steveracer Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Hello Datsun Bretheren. I am a long time Datsun Enthusiast in Chicago. It is time to reduce the Datsun Fleet by one vehicle. The reason is I need to spend more time on my 510 race car and vintage race activities. www.transam-bsedan.com So I am selling my 1978 Datsun 620 long bed Baja pick up for somebody else to enjoy. I have had a few Dealings on the Ratsun Forum all enjoyable. I don't post much as I am better with Carburators than Computers. LOL A few years ago I traded my SER for the 620 to a local gentleman. Somebody might recognize the truck. The Truck came from Washington state. The guy that built it put his heart and soul into it, unfortunately he died of leukemia. The truck was sold by his mother. The full frame off, nut and bolt, acid dipped, restoration was done 7 years ago. It has 6,000 miles on it since then. 4,000 of those miles was driving it from Washington state to Chicago. The rest was me driving it to the race track or around town on nice days.(people love it) I get more thumbs up than you can imagine. The truck runs great. Pull out the choke crank the key and it is running.When it is warm push the choke in. This truck has the cool old fashioned vents. The ones that you pull and let the real fresh air in. When I was a kid I had a yellow with Black Hood Baja AFX slotcar. Those of you of a certain age will remember. That truck was a copy of Jim Conners Baja Winning truck.My plan was to duplicate the look. I contacted Jim and he sent me some old photo copies of articles and a original slot car page. Those are included with the sale. Truck 1978 620 Long Bed with Rechromed 1973 front bumper. (looks like a 1973) New Nissan L20b engine(not rebuilt). New Nissan Comp L7 cam. Rally spec. (very Torquey) New Nissan comp S.U. Carbs New nissan Comp header. Stainless 4-2-1 New 3" inch stainless exhaust New Borla Stainless Muffler New Catalytic converter. (rattles at certain RPM. The gentleman I got it from had it put on. I would remove it New 280ZX Flywheel lightened to 18 lbs New 300ZX clutch and pressure plate 280ZX 5 speed Trans Nissan Comp Detroit Locker set up 4;88 gears( with the tall tires runs great at highway speed in 5th) Radiused wheel arches 1" (professinal job nice) 2" body lift kit with Stainless nuts and bolts. Removed cargo hooks, frame bead, tail gate, Emblems removed Custom tire holder, Roll Bar, and rear bumper(Nerf bar) New Les Schwab wheels Armstrong Desert Dog A-T tires. Frame and undercoated truck with TUFF Truck Bedliner. Interior, Sony CD stereo with Cerwin Vega 6x9 speakers (loud and crisp) New dash pad, No cracks no fading, Tachometer New headliner.All new rubber and seals throughout the truck.All new trim. All New light assemblies New winshield, custom aluminium door and kick panels. (artisan work) Nissan 720 velour bench seat with 3 sets of seat belts. From what I can tell and the documentation I have. Everthing that was put on this truck is OEM and New. The parts were purchased from McCord Bros Nissan Dodge.The attention to wiring detail is amazing. What I see as problem areas. When you acid Dip anything You can never seem to neutralize the acid in tight seam areas. so over time the acid seeps out ruins the paint and starts to rust that area. I have taken pictures of these areas. Under the battery( the worst on the whole truck, Rust) No rust holes just surface rust.On the outside of the bed between the upper and lower bed sections. I am starting to see the paint there bubble a little. I left the windows cracked open and a rainstorm hit. There is some surface rust on the floor. No holes. Just doesn't look pretty white. Didn't find it because it was hidden by rubber mats. Where the hooks were removed on bed, those holes are showing that rust will start there. The truck has some chips here and there. But nothing out of the ordinary.AS I said I was going to repaint. So I started to remove some of the stickers on the passenger side. The Price for the truck is $6000 Firm. No trades please! I think if you were to try to duplicate this vehicle you would easily spend $18,000 and a lot of your own personal time. Buy it at 1/3 the price. LOL Any questions? Pictures coming Steve Datsunracing75@aol.com cell 847 208 7299 Link to comment
312 Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Hello Datsun Bretheren. I am a long time Datsun Enthusiast in Chicago. It is time to reduce the Datsun Fleet by one vehicle. The reason is I need to spend more time on my 510 race car and vintage race activities. www.transam-bsedan.com So I am selling my 1978 Datsun 620 long bed Baja pick up for somebody else to enjoy. I have had a few Dealings on the Ratsun Forum all enjoyable. I don't post much as I am better with Carburators than Computers. LOL A few years ago I traded my SER for the 620 to a local gentleman. Somebody might recognize the truck. The Truck came from Washington state. The guy that built it put his heart and soul into it, unfortunately he died of leukemia. The truck was sold by his mother. The full frame off, nut and bolt, acid dipped, restoration was done 7 years ago. It has 6,000 miles on it since then. 4,000 of those miles was driving it from Washington state to Chicago. The rest was me driving it to the race track or around town on nice days.