tangent Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Great color... Straight panels.... looks tight Quote Link to comment
lynchfourtwenty Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 looks real good.. i need to do some body work to mine one of these days when i have the money.. shes straight for the most part but its got the datsun dings in it not too bad tho Quote Link to comment
five2one Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Thanks for the compliments guys I've been trying to do very suttle mods to it to make it a little different. here's a pic of what it looked like when I started. Quote Link to comment
spiffinspudater Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Ok here is a recent (today) picture of my truck sitting outside my work. Also showing is my dash and factory Tach. ==Javin Quote Link to comment
tangent Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 This truck I got for $200 delivered to my house had a L20b and truck 5speed, as well as the original 1600 and 4 speed, with a bad cylinder. thougt it would be a parts truck but havent ever been able to molest it... If i dont find a 510 soon it might get moved to the garage for a frame up... thats probably when i'll find a 510, once its in 10,000 pieces... Quote Link to comment
culowdragger72 Posted May 9, 2007 Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 whats up everybody, i like what i saw. now here some of mine truck. 1 Quote Link to comment
lynchfourtwenty Posted May 9, 2007 Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 hope to see you guys @ canby.. theres going to be a Ratsun class i think.. $30 to enter the contest.. $5 just to show off the vehicle.. june 9th an 10th heres a link http://www.datsunsnw.org/canby07/index.htm Quote Link to comment
Guest DatsuNoob Posted May 9, 2007 Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 Man, I love those early 70's 521's.:cool: Nice truck! I'm pretty jealous of the one Hainz has. Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted May 9, 2007 Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 culow, Do you still have the orange king cab? Quote Link to comment
lynchfourtwenty Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 you mean Datsuns arent invinceable???????????????????? nah, thats really too bad.. beautiful truck.. it belong to you?? if not did u know the person?? an did he/she make it?? damn :( Quote Link to comment
crashtestdummy Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 Thanks. Yeah, it was my truck. I drove the piss out of it too. Daily driver for me for almost 10 years. Drove it to Cali truck jamboree in 92 when it was all blue. I got broadsided in it about 10 years ago now. The passenger door was about 3 inches from my right arm. Messed me up mentally just as much as it did physically. I have a hard time getting motivated to work on cars now. And my projects now have to be shorter term ones that can be finished within weeks or I'll loose interest in it. Quote Link to comment
lynchfourtwenty Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 oh man, well glad you made it atleast.. and welcome to the forums.. maybe we can get you motavated again.. what do you have now goin for "projects" or whatever.. and where you from? Quote Link to comment
crashtestdummy Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 I'm from Colorado. I had a 78 king cab that we started the same time we did my chopped truck. But some lady cut in front of me and made me hit her. The king cab was lowered, windowless shell and we made it a walk thru. Then it had electrical problems after that and it sat until I finally sold it to somebody back east somewhere. Needless to say I don't think I'll drive another Datsun p/u. 2 out of the 2 that I owned were wrecked. Started a 35 Ford pu but after doing the chop and getting the suspension done I sold it last week. Everything I did to the 35 was an ordeal. It's not like I was doing anything out of the ordinary to the truck and yet everything I did was like I was the first one doing it. Nobody knew how to do anything I needed and I had to figure everything out myself. I got tired of that and sold it. So now I'm looking for a driver. Something that needs redone or is driveable but needs paint and upholstery. Or something done that just needs a few changes to make it better looking. Quote Link to comment
0.C. Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 Last week I've been chopping a 51 Ford shoebox, then it came to my mind that I should probably chop my 71 521. My dad said that it would look ugly and this and that, it killed my motivation. and now that I see what was your truck, gave me second thoughts, It doesn't look bad at all. Quote Link to comment
crashtestdummy Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 Before we chopped mine I looked at a bunch of pictures of other chopped Datsuns. The ones that were chopped and had the windshield posts leaned back didn't look right to me. We kicked around different ways to do the back window and went with making it small but a little wider. I guess I've got the attitude that if you are going to chop something you might as well make it looked chopped. I looked at a model a sedan that was for sale and they had chopped the top an inch! 1 inch chop? I coulnd't figure out why they went through the time and trouble to just chop it an inch. It didn't make it look any better or any different for that matter. Quote Link to comment
datsun dreamer Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 Welcome to the forum, sorry to here about everything thats happened, as i read your post i can understand why maybe you wouldn't want another truck- but as i saw your 620 i said this guys got a gift, it would be nice to see you do another 620 like that again! anyways its good to know your ok and welcome to the forum! Quote Link to comment
crashtestdummy Posted July 8, 2007 Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 I talked to a guy that was going to fix his truck up and he wanted ideas. I told him I'd do another one like mine, but with a few changes. Everything done to the truck, aside from the chop, were simple things done in the driveway. If the truck hadn't been totaled I would have eventually bagged it, put suicide doors, and changed color several times by now. Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted July 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 wow:eek: That pic is crazy!! ouch!!! dam, thats a sweet wreck to walk away from. Sorry for you loss, that truck was nice, it looks like tons of work to me. I can see why you don't want to start another one. You should though :D Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted July 8, 2007 Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 Nice chop... I love the way they look without the leaned back a pillar. Weldome to the forums, hang around here long enough and you'll want to build another one :D Quote Link to comment
Bleach Posted July 8, 2007 Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 I remember that truck. You sent me a couple pics of it many years ago. You mentioned that the hard toneau cover went flying like a frisbee! :) Quote Link to comment
crashtestdummy Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 Bleach: I remember sending the pics. It was when you had pics of crashed Datsun pickups on your site. The hard tonnaue did fly off during the crash. I don't know how far it flew, but it held up good. Only a couple spots of the vinyl got rubbed through to the wood. Matter of fact, my friend has the tonnaue cover and the upholstered bed panels on his 620 now. Here is what the bed looked like in my truck. The box in the passenger side corner of the bed was where the power antenna was. Just the chrome grommet and tip of the antenna showed with the cover closed. And if I needed to haul something, and it fit in the bed, I'd just roll the carpet up. Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted July 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 I wonder how many chicks you could fit back there :D (sorry I couldn't resist :D ) Quote Link to comment
tangent Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 I wonder how many chicks you could fit back there :D (sorry I couldn't resist :D ) I reckon you could fit 10 or 12 back there if you stacked them neatly.. if they were in pieces.. probably 20! :P Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted July 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 I reckon you could fit 10 or 12 back there if you stacked them neatly.. if they were in pieces.. probably 20! :P haha pieces, that kinda defeats the purpose of the carpet :D Quote Link to comment
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