Parker521 Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 love that cali sunset! Quote Link to comment
jefe de jefes Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 Oaktown! Quote Link to comment
Parker521 Posted October 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 Oaktown! that's right... would you happen to be a mechanic? ;) Quote Link to comment
MicroMachinery Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 A fine piece of machinery. I have the same colored pick-up; bought brand new off the show room floor by dear ol' Dad in 71'. Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 Welcome to Ratsun :thumbup: Quote Link to comment
skyblue Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 I've seen your truck in the dogpatch. that is, if that is you. Do you work there? Quote Link to comment
Parker521 Posted October 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 I've seen your truck in the dogpatch. that is, if that is you. Do you work there? yes! i saw yours... if you do indeed have a sky blue one! how funny! there's someone in fillmore who has the exact same one as me...but way nicer. Quote Link to comment
skyblue Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 cool. datsuns taking over SF. The 510 is also on here if you've seen it. what are you plans for the truck? Quote Link to comment
socaldatsun Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 welcome, i love that color on the 521 Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 Love the truck I would just lower it and thats about it. well put a electronic ignition and a weber carb when the one you have takes a dump or it might have a weber on there already. olddatsuns.com has alot of infor to keep it running. these are simple rigs but do require manit as they are old and things break(alot soemtimes) So if this is your only rig better get another one if your job depends on it. I have a 521 and the list of repairs would wipe out most cheap asses 1 Quote Link to comment
Parker521 Posted October 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 A fine piece of machinery. I have the same colored pick-up; bought brand new off the show room floor by dear ol' Dad in 71'. that is rad! i love the color. Quote Link to comment
Parker521 Posted October 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 cool. datsuns taking over SF. The 510 is also on here if you've seen it. what are you plans for the truck? welllll.... if you drive around the dogpatch now you'll see it parked at my work. first order of business is to make the million angry bee sound go away. next has got to be the inside--- i'm sitting on 6 bedpillows to make the seat functional at all! i think we'll keep the 4 speed but the mechanic mentioned it needing head gasket repair, so maybe it would be worth it to do a swap. oh, after the seats: the shocks. i literally lift off of the seat -- airborne-- if we hit a bump hard enough. i like it the way it is, really. just want it to run well and look decent. i love the color, so i can't change it. Quote Link to comment
Parker521 Posted October 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 Love the truck I would just lower it and thats about it. well put a electronic ignition and a weber carb when the one you have takes a dump or it might have a weber on there already. olddatsuns.com has alot of infor to keep it running. these are simple rigs but do require manit as they are old and things break(alot soemtimes) So if this is your only rig better get another one if your job depends on it. I have a 521 and the list of repairs would wipe out most cheap asses ha! yeah, we're searching now for a daily driver-- i really wanted it to be the truck but maybe again in the future it can be. we've already done the brakes and the clutch-- just repairs-- and welded a new exhaust pipe for it. trying to deal w/ the suspension issue and it needs shocks too. i dont know what carb it has-- some datsun racecar type dudes that fixed the brakes for us actually folded the hood the wrong way when trying to open it, so they replaced the carb with a rebuilt one, and did the starter recently too-- although i regret letting the mechanic replace it. should have repaired the original after reading up on it in the forum. i'm not sure how to start knowing how to fix cars...i know a bit about a lot of other things like plumbing and carpentry but i've never been around people who work on cars so it's all new to me. i've heard that the "how to keep your old datsun alive" book is good too. should probably start there! Quote Link to comment
Parker521 Posted October 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 ha! yeah, we're searching now for a daily driver-- i really wanted it to be the truck but maybe again in the future it can be. we've already done the brakes and the clutch-- just repairs-- and welded a new exhaust pipe for it. trying to deal w/ the suspension issue and it needs shocks too. i dont know what carb it has-- some datsun racecar type dudes that fixed the brakes for us actually folded the hood the wrong way when trying to open it, so they replaced the carb with a rebuilt one, and did the starter recently too-- although i regret letting the mechanic replace it. should have repaired the original after reading up on it in the forum. i'm not sure how to start knowing how to fix cars...i know a bit about a lot of other things like plumbing and carpentry but i've never been around people who work on cars so it's all new to me. i've heard that the "how to keep your old datsun alive" book is good too. should probably start there! also::::: THANKS for the nice welcome to the club here! thank god for all of you-- i've learned a lot since we got the truck just by reading posts. how do you do the multi-quote thing??? Quote Link to comment
Laecaon Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 also::::: THANKS for the nice welcome to the club here! thank god for all of you-- i've learned a lot since we got the truck just by reading posts. how do you do the multi-quote thing??? you hit "multi-quote" on each post you want to reply to then hit "add reply" at the end of the thread. Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 welcome aboard.i got one with the same color. Quote Link to comment
unseen Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 nice ! post pics of the rebuild, i just picked up another 521 project, down here in San Diego Quote Link to comment
skyblue Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 welllll.... if you drive around the dogpatch now you'll see it parked at my work. first order of business is to make the million angry bee sound go away. next has got to be the inside--- i'm sitting on 6 bedpillows to make the seat functional at all! i think we'll keep the 4 speed but the mechanic mentioned it needing head gasket repair, so maybe it would be worth it to do a swap. oh, after the seats: the shocks. i literally lift off of the seat -- airborne-- if we hit a bump hard enough. i like it the way it is, really. just want it to run well and look decent. i love the color, so i can't change it. right on. well if you ever wanna talk shop i work down the street, Quote Link to comment
Stretch Bolts Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 Best color ever! Quote Link to comment
hardslammed Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 agreed, i got stuck with a red one... wish it was your color or tan or something else Quote Link to comment
Parker521 Posted January 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 :( I think I have to sell it. :( Quote Link to comment
laotsu Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 I keep seeing this on Craigslist, have you sold iot yet? Quote Link to comment
Parker521 Posted February 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 just saw this! yeah, still for sale. posted it and then we started packing to move and decided to keep it through the move, just haven't got around to redoing the post yet-- unpacking is the worst! I keep seeing this on Craigslist, have you sold iot yet? Quote Link to comment
lovedatsun Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 love that cali sunset! Beautiful 521.. Quote Link to comment
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