jrock4224 Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 forgot to tell u frank tristin hooked up a tan rear seat from carter ...so u can still use that as a excuse to not work on your 510......black or tan? hmmmm oh well im gonna gab a beer Link to comment
Tristin Posted July 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 forgot to tell u frank tristin hooked up a tan rear seat from carter ...so u can still use that as a excuse to not work on your 510......black or tan? hmmmm oh well im gonna gab a beer :rofl: Hahaha yeah. Hadnt gotten around to emailing Frank about the seat yet. I did source one, just have to go pick it up once Carter comes back from getting a tan. Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 franks a tough nut to crack....just today he repossessed a wiper motor a day after he gave it to me Link to comment
Tristin Posted July 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 Fucking Indian giver Frank... Shit. Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 to be fair naner told him to do it Link to comment
danfiveten Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 Dont take 6k, dont ever sell. ive been offered 6.5 for purple before at a gas station, but means to much to me, all my dimes to ever sell unless there was a emergency. Their part of the family, and u and minty go along way to well. :) 1 Link to comment
Tristin Posted July 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 It's not going anywhere for $6k. Though, I could get a decent stock of t-shirts and parts going for GB if I had $6k :sneaky: Link to comment
Phixius Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 The relay connectors or the wiring harness connectors? wiring harness connectors...please. Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 get your dick on!!!! wtf is gb Link to comment
Tristin Posted July 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 wtf is gb Garage Bluebird Link to comment
q-tip Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 Come on Jon, keep up with the lingo man.... :lol: Link to comment
KlassicMotion Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 wiring harness connectors...please. http://www.vintageconnections.com/ Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 Come on Jon, keep up with the lingo man.... :lol: i got a beta shirt but i need to get a couple of each the 510 and 521 for hans and i...my beta shirt was car less but i sitll get asked abot it all the time ... when my wife saw it i had to explain what a blue bird was and explain to her ...that our daughter will drive a dirivitive of a blue bird sedan right hand drive 4 dr with coupe tails and a gl grill.... her friends are gonna love it ... 1 Link to comment
jalen Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 i got a beta shirt but i need to get a couple of each the 510 and 521 for hans and i...my beta shirt was car less but i sitll get asked abot it all the time ... when my wife saw it i had to explain what a blue bird was and explain to her ...that our daughter will drive a dirivitive of a blue bird sedan right hand drive 4 dr with coupe tails and a gl grill.... her friends are gonna love it ... What the fuck did that say? :rofl: Link to comment
Tristin Posted July 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 What the fuck did that say? :rofl: I had some shirts made before I actually released anything to the public where it was just the logo... it was in beta. Since Jon is always helping out, I gave him a shirt. Jon is an OG supporter. Link to comment
q-tip Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 .....I understood him just fine.... 2 Link to comment
jalen Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 It took me a few times of Re reading it to understand. I don't know why. It must be me. On other note. After the tailights are all done, what do you plan on doing next Tristin? Link to comment
Tristin Posted July 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 On other note. After the twilight are all done, what do you plan on doing next Tristin? There are a bunch I small things to take care of, but the main focus will be getting my L20 installed. I need to find the time that both Tyler and I are availbe as well as the exhaust system funds to perform the engine swap. Then I'm basically done. I'll just cruise the shit out of the car until I get the funds together for a bit of body work and finally paint. Once I'm at that stage, I have a few more projects I want to do. Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 It took me a few times of Re reading it to understand. I don't know why. It must be me. On other note. After the tailights are all done, what do you plan on doing next Tristin? Its not u jalen .....u gotta spend time with me to understand my shorthand a d d type posting style ..... Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 I'm getting use to it! That's how you know you've been here too long... :rofl: 1 Link to comment
KlassicMotion Posted July 24, 2013 Report Share Posted July 24, 2013 I've been checking out the pictures you've been re-posting, I love the build. What's your opinion on L series versus KA or SR swaps? Are you a purist, or anything goes? Link to comment
Tristin Posted July 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2013 I've been checking out the pictures you've been re-posting, I love the build. What's your opinion on L series versus KA or SR swaps? Are you a purist, or anything goes? Im pretty sure I have a lot more to update, but the pictures are slowly coming back. Glad you like the progress. Im not a purist by any means, but I do prefer Nissan branded parts. The more I get into the Datsun game the more Id like to keep the history alive. I dont ever see myself doing any American Muscle swaps and for as any people that do rotaries... I couldnt do that either. I have no issues with KA and SR swaps as you can get some great power more reliably (that is until you start going crazy with the build). You cant go wrong with 1.5-2x the power with EFI and readily accessible parts, but you see a lot of guys get ridiculous with $1000s spent going crazy on SR swaps. It just loses the appeal for me. Im in the Datsun game to drive my car every day and use it as it was meant to be. Not spend $100 a week on gas chirping tires showing all the Bros my chrome AN fittings. A rebuilt KA or SR would be plenty for me so I knew I could count on the car being turn-key every day to get me where I needed. At this point in time, Id like to keep Minty L-series. My current plan is swap in an L20 I have while I build an LZ23. That gives me some power while keeping the stock look and feel behind the car. Ive been going about this build with the ideal of OEM+ where its basically just a 1969 car with some nice period correct upgrades. No crazy gauges, no ellipsoids, no stereo systems, etc. Maybe at one point down the line Ill do an upgraded, newer engine swap. But I do plan on owning more than one Datsun so maybe Ill reserve those cars for that. Then again, I do truly love this car and dont ever see myself getting rid of it. Maybe it would be worth it to do the updated block in Minty so that it continues to be the best in my stable. The other cars will come and go and the L-series powerplants will let that happen easier. Now that Im typing this, I couldnt say I would complain driving a subtly rebuilt SR. Probably years down the road. 2 Link to comment
jalen Posted July 24, 2013 Report Share Posted July 24, 2013 I have driven and rode shotgun in ka powered dimes. Thy are cool; you can hop right in and turn the key and go, but to me a classic car shouldn't be like that. You should have to fumble with the choke and let it warm up. However with a ka or sr you have a lot more power, a lot of torque. But to me everyone has one. The classic look of a little l motor is just nice, the sound of my carb opened all the way on the freeway just sounds so amazing. I'm sure ill swap in something in there eventually. But I want it to have carbs even if that was a ka. A datsun to me is for cruising around! Not showing off or speeding on the freeway. Link to comment
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