sick620 Posted February 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 Going to grind the other side and get all my holes welded up tomorrow.... Ill keep ya posted. Quote Link to comment
Grey_Matter Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 whats involved in putting the SR20 in? i am mainly wondering about the guages and electrical. Quote Link to comment
sick620 Posted February 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 Well got majorly started on bodywork today..... Got all the holes welded up and some dents fixed, had to use a arc welder from 1946 lmfao! worked great! setting up Lmfao!! old school yo. Westinghouse arc welder, welded up the holes! (not me in picture) took my time and got most of this side looking good, there are obviously a few dents to take care of but we got the hard stuff taken care of still have alot of grinding to do on the passengers side.... Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted February 19, 2010 Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 Nice use of old tech :cool: Quote Link to comment
sick620 Posted February 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 what color should I paint it? ideas? Quote Link to comment
sick620 Posted February 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 :blink: Quote Link to comment
sick620 Posted February 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 whats involved in putting the SR20 in? i am mainly wondering about the guages and electrical. look here http://community.ratsun.net/topic/537-how-to-wire-a-ka-sr-ca-into-anything/ Quote Link to comment
pharouh Posted February 20, 2010 Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 what color should I paint it? ideas? Looking good! :thumbup: I vote for a medium blue. You've already got a red one. jmho. Quote Link to comment
sick620 Posted February 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 i was thinking a green, purple, or grey one would be tight but blue has been growing on me Quote Link to comment
INDY510 Posted February 20, 2010 Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 . Just paint it green, purple, blue, and grey......... well damn,,, you even got some grey and blue already Quote Link to comment
sick620 Posted February 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 I dont think that paint job will go with my red, yellow, aqua, tangerine, and fusia rims and interior ;) Quote Link to comment
Pumpkn210 Posted February 20, 2010 Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 Anything in a pastel! And are those jumper cables hooking the welder to the truck? :cool: Quote Link to comment
sick620 Posted February 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 yes sir and a little chisel was hammered in to connect the jumper cables to the welder, also the power wires were from a hot tub and it was all hooked in to the stoves power via the breaker box :) Quote Link to comment
Pumpkn210 Posted February 20, 2010 Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 =Ratsun Win Quote Link to comment
sick620 Posted February 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 It sucks grinding all the little welds. I still have to do passenger side and Im not looking forward to it Quote Link to comment
sanitys Posted February 21, 2010 Report Share Posted February 21, 2010 fantastic job sick. Glad you chose the welding route, you wont be disappointed Quote Link to comment
sick620 Posted February 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 im going green! Green truck with grey interior and grey stock rims. Quote Link to comment
pharouh Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Green would be good! What shade? 620 lime green :sick: or something better? Dark green would look cool with gray or even red rims. Quote Link to comment
sick620 Posted February 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Green would be good! What shade? 620 lime green :sick: or something better? Dark green would look cool with gray or even red rims. I like the stock green that it was do you know what that color code is? Quote Link to comment
sick620 Posted February 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 I got a new tail gate, front fender, hood, rear glass, metal piece above the hood, the whole front support, lower valence, tail gate backing, brake master cylinder, break booster, rear tail lights, and some misc interior pieces for $50!!!!!!! there will be lots of pictures as soon as I find my camera. I also got the inside of the bed primered and ready for spray on liner. Quote Link to comment
Dat620guy Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 I like the stock green that it was do you know what that color code is? Hey Sick620 I found this web sight for paint codes. it had a couple greens in it for datsun. http://www.tcpglobal.com/autocolorlibrary/aclchip.aspx?image=1977-datsun-pg02.jpg Quote Link to comment
sick620 Posted March 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 I did the spray on liner today, got dark so I will have to get pics of the finished product tomorrow. I scored this sweet swag including this new tailgate I put on got the front most of the way taken apart for the new front end got the floor cut out and im just about ready to weld in a new piece. Quote Link to comment
alleycat Posted June 26, 2010 Report Share Posted June 26, 2010 any more updates? Quote Link to comment
DatDoug Posted June 26, 2010 Report Share Posted June 26, 2010 Damn Dude! Get er dun! Its coming along nicely. Cant wait to get started on mine :D Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted June 26, 2010 Report Share Posted June 26, 2010 That's a nice looking tailgate, I am jealous :D Quote Link to comment
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