1972 4 door 510 temporary distraction

[the510keeper]

The Wife and I picked up this 4 door at the last Eagle Rock swapmeet. It has been stored for 20 years and looked pretty clean so I decide to paint it, and make it a runner. I pulled all the necessary parts off, ie door handles, grill, tail light etc. And proceeded to start body and paint. After doing a little grinding, i came across a small amount of rust. Looks like some one replaced the tail panel at some time, however they brazed it together instead of using a mig.

I decided to sand blast the rust and crap away, and see what i was really up against.

I'm lucky this is the most rust i found on the exterior of the car

Patch panel and weld, done, at this time I also welded up the sides of tail light panel

Also welded up the Lic lights

I ended up changing out the driver fender and trunk lid. Rear door handles were shaved by previous owner, decent job. Other areas of body work were rough. After a few long days in the shop 2-3am. I sprayed a fat coat of Metal lock DTM primer filler.

Some areas i had to sand and prime again. Put the 2nd time around this little 4 door started to come together. Once new fender and trunk lid were installed. The complete car was remasked and sprayed with a epoxy sealer. I allowed that to dry over night, then a quick nibbing wet sand with 600gt. (this sands out small debris from dust and innocent bugs)

3 coats of single stage U-tec cream and mostly done.

I cut it with 1500gt, buffed it and polished it. Looks great for a 8 day paint job.

Will update as the car comes together.

[jun]

WOW! That's going to be a nice one! Great save too, always nice to see the old cars get another chance at life. :D

[AtomChurch]

I think there is something missing.. Say about three quarters of the way back. Nice work! Looks like another flawless James Johnson paint job. Too bad I lost a bet on this one. (Kind of, I still think I won.)

[Yakuza]

yea & pretty qwik...nice 1 James..

[qwik510]

yea & pretty qwik...nice 1 James..

 

I like the way you spelled qwik :cool:

 

Nice work James. I wish you were closer to me. I have a couple of cars that need painting.

[Yakuza]

I like the way you spelled qwik :cool:

 

HAHAHAHAHAHA...bad habbit I guess....lol

[WAGON JON]

yeah, the line isn't quite straight...:)

[Ballz]

Looks good! What about the one on the rotisserie?

[the510keeper]

That's why we have a distraction, But this is almost done and the weather is getting better. So up dates to the 69 2 door soon. Here are a few new pics.

 

 

This thing is dying for rims, and the engine to be installed

[the510keeper]

Yes the engine is installed, and running. Very simple L16 / 4 speed set up with electric dizzy, and a 3 core rad.

Also lowered her and slapped some rims on her. Now she's coming together. We have black bumpers to install that are almost finished.

[Yakuza]

nice...

[NCRmtrsprts510]

very clean i like the shaved rear door handles that looks sweet!

[the510keeper]

Update

 

Wow i would have never thought we would of taken this car this far. As it sits, it's now powered by a L20B / 5 speed, painted the engine bay black, redid all the fuel lines (what a pain in the ass), redid all the interior, and changed the black trim and grill to chrome.

I'm looking forward to driving this thing. I think we will be lowering the rear, and getting a new exhaust soon.

 

 

Other upgrades are airdam, chrome bumpers

[jefe de jefes]

Nice. The grill stands out more now.

[hdpartman]

Hi Guy, just an old timer here looking for a 71-73 2dr 510 for fun track car. Built a few over the years, looking for a new unit. I will use a street port 13B to play and full cararara suspension in the front and a slotted rear. Any old race cars up there ?

Thanks Al

hdpartman@gmail.com

[the510keeper]

UPDATE, might be the last.

The new owner and his Datsun. looks great, now I'm happy we did the work.

Put some different wheels on it, bumpers and an airdam

 

 

[fisch]

Grats! Beautiful work as always! I'd be smiling just as big if I'd bought it!!