Ranman72 Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 n need for a new thread keep it here but lets see some progress Quote Link to comment
Kazumi_510 Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 Alright so a little more in depth on the back story. The car is a 1969 datsun bluebird 1600 sss and some supersonic badges came with it but its unclear at the moment if its a true s/s. The car was originally beige or tan and at some point in japan its was painted a royal blue and that's when I'm assuming it really started to rust/ sit. She is obviously white now but whom ever painted it that color did all kinds of questionable things like loads of fiberglass to cover up the rust and tons, i mean tons of bondo. Aside from the absolutely terrible rust repairs and welds she is quite solid. She seems to be a late 69 transition car as she has a later 70+ dash and interior but still retained some 69 suspension components and oddities as any 68-69 510 owner knows very well. I've had her for the last year or so sitting dormant and filling up with parts from japan and Australia but now she's in the workshop and under going the initial cancer reduction as well as an SR swap because as mentioned before the previous owner ditched the original power train, which in my opinion was not the smartest move. I understand where they were going but I would have kept it and put it in a crate preserved and intended to be kept with the car as long as she may live. I mean it was the numbers matching engine all original and untouched sitting in japan somewhere for atleast 25-30years if I had to guess. The chasis only has about 100k in miles and the floor pan/ underside frame rails if you want to call them that are completely rust free, the trouble zones are the typical quarter panel blow outs (probably from a bad trunk seal), there is visible rocker rust on both sides, the wheel wells have been flared but done very badly, front valence came of with just a pull it was so rusty, front fascia was really bad along with the lower core support which at some point had about 20lbs of random steel welded to it, firewall had some rust, and the rear left quarter on top by the trunk is done...meaning you can look into the trunk through the quarter panel. Anyways guys I look forward to keeping you posted but I'm signing out for the night and I'll have to create a photo account so I can get the much needed photos uploaded to really give you guys the full scope of her condition. Quote Link to comment
Kazumi_510 Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 How she looked when I got her...quite sad and buried under a bunch of stuff. fortunately The guy was very nice and let me move all the stuff around it to check her out. Quote Link to comment
Kazumi_510 Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 The Sr was in unknown shape, no crank pulley, no comp numbers, no mileage, so I ditched it as part of the deal to lessen the price. Also the longchamps as much as I wanted them they were real corroded and super narrow so again ditched them. Quote Link to comment
Kazumi_510 Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 Sorry for the crappy pics so far as I took them with my 20th century phone :poop: Quote Link to comment
Kazumi_510 Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 This is her arriving at her new loving home and being prepped to be stored for a short while as I collect parts and more parts Quote Link to comment
Kazumi_510 Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 A little interim project, I got lucky and alot of the needed/ hard to find parts were in the trunk and scattered around the cabin. Including the awesome wood SSS wheel that I restored and grained the center for a little different look, I know its not correct but I like it much better then the black spokes. To each his own you know Quote