Rock crawling 521

[ArchetypeDatsun]

This thing has some beast of tires for a small pick up.

 

[I'm BLUE]

I like this vid but hate the destruction.

 

521's ...Sooo cool no matter what

[skunk]

lol, hey i know whos truck that is....

[tdaaj]

in the church family? i think one of my 521's had that fate.

[Skib]

Thats Andrew

[cosmo]

haha my video made it on here, nice. i dont have a build tread any more but this works too. i used a rusted up truck to start with so i dont feel too bad about bumping into things. :rofl:

[]2eDeYe]

You should do a current photo shoot :D

[metalmonkey47]

I love rock crawlers.

 

Can't wait to see this one go at it.

 

http://community.ratsun.net/topic/36077-resto-mod-521-buildup/page__st__120

[cosmo]

well its going to canby, with the start button and everything. hahaha which by the way is my favorite part of it, other than what it can drive over.

[Farmer Joe]

well its going to canby, with the start button and everything. hahaha which by the way is my favorite part of it, other than what it can drive over.

 

lol i wanna take my tailgate off and have you put one of the front tires in the back of my truck.. :lol:

[HRH]

Sweeet, my '69 Chevy could totally spank that tho, with my 6.5 diesel, it's bawwwsseeee!!!! ;) That's what Chevyrules boy would have said, were he here. Hehe. ;) Sweet 521.

[cosmo]

haha thanks we are going wheeling this weekend, ill try and take lots of oics and ill post them here. but you know i am usually in front so no oics. but ill try, haha

[metalmonkey47]

Sweeet, my '69 Chevy could totally spank that tho, with my 6.5 diesel, it's bawwwsseeee!!!! ;) That's what Chevyrules boy would have said, were he here. Hehe. ;) Sweet 521.

 

That brings back memories of a certain thread :rofl:

[ArchetypeDatsun]

I had to show this it reminded me of one of my close cousin's that past 5 months ago, it looked just like his old 620 4x4 he used to have back in the good old days.

 

[Master-O-Turbonics]

These old Datsun trucks are pretty fun.

[cosmo]

well and i guess you should all know that i may be bringing a broken truck, for warning on the photos i will upload in a bit. datsuns have weak frames. did not anticipate this happening

[cosmo]

my axle was centered in the wheel well, my front cross member pretty much got ripped out of the truck.

[HRH]

Holy shit batman! Now THAT'S a frame off restoration! ;) I kid, that sucks hardcore. Might be able to put a couple sandwich plates on it and weld back in. I think they have a patch like that for the earlier 76-80 something Chevy. The frame likes to come apart on those too. Never seen a boxed Datsun frame do that though. Damn. I suppose it's only a matter of time with gigantic tires and a lot of flexing.

[cosmo]

i was thinking about linking it and doing some tube work up front. but thats money, i need sponsers. lol

[]2eDeYe]

That looks a little broken. :(

 

Did it tear off just before the motor mounts?

[cosmo]

well i braced the top of the frame, so it is held on by what i welded, i rolled the front cross member out of the datsun frame. all my welds saved me. :thumbup: i was actually able to drive back to camp and onto the trailer because of it. how ever i do need new engine mounts that are hard mounts to match mt transfer cases mount. the bolts on my cases are vibrating out because my engine moves too much. ill get some better pictures of the damage when i take the axle off and the you can actually see where the frame tore. thinking cutting it off and building either new front frame section or repairing and bracing and building a new frame that i have laying in my back yard, with the incident in mind when bracing that one haha.