fisch Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 (edited) Duuuuuudes, just a quick announcement to celebrate. I bought a 1959 Datsun 1000! It is coming from New Mexico to me up in MA, and should be here is 10-14 days! (According to the shipper.) I will do an official post with all the details and pics when it gets in the drive way, but I have been dying to tell y'all, and I couldn't take it anymore! I know "pics or it didn't happen!" :fu: Attached are the only pics I have of it. It is a bit of a mystery, but for a '59 you gotta take the chance! And it is from the NM desert where they only get 7" of rain a year, so I have high hopes. The title is in my hand! Edited August 30, 2009 by fisch Quote Link to comment
freaky510 Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 congratz i know you have been lookin I cant wait to see what you do to it Quote Link to comment
woodside4032 Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 WOW that is one hell of a find. Quote Link to comment
Moisabamf Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 very nice! cant wait to see it done! Quote Link to comment
Steroid Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 Congratulations!!! In comparing the pics of Canby this year............. The '59 that was on that trailer, are they identical? Also, wasn't there a '59 for sale a while back in California? I wonder how many are left. Quote Link to comment
fisch Posted August 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 Thanks guys! Dream come true. I've been obsessed! There is a white one with a red roof for sale in Cali off and on, but the owner is looking for 3k for it. Add shipping to that to me in the east, and it got real pricey! (Plus it had a cracked windshield.) Steroid, are you also thinking of the one that was at Blue Lake? Looks just like this one. 'Cept this one is faded blue. But I am not sure what engine is in this one, could be a 'C' like the one at bluelake. But they also put E-types in the later ones. This one was practically a one owner! Titled in '63 and in the same family since. From a sheet I have, they sold 1318 from 58-60. How many in '59 would be a fraction of that I guess. I am totally PSYCHED! It is like a kid waiting for Christmas, me waiting for the shipper! Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 Wow that thing looks like it's pretty complete. Can't wait to see more. :cool: Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 Mmmmm sbc Quote Link to comment
BACARDI_DWB Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 dude that thing is sweet!! what are your plans for it? Quote Link to comment
fisch Posted August 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 sbc would be crazy Mike! But I gotta keep it all Jap so I can have a true Jap nostalgia rod. At the moment I am thinking of putting in the hopped up l18 I bought, and for quick looks, lowering that bad boy over some skinny slots w/ whitewalls till it tucks tires with a slight raked stance. I thought I was going to go fenderless like the one drawing I did, but after thinking about it, it just doesn't look quite right without fenders. Also I don't want to disguise that it is a Datsun I want to be proud of it. A 30's ford grill is what I planned, but I am having second thoughts now that I own one! (And I can always take that on later if I change my mind!) Here is a quick and dirty photoshop I did over some slotted mags. (Not a photo of my car though!) So if anything, at the moment it will be more like this art: Quote Link to comment
az_rat210 Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 It looks like a baby Rolls Royce. Love to see how it turns out when completed, but I wouldn't just throw tires on it. Dismantle and Full Reconditioning. Quote Link to comment
fisch Posted August 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 ^^Totally! I will dig in there first. I've been studing up on straight front axles w/ parallel leaf springs (Which this has.) I plan on some painless wiring. I think it is a generator car and positive ground, so I have been schooling myself on converting to an alt and neg ground for the L swap. Firewall will prolly have to be brought in to fit the L. It is column shift! So the trans tunnel will have to be addressed. I have alot to learn about this one for sure!!! Quote Link to comment
Buzzbomb Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 That is a cool little car! That must have been Nissan's more "practical" answer to a VW back in the day (I'm sure you all knew that, but that's the first time I've ever seen one).. Do it up like that picture, and I wouldn't doubt seeing it in a mag at some point..Especially with those pinstriping skills of yours :cool: Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 Parts will be a problem, no surprise there. The Datsun dealer in Torrance had one of these [one owner trade-in with original loght blue paint job] that he used to drive in local parades, but he had to stop that since he, as a dealer yet, could not find parts to repair the brakes anywhere in the Datsun parts network. If you have any brake system problems, your best bet would be to scrounge early Austin parts, they could probably be "massaged" to fit and work. Quote Link to comment
fisch Posted August 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 ^^ I hear you! I plan on figuring out what spindles might swap, even if it means changing the lug pattern. I could always have someone like curry narrow a rear end for me if it came to it. I will be curious how close the straight axle ford and chevy stuff measures to this too. Once it gets here the tape measure will be my friend! I will totallycheck out Austin (Since nissan produced Austins for a spell before this model, could be close!) Also will look into what is used for the Anglia rods. They are about the same track width as this Datsun. So much to research! Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 thats so sick :fu: Quote Link to comment
motavated Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 Congrats man! Quote Link to comment
fontana620 Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 Very nice score. I'll be watching. Guy. Quote Link to comment
Track Junky Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 That's a cool car no doubt! I don't think I ever saw one of those, cool to see. Can't wait to see it in the Project thread. Scotty. Quote Link to comment
nismo dr Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 right on, man. can't wait to see Quote Link to comment
daily driver Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 Very Cool!:) I've never actually seen one of these up close. Quote Link to comment
BRE510 Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 fisch - I'm very happy for you. It is finally your dream come true. Now your art work will be transformed from 2D to 3D... Can't wait for future updates... Quote Link to comment
sadie10023 Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 :oHey there - just curious about whether you acquired car on ebay or not. We were trying to buy this car from the lady in NM on craigslist and then she decided to ebay it - but we could not find it over teh last weeks until I saw your request for shipping online. Glad you got something you had waited so long for, and hope it stays pretty original as you said you might decide to do. Just trying to close the story on finding this car for myself and a friend - curious to know what and how on the car. sadie10023 Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 Nice score..youve been wanting a 59 for a long time. Looks in good shape too. Quote Link to comment
Jester Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 (edited) RIGHT ON FISCH!!!! That is SOOO cool you finally found one. Please.......PLEASE!!......transfer your canvas to Jap steel. :cool::cool: So if anything, at the moment it will be more like this art: EDIT: I, for 1, vote for the use of the stock blue color indstead of the red though. Edited August 31, 2009 by Jester Quote Link to comment
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