do wonders :)