dsigh's 1977 Datsun 620

[dsigh]

Well, today is a good day. I just spoke to the transport company this morning and they have confirmed that they are picking my truck up tomorrow morning from Eugene Oregon and will get it down tomorrow night to Sacramento. I'm excited to say the least. Attached are some pics of how it sits, but many changes will take place over the next week and a half...

[fisch]

Congrats!!!

[DatDoug]

Thats a nice clean 620. What are your plans?

[Voleurz]

i wish i never sold my 79 kc:(

[dsigh]

Thats a nice clean 620. What are your plans?

 

1. Sell the campershell

2. 4" blocks in the rear

3. Crank the torsion bars, a quick fix until I can bag

4. Wheels and tires - 16's

5. Hi-flo cat and Magnaflow

6. Pass CA smog, then look into dual carbs - SU, Weber or Mikuni

7. Possible KA24DE swap

8. LSD

9. Drive the piss out of it!

[Pacific coast Datsun]

Glad it's on it's way soon. Id recycle the shell,maybe get enough $$ to buy something for the truck :D Youll need to trim the bumpstops when you lower it but its easy. What do the rims look like? &...are you keeping the stock rims & caps?

[dsigh]

I'll need to get rid of the stockers. The replacement 16s will look pretty stock too, I've decided to run some whitewalls.

[Pacific coast Datsun]

I may be interested in the rims & caps.

[73super]

Well, today is a good day. I just spoke to the transport company this morning and they have confirmed that they are picking my truck up tomorrow morning from Eugene Oregon and will get it down tomorrow night to Sacramento. I'm excited to say the least. Attached are some pics of how it sits, but many changes will take place over the next week and a half...

 

LEAVE IT AS IS!!!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[]2eDeYe]

Shave the hooks :) :)

 

 

J/K :P

[dsigh]

LEAVE IT AS IS!!!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

 

Trust me on this one. I'm making subtle changes that will preserve the factory "charm." I actually like the hooks, anything that they don't make on trucks today will be saved. In terms of the height, I've never driven anything at the stock stance. EVERYTHING looks better lowered!

[dsigh]

My baby rolled in to town this morning just before noon. I removed the campershell this evening and will be installing the rear blocks and cranking the torsion bars tomorrow.

 

Updated pics of "Powder" to follow. She's just as clean as the pictures!

[pope_face]

Looks pretty good... glad to hear it's just as nice in person as in the pics. Now it'll look even better... :D

[sjeff64]

I had a canopy much like one on my 521. so for a year I was known as the the "dude with the ugly ass canopy" do yourself a favor and burn ,crushs it,say some one stole it .....just make it go away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

[dsigh]

I had a canopy much like one on my 521. so for a year I was known as the the "dude with the ugly ass canopy" do yourself a favor and burn ,crushs it,say some one stole it .....just make it go away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

 

It's already off and I'm looking at the Sawzall...

[Pacific coast Datsun]

Glad she's home...did you say sawzall?..my favorite tool...

[Happy]

Hey, if it has lights like this on it, I could really use a lens.

 

[pope_face]

Happy: It doesn't look like it has lights at all, but those ones you have are usually pretty easy to find. I can't tell if they're domed or flat, but if they're domed then I think GMC uses them as clearance/identification lights on the roofs of their small cab-over trucks. You could call them. Or... Pepboys/NAPA/whatever y'all have down in states should have just lenses for either the domed or flat ones.

[dsigh]

Removed and gave away the shell. Tucked the rear license plate up about 5" then removed rear bumper, mud flaps and all body moldings. Torqued the fronts down 2" and installed 4" blocks.

 

I think I'm getting talked into buying lights and a tree tonight by the boss. So now I'm going to go enjoy a beer while I clean the garage.

[dsigh]

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[pope_face]

Looks good! Excited? Are you going to touch up the paint at all, or are you not bothering with that until you get some more work done to it?

[yello620]

Wow, that truck sure cleaned up nicely. Lowering them a little bit sure makes a big difference. And, i like how the license plate looks tucked, so much better. I have done that to every 620 that i have owned. I dont move mine quite that far, only about 3.25". still allows me use the spare tire crank.

 

Jason

[dsigh]

Yea, what this guy in Oregon referred to as "surface rust," is what we call in dry CA full blown patch panel replacement. I need a lot of bodywork done and need to figure out my priorities now. Not to mention I've got a really bad exhaust leak that needs attention asap. I have decided on a paint and color, see below.

 

http://www.tcpglobal.com/kustomshop/hrf231.aspx

 

I've got a set of 16" rallies in the garage I was going to have powdercoated black and run whitewalls, but now am considering a set of Tacoma steelies too. We'll see...

[dsigh]

Uh oh. I just found a fully bagged rolling 620 that the guy is desperate to sell. He's dumped a ton into this thing including a 4 link in the rear. This seems like a better way to go than cutting up grandpa's vintage '77.

 

So, I can't have two trucks. And I'll need the cash from my recent purchase to buy #2 project. I'm posting this on Craigslist tonight, asking $2200 OBO.

 

-Devin

[datzenmike]

Friday:

My baby rolled in to town this morning just before noon. I removed the campershell this evening and will be installing the rear blocks and cranking the torsion bars tomorrow.

 

Updated pics of "Powder" to follow. She's just as clean as the pictures!

 

Sunday:

Removed and gave away the shell. Tucked the rear license plate up about 5" then removed rear bumper, mud flaps and all body moldings. Torqued the fronts down 2" and installed 4" blocks.

 

I think I'm getting talked into buying lights and a tree tonight by the boss. So now I'm going to go enjoy a beer while I clean the garage.

 

Sunday night:

 

Uh oh. I just found a fully bagged rolling 620 that the guy is desperate to sell. He's dumped a ton into this thing including a 4 link in the rear. This seems like a better way to go than cutting up grandpa's vintage '77.

 

So, I can't have two trucks. And I'll need the cash from my recent purchase to buy #2 project. I'm posting this on Craigslist tonight, asking $2700 OBO.

 

-Devin

http://forum.ratsun.net/showthread.php?t=2214

 

$2,700 for a '77 Datsun truck???...to pay for your 'new' flavor of the week truck???