Zeusimo Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Where's Your Older Thread On This Car? :P Quote Link to comment
jraymer Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Was all that damage from some sort of street drift attempt? Also what movie was your car in? Quote Link to comment
metalmonkey47 Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 That thing hit hard!! Glad to see it is back in its sexy state again Bent the shit out of the rims.... and the tire still didn't fall off... wonder what my problem is :rofl: Quote Link to comment
Dirttrack510 Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 I love this thread, it just goes to show, you gotta hold onto certain things. Other people just don't respect what they have and the amount of work that went into making it nice. Great save, every time you've gotten it. lol... NOW KEEP IT!!! My daily 510 is staying with me till it's absolute scrap metal, then it'll live on as parts for my other three 510s. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: Major thumbs up for saving this car multiple times. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: Quote Link to comment
Z chopper Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 I like the bamboo 510 but that nissan pale yellow is cool, polished panasports would be perfect rims IMHO Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted June 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Was all that damage from some sort of street drift attempt? Also what movie was your car in? 1. No street drifting. Just lost control and he didn't know what to do to recover. I'll be taking him to some track days with his new 610. 2. "Mao's Last Dancer", available on DVD as of last month. Where's Your Older Thread On This Car? :P Which one? :P Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted June 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Bent the shit out of the rims.... and the tire still didn't fall off... wonder what my problem is :rofl: One wheel survived, one wheel is fixable, two wheels are trashed. :( Oddly enough, I think all 4 tires survived unscathed. :) The good one will go on the garage wall. The rest will be scrapped. I do have a buddy with an S13 who has simar wheels with missing caps, so there is one silver lining to this cloud. :) Quote Link to comment
Shagy Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Glad to see you're fixing it John. I've got NOS RF 69 fender layin around =) Quote Link to comment
jputz Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Fixer...you want to sell me that fender??? Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted June 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 Fixer...you want to sell me that fender??? Snake! Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted June 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 Where's Your Older Thread On This Car? :P FYI, if you meant the story/thread about the movie, it's here: http://community.ratsun.net/topic/4949-the-story-of-my-car-in-a-movie/page__p__64339__hl__%2Bstory+%2Bcar+%2Bmovie__fromsearch__1#entry64339 1 Quote Link to comment
rusty12ver Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 Keep us posted on how the car does when getting aligned. Quote Link to comment
jputz Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 sorry man been looking for fenders forever there arent any good ones near me!! Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted June 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 Keep us posted on how the car does when getting aligned. I'll probably do the alignment myself, but... Will do. :cool: Quote Link to comment
fuzz's '71 510 Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 sorry man been looking for fenders forever there arent any good ones near me!! You sure about that??? I may have a set for sale very soon.... :P Quote Link to comment
Shagy Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 no no no..... $ talks.... =) John, you got a PM. Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted June 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 FYI, to those that don't know, this car is a '71. ;) These aren't '69 fenders, or '69 side markers. I welded up the stock '71 side marker light holes and cut new holes for JDM side markers (longer than USDM '68-69 side markers). :cool: All the emblems/trim/lights are proper for a '71 Bluebird Deluxe. Of course, minus the license plate lights (should be in the bumper ala USDM '68), which I'll be shaving for the next repaint. Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted August 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2012 Update: Found a little more damage up front, will be replacing the sway bar (as alluded to earlier), the front crossmember (motor mount stand-up is bent), and the right side motor mount (rubber broken). There's a dent in the rear crossmember, but I don't think it needs to be changed (looks like the dent is from the bent control arm hitting it). Got a spare that I'll probably do up as a "penultimate" before swapping it in. Need to replace the brakes and wheel studs in the new control arm, luckily all the brake parts were new recently so I'll swap them over from the bent control arm. I was able to get it on a buddy's frame machine and it all looks to still be within spec. Might need to go camber plates in the front to get it dialed back in perfectly. In his words, "Japanese cars this old aren't perfectly square even before they're wrecked, so don't worry too much about it". :D Going to pick up two more doors next weekend. Once I get those bolted up I can pull the quarter panel out a bit to get it all back in line. Luckily, the quarter panel isn't as bad as I initially thought. :thumbup: Picked up another set of wheels for it. They are 16x7 and 16x8 RAYS Gram Lights 57C. I used to have them on my old S13, but sold them to a buddy when I sold the S13. He never used them, so I bought them back today. They are the same size and offset as the Volks that were destroyed, so I can probably take the tires off the dead Volks and put them on the Gram Lights and we should be in business. :thumbup: Quote Link to comment
Tristin Posted August 18, 2012 Report Share Posted August 18, 2012 Johns back! :frantics: Glad to see a little update. Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted August 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2012 Thinking if I stick to the "pale yellow" off white color getting these wheels powdercoated dark bronze? And maybe if I go bright white do the wheels "Takata green"? Still ruminating... Cream/bronze combo: White/green combo: Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted August 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2012 Better example of the cream/bronze combo... 1 Quote Link to comment
Tristin Posted August 18, 2012 Report Share Posted August 18, 2012 Bronze option is the way to go. Quote Link to comment
Duncan Posted August 19, 2012 Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 +1 for the bronze. Very elegant looking, IMHO. Quote Link to comment
carterb Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 Glad to see the car back on the road! Glad to see you are still taking awesome photographs too. --carter Quote Link to comment
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