Ebay Find: Sweet 521

[Cruzn620]

somebody on here please buy this, it seriously just needs a good owner, good looking truck!!

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Datsun-Datsun-pickup-1971-Datsun-pickup_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6188QQihZ014QQitemZ330208821386QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

[yellowdatsun]

If someone buys the truck, I'll buy the rear bumperettes off ya.

[dat521gatherer]

it has the original radio and speaker. cig lighter. package tray. bumperettes. all 4 hubcaps and even the fuse box cover. thats the shit i like ta see. engine looks unmolested also.

 

it looks like it needs a little work but what a great start for someone.

 

i got dibs on the speaker.:D

[phatdave]

96.9 rating.....:eek:

[sdsurf]

Well I won it but below reserve... I went and looked at it and it is very stock. We'll see if he takes my bid

[sdsurf]

I got it home yesterday... Thsi truck is cherry. 72' interior is clean, original parcel tray, radio, speaker and floor mat. Once I do a thorough cleaning I will get the pics up. Looks like to start I need the coil resistor. Other than that... stock stock stock

[Jester]

Cngrats. Screw the clean up. We want before pics.

 

Jester

[Rusty]

Cngrats. Screw the clean up. We want before pics.

 

Jester

 

ya no shit? "after" pictures dont get much love without the "befores":D

[sdsurf]

 

How about it!!

[Datsun4u]

 

How about it!!

 

Great truck. I was thinking on bidding, but I already have 3. It looks like you might have another year bed on it. just look at the rear marker light/reflecter. It should be like the one on the front. Or did someone just put a round peg in a square hole?

[dat521gatherer]

yes yes. you must make it fire up and and make sure the brakes work and drive it like that before you start your project. clean the windshied off of coarse.

 

does the radio work? that speaker is hella hard to find. let me know if you want to sell:D

 

that is the plastic 620 package tray.fyi

 

cig lighter is getting hard to find too

 

what works, doesnt work? lights, wipers, wiper squirter, horn, blinkers, yeah yeah i know you just got it. be sure to get any legal bs out the way and have the title on the way before you dump too much money into it. but you already new that.

another 521 saved, thats how it should be.:cool:

[Jester]

Too cool. You have your work cut out for youself.

 

Jester

[fisch]

 

How about it!!

 

Score! A totally savable 521. Looks great man. And you even have the original rubber mat! Pressurewash the heck out of it, polish er up and drive. 72's must be some of the rarer 521's since they switched to the 620 that same year.

 

But hey, where is the choke knob? I guess 72's had elecric? Did they also have an L18? One more reason it is a little rarer. Here is mine, it is under the fan. Yours has the divit where it goes.

 

[sdsurf]

yes yes. you must make it fire up and and make sure the brakes work and drive it like that before you start your project. clean the windshied off of coarse.

 

does the radio work? that speaker is hella hard to find. let me know if you want to sell:D

 

that is the plastic 620 package tray.fyi

 

cig lighter is getting hard to find too

 

what works, doesnt work? lights, wipers, wiper squirter, horn, blinkers, yeah yeah i know you just got it. be sure to get any legal bs out the way and have the title on the way before you dump too much money into it. but you already new that.

another 521 saved, thats how it should be.:cool:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ok here it goes... I hooked up the battery to see what happens.

Lights - all good but reverse

Horn - no

Flasher - yes

Wipers - yes

Blinkers - yes

Brake lights - yes

cig lighter - no

Fan - no

Choke - electric

dome light - yes

oil light, ing light - yes

dash light - no

 

Has L-16 and 4spd, hitachi carb. totally stock but missing ballast resistor at coil

 

Needs new windshield gasket

 

Floors - awesome!

 

It is a 72', maybe they used the newer parcel tray????

[sdsurf]

Great truck. I was thinking on bidding, but I already have 3. It looks like you might have another year bed on it. just look at the rear marker light/reflecter. It should be like the one on the front. Or did someone just put a round peg in a square hole?

 

I have a newer, better bed I will swap on. I am out in the desert all the time (work). Would love to come by and see your stash. Hit me up with a PM

[sdsurf]

Too cool. You have your work cut out for youself.

 

Jester

 

Just a lot of cleaning and I think it could be SICK!!

[fisch]

Horn - no

 

On the horn. My truck had sat for 10 years before I bought it. It had no horn either. I took the wheel horn apart and it looked 100% ok, no corossion on the contacts. I was thinking the worst, checking fuses, etc. But then I just took a little sandpaper and hit the contact ring. What I thought was a yellowish metal was actually steel. It cleaned right up and works fantastic. Scared the crap out of me the first time it sounded cause I wasn't expecting such an easy fix.

 

Same thing with my blinkers, but yours seem to be ok.

[sdsurf]

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[Pacific coast Datsun]

Mike what an unbelieveable score! With minor work it'll be streetable. I like the original license plate frame too :cool: Wash it, clay the paint then use some rubbing compound & shine it up ! On the interior, simple green, warm water & a soft scrub brush will be your friends...HaHa.