(people love it) I get more thumbs up than you can imagine. The truck runs great. Pull out the choke crank the key and it is running.When it is warm push the choke in. This truck has the cool old fashioned vents. The ones that you pull and let the real fresh air in. When I was a kid I had a yellow with Black Hood Baja AFX slotcar. Those of you of a certain age will remember. That truck was a copy of Jim Conners Baja Winning truck.My plan was to duplicate the look. I contacted Jim and he sent me some old photo copies of articles and a original slot car page. Those are included with the sale. Truck 1978 620 Long Bed with Rechromed 1973 front bumper. (looks like a 1973) New Nissan L20b engine(not rebuilt). New Nissan Comp L7 cam. Rally spec. (very Torquey) New Nissan comp S.U. Carbs New nissan Comp header. Stainless 4-2-1 New 3" inch stainless exhaust New Borla Stainless Muffler New Catalytic converter. (rattles at certain RPM. The gentleman I got it from had it put on. I would remove it New 280ZX Flywheel lightened to 18 lbs New 300ZX clutch and pressure plate 280ZX 5 speed Trans Nissan Comp Detroit Locker set up 4;88 gears( with the tall tires runs great at highway speed in 5th) Radiused wheel arches 1" (professinal job nice) 2" body lift kit with Stainless nuts and bolts. Removed cargo hooks, frame bead, tail gate, Emblems removed Custom tire holder, Roll Bar, and rear bumper(Nerf bar) New Les Schwab wheels Armstrong Desert Dog A-T tires. Frame and undercoated truck with TUFF Truck Bedliner. Interior, Sony CD stereo with Cerwin Vega 6x9 speakers (loud and crisp) New dash pad, No cracks no fading, Tachometer New headliner.All new rubber and seals throughout the truck.All new trim. All New light assemblies New winshield, custom aluminium door and kick panels. (artisan work) Nissan 720 velour bench seat with 3 sets of seat belts. From what I can tell and the documentation I have. Everthing that was put on this truck is OEM and New. The parts were purchased from McCord Bros Nissan Dodge.The attention to wiring detail is amazing. What I see as problem areas. When you acid Dip anything You can never seem to neutralize the acid in tight seam areas. so over time the acid seeps out ruins the paint and starts to rust that area. I have taken pictures of these areas. Under the battery( the worst on the whole truck, Rust) No rust holes just surface rust.On the outside of the bed between the upper and lower bed sections. I am starting to see the paint there bubble a little. I left the windows cracked open and a rainstorm hit. There is some surface rust on the floor. No holes. Just doesn't look pretty white. Didn't find it because it was hidden by rubber mats. Where the hooks were removed on bed, those holes are showing that rust will start there. The truck has some chips here and there. But nothing out of the ordinary.AS I said I was going to repaint. So I started to remove some of the stickers on the passenger side. The Price for the truck is $6000 Firm. No trades please! I think if you were to try to duplicate this vehicle you would easily spend $18,000 and a lot of your own personal time. Buy it at 1/3 the price. LOL Any questions? Pictures coming Steve Datsunracing75@aol.com cell 847 208 7299 Steve, Here are couple of pics that I took last week that I thought I would add for you until you get yours up. Link to comment
steveracer Posted March 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Thanks, that gives some full size shots that I missed. Maybe you want to buy my truck and pull out the sweet engine and trans package and drop it into your new ride. Then sell the truck as a roller. LOL Link to comment
Farmer Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 That is a beautiful truck you got there. I would definitely buy it if the money was available, but its not. Good luck on the sale. Larry Link to comment
steveracer Posted March 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Thanks, I hope she goes to a good home. My 10 year old and his friends will miss the truck. The roll bar made a good jungle gym. Link to comment
yenpit Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 Noooooooooo, you're NOT selling it! :( This truck is waaaaaayyyy cool!! I'll trade ya TWO very rare 1968 510 2 door project cars..............you know you want 'em. ;) Link to comment
steveracer Posted March 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 TJ, You know I love 510's but I am trying to shrink my Datsun Fleet. Hey there is a guy looking for a rental car at Gingerman. Put the racer together and rent it. Steve Link to comment
Bart's 510 Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 Free bump for nice truck and nice guy. I know that truck it looks really good! Link to comment
spec-bre Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 I'll bump for an awesome lil truck and a true Datsun enthusiast!!! Steve I wish you had this at the house when I picked up the windshield. I would have liked to looked at it a bit closer. You should go to the 510 section and share a couple pics of the tribute car and the race car. Very cool cars you have and you should share!!!! Link to comment
spec-bre Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 how about a front view?? Link to comment
steveracer Posted March 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Thanks. for the front shot. I owe you a beer next time we are at the track. Link to comment
NSRz32 Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Awesome truck! Like everybody else here I'd love to buy it but no dice. Good luck with the sale man! Link to comment
steveracer Posted March 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 Thanks. Maybe somebody will sell there project and want a new toy. Link to comment
Wylder1324 Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 still have the truck ? Link to comment
steveracer Posted July 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 I have some body who wants it. As soon as I have money in hand I will let everbody know that it is sold for sure. Thanks Link to comment
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