The story of the 3 little pigs

[the510keeper]

Here is a new story of 3 little pigs. The 3 little piggies all hid stashed away in there garages, never to be seen by any enthusiastic Datsun heads. The 1st little piggy is a 1972 Datsun 510 wagon that I painted

 

Along with my painting business I also paint Datsun 510s. While the economy boom was going on, and working 60+ hours a week. I decided to paint this wagon. It took me 2.5 years.

Yes the owner had patience.

The complete goon was striped to bare metal, engine bay shaved, along with other body mods. The rear side windows were paneled.

[fastdadd]

i like this story..tell me more

[the510keeper]

Even the interior panels were striped to bare metal

 

We even molded a sedan gas door, with shaved lock, on remote opener.

 

Unfortunately I started to get tired of this little piggy and stopped taking pics.

All panels were painted off the car, completely rubbed and buffed. It has been almost 3 years since it was delivered and we hope to see it in the circuit someday.

 

Stay tuned for the story of the second little piggy

[fisch]

Love this story, but sad not to see the ending!!! 510 delivery, DIG!

[jun]

Wow!

That looks awesome. Love seeing bare metal!

 

I hope to have the time/patience/skill to build a car to this level one day.

[The Dat-side]

I'm not tired tell me more!

[sick620]

need more james!

[Jayden71]

More oics please!!

[Icehouse]

Such an awesome talent! Skills dude!

[ariascarlos1990]

We want MOAR!!

[lil89ram50]

wht was the point in paneling the rear windows? shouldnt have you done it from the outside so it looks "smooth" ? i think it just looks dumb the way it is, unless there a cool part we dont know about! god i wish i had the stuff you do... would be nice to be able to have a rotisserie, and a sand blaster, and a paint booth.. mmmmm il keep dreamin. your work looks amazing btw

[the510keeper]

The owner of the car did all the paneling of the rear windows. I thought the same thing, but this is his dream car not mine. It was pulling teeth for me to convince him removing the battery tray was a good idea.

 

Thanks for all the positive comments.

[INDY510]

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So I'm ready to see the next lttle piggie....... :lol: .............. MOAR OICS NOAW!!!!!

[the510keeper]

Little piggy number 2. This is a 2 door 510 I sold a friend of mine, once he checked out some other 510s at the shop he decided to leave it and have me paint it. It took 2 years (usually I'm working on many cars at the same time). Plans for this one SR20DET, (almost the same as the White Knight but a different color). We call this one Grimace

Most all the project at the shop start the same, strip, and sandblast. Yes the bare metal body is a turn on. On with the pics

 

 

My helper got carried away and blasted the insides of the quarters, by the way this is a bad idea, because of warp-age

 

Smooth the engine bay

 

Cut out for the inner cooler

 

Rad support got painted black, and the rest purple

 

Gotta go to work more to come

[the510keeper]

Welding closed running lights, seems, lic lights, just making things smooth.

 

 

Let the filler work begin. Most the dents and dings were small enough for me to use glazing putty over the epoxy primer. Heavier areas needed regular filler, where something had been shaved.

 

 

The inside of the hood had some rust pitting and needed filled also reseem sealed the hood skin to the frame (see the little worms of caulk), and shaved the hood prop

 

 

Pretty

[jun]

whoooweeeee nice!! Love that shot of the bottom side of the hood...inspirational

[the510keeper]

 

YES BLUEBIRD tail lights, cutting and flange the new area to look oem

 

Painting door and fender interior

 

brush and roller time again

 

Jambs, lots of masking little bit of painting. So Mr. Johnson why do you mask the complete car? Because young Skywalker, you get a cleaner paint job and have less overspray to sand off. And at the same time sand blast, rebuild, and paint hinges

[the510keeper]

Gas door mod

 

Final sanding the purple piggy

 

Mounting doors, and getting ready for the BIG day

 

We have color

 

We have clear, I can't see anything in here, get me a match.

 

Cut and buff

 

Well its been 2 years, still looks like it did when it left my shop. But I look forward to the day i get to see it with wheels and driving.

 

On to the next piggy. The 3rd Piggy is a 4 door, CUSTOM 68 4 door.

[510kevin]

looks good man, im not a fan of most purple colors, but that looks bitchin!!!

good work!!

[the510keeper]

Cool thing all the piggies is that they are all different, goon, 2 door and on with the 4 door. This project was cool for me, as the owners told me he wanted it blue and do as I will to it. Makes for an exciting paint job. As the project progressed so did the mods, Started with a 68 4 door. and turned it in to something crazy.

 

 

Stripper party

[Yakuza]

Sweeeett.... :D

[datrod]

Stripper party :o I'm in I love me some strippers :lol:

[the510keeper]

After stripping, we get to business. All body panels stripped, sanded and metal etched. Then epoxy primed

 

 

Once epoxy is spray before it cures, I glaze directly over the epoxy primer (with light scuffing). If there are big dents, I will grind back the epoxy, then bondo.

 

This truck lid needed little repairs all over so we glazed the complete surface and sanded flat.

 

Notice the door handles are still there.

 

We decide to shave the handle once most the doors where ready for paint. 2 steps forward one step back.

 

Then we decided to shave more

Wipers and cowl are gone

 

A gig to bend the arch and flange

 

Makes for ez buffing

[The Dat-side]

Cool stuff. Some one asked me about getting rid of my cowl, but I like the fresh air. I always thought it'd look weird with out. It'll be cool to see when it's done.

[Yakuza]

just a question,(I know its his car) but why not use a regular 4door? so many available..since this was/is a 68... :D