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I've Always Been A Mini Truckin' Kid Into American Muscle But After Going Back To Japan I Fell In Love With Old JDMs :D

So I Start Looking For A Stock Datto That's Straight, Has Minor Rust, And Still Rockin' It's Original Paint. (Little Did I Know THAT"S F#%^ING HARD!)

But After 3 Months Of Searching I Finally Found One A Few Hours Away ;)

The Truck Was Bought By A Guy In 1979 (Original Owner), Owned It For 30 Years, Sold It To The Guy I Bought It From, Owned It Almost A Year Then Sold It To Me.

I Can Tell It Had Been Well Taken Care Of, But While The Previous Owner Had It, He Crashed It (Nothing Bad) But The Insurance Company Did Salvage It.

I Have No Idea Why They Salvaged It, It Was Only A Fender Bender.

But Anyways I Didn't Care Everything Was Straight And It Ran Like A Top. :frantics:

1,500 Miles From Fresh Rebuild, Bored 0.030 Over, And Mild Cam, Stock Externals.

5 Speed Tranny With New Clutch (300 Miles, Smooth As A Baby's Bottom)

Stock Rims With All Center Caps :blush:

I'm Not Gonna Lie It Looked Like A POS, But It Was Mechanically Sound.

So I Thought, With A Little TLC I Can Make It Look Nice.

I Went Ahead And Bought It For $600 And Drove To It's New Home :cool:

 

These Are The Only Pictures I Took The Day I Got Her.

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The Bumper Wasn't Exactly What You Call Straight, But Took It Off And Beat All The Body Dents Out With A Hammer.

It Did Look Nasty But The Frame Is Completely Straight. (Isn't That All That Matters?)

Perhaps That Insurance Guy Knows Nothing About Cars And Salvaged Just Because The Bumper Was Bent In Half. :angry:

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So The First Thing I Had To Do Is Get It Smogged And Pass Stupid Light Exam :angry:

I Had To Go To Junk Yard To Find Some Nice Taillights Because One Of Mine Was Broken <_<

Got New Magnaflow Cat, Welded It In And Passes Smog With Flying Colours!

And I Was Free To Do Whatever The Hell I Wanted To Do

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i want more pics

You Don't Always Get What You Want In Life, But This Time You Do :lol:

 

Now That I Was Free To Mess With It I Painted Tailgate Letters Black

A Good Hour Of Masking

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4-5 Light Coats And Let It Dry Overnight

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Removed Tape :D

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Not Afraid To Show A Little Rust

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POR-15

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Primered Then Painted Blue To Match Interior

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The Paint Was A Bit Nasty So I Sanded And Gave The Truck A Nice Wax Job

 

Went From This:

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To This (I Could See My Reflection! :frantics:):

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A little rust? Man,you've got floors!

more pics of the whole truck. Now!!

 

HEY!, That's Actually Not That Bad Considering The Truck Was In The Sierra Mountains For 30 Years... :P

Not One Pin Sized Hole, Just Surface.

And About The OICS, I'll Post A Little Something Something Tomorrow ;)

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paint the rims white and get a slight whitewall tire.

truck is awsome

I Want To Keep The Rims Black And Put Some Cooker 2" White Walls On It

 

thats a nice lil truck, wat part of modesto do u live??

Empire

 

Also, Nothing Related To The Truck But I Got 2 Of These

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One Is Sealed And Another Is In My Truck ;)

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So I Decided To Add A Bed-Liner To This Little Guy

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I Took The Bed Off The Truck, Washed It 3 Times, Sanded And Sanded And Sanded Some More.

Got Rid Of The Minor Dents With A Hammer, Washed Again, Sanded, Washed.

Took Me A Whole Day But The End Result Would Prove To Be Rewarding.

Did I Mention I Sanded A Lot? <_<

 

Did One Side

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Eventually It Started Sprinkling So I Stopped And Finished It The Next Day

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I Ended Up Using About 15 Cans

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Turned Out Pretty Great Considering It Was Under $100 :lol:

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