Icehouse Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 We picked this beauty for 100 bucks, It has been sitting since 93, "ran when parked" The owner said it had a driveline wobble so he stopped driving it. At first we where going to part it out but decide to fix it after we cleaned it up. The photo's will do the talking :D We got it running but don't want to spend any more time on it because we have to get Agusto's car done soon. I just couldn't believe it fired up and idles, after so many years! Most all the electrical works to :D The door is the worst of the rust, for some reason the paint rusted off really bad on the door. Luckily we have a orange door we can swap on :D We emptied out a ton of garbage :( yep its orange with white interior :D We went halfs so Franks taking his cut of the parts we got :D BLING Amazing huh Thrillen!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
nismopu Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 reminds me of my old 69 wagon minus the tree growing through the once perfect rear bumper. I changed the plugs and put an electric fuel pump in it and it fired right up shooting acorns out the exhaust, lol. You guys seriously scored on that diamond in the rough though, peace. Quote Link to comment
inline4 Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 where do you guys find these things? I dont think there's such in the bay area. Quote Link to comment
Jason Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 What an awesome find Jeff, I like that! Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted January 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 Well this car I heard about over a year ago. The Dude that told me was going to buy it originally, but he saw it! He's not really a car dude. So after bugging him for a year or so he gave me the dudes number. From the pics you can tell at first it really was only a 100 dollar car. After a good washing its a 1000 dollar car :D If we get it a good daily driver I think we can get 2500 well if we can get it perfect :D Quote Link to comment
badapple Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 beauty.. makes me jealous... looks pretty strait too... whats the up close inspection say? other than the rust ofcourse... other than that id say take some bleach to the seats and roll that bitch:D Quote Link to comment
Gensaiken Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 lol nice find. who would have thought there was such a clean car under all that mess! Looks like you left a small ecosystem behind. :lol: I'd like to see how this wagon turns out. Definately a lot cleaner than the wagon I got for $50! Quote Link to comment
fiveoneohray Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 thats awesome I love those finds for sure. the rust on the door is weird was it parked funny? Is this Franks first wagon? I always thought he hated those since he never showed any interest. Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 Holy hell what was growing on the body? :lol: Looks 100% better after just the wash & the body is good to. Well worth the $100. Quote Link to comment
fisch Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 Woah, a hundred bucks! CHA-CHING!! Just yesterday I heard about a 69 wagon by me (aka Datsun Wasteland) with 52,000 original miles, and all I've heard about it is it is 'Ready for paint." Could mean it is in pieces and ready for paint, could mean all the drivetrain has been done and it just has some cosmetic issues, who knows, but it is going for $1000. Which, depending on what it is, what's in it, interior, is prolly a great price for New England. But for 10 times less on that orange one, you indeed scored!! Take a bow! Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 I keep telling people you can find them under trees!!!!!!!! Man I can SMELL it already!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
Cruzn620 Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 please name this car "swamp thing" that is an awesome find man! if only my truck would respond that way to the car wash! Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 Damn fine find. Are you guys planning on fixin it up and selling? $100 scores are the best :D Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted January 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 It was parked near some tree's, I think its been repainted and the door had some rust that wasn't fixed right so the paint held water. Before we washes it a lot of the paint was still on the door. I will get a close ip shot so you guys can see how the rust spread, its kinda interesting :) Quote Link to comment
hang_510 Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 was it parked funny? its got moss of the N side, and the S, E, & W :lol: how much change did you find? probabaly spent a $100 in quarters cleaning it :lol: SCORE! Quote Link to comment
Duke Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 You should have cleaned the interior, windows, and engine bay and just left all the moss on it. Total patina! PS-lower it please. Quote Link to comment
ryan510 Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 thats amazing. came up so well Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted January 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 its got moss of the N side, and the S, E, & W :lol: how much change did you find? probabaly spent a $100 in quarters cleaning it :lol: SCORE! Frank is the car was maintenance dude, so we basically got a good deal :D You should have cleaned the interior, windows, and engine bay and just left all the moss on it. Total patina! PS-lower it please. I totally wanted to do that, it would look so sick slammed and mossy :D Wagon's are a bitch to get low! Well our low anyways :D I wanted to tell Frank I want to take out my half of the suspension travel haha since its half mine :D The only problem I see with slamming it is some buyers may not want a super low car..... I don't know why :D Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 Thank you for saving another classic Datsun. Quote Link to comment
Roostmonkey Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 Nice find...heres my $ 100.00 orange Dime. I found it sitting in a field in the boondocks of Maine. Interior is gutted but the motor runs fairly well.When the other projects are done, this will become a track only car. Quote Link to comment
Bleach Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 looks really good after the cleanup. Orange is a great color Quote Link to comment
Pedro Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 That is crazy, how does a 70's model car survive outdoors like that for so long without rusting completey? Wish we could find wagon examples like that over here, unfortunately 99 percent of them have had a hard life, so you still pay $1200 AUD for a rolling wagon shell that needs a shitload of work. Congrats again, go the wagon. Quote Link to comment
Datsunscom Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 Very cool find, will love to see how the rest of it turns out. Quote Link to comment
datsun dreamer Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 Awesome Before and After pictures Icehouse:D! Will you post it for sale soon? If so, How much? Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted January 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 Thank you for saving another classic Datsun. If we all saved a few a year there would be ton's of datto's on the road :D Nice find...heres my $ 100.00 orange Dime. I found it sitting in a field in the boondocks of Maine. Interior is gutted but the motor runs fairly well.When the other projects are done, this will become a track only car. Dude that car almost looks to nice to turn into a race car! I'm sure you've thought it over though :D looks really good after the cleanup. Orange is a great color My favorite color actually :D That is crazy, how does a 70's model car survive outdoors like that for so long without rusting completey? Wish we could find wagon examples like that over here, unfortunately 99 percent of them have had a hard life, so you still pay $1200 AUD for a rolling wagon shell that needs a shitload of work. Congrats again, go the wagon. Thats weird wagon's are cheap over here, well actually all of them are in comparison. I think there are more datto's fans in your neck of the woods :D Very cool find, will love to see how the rest of it turns out. Yeah we already have some interested people, they want to buy it but it has to be road worthy. It runs great, which is amazing but who know how long the L series will last after having that much down time. Awesome Before and After pictures Icehouse:D! Will you post it for sale soon? If so, How much? As it sits with we would take 600, not that we want to turn a huge profit but we have already invested a lot of time and put a few new bits on it. Like a much cleaner dash pad, almost perfect! Quote Link to comment
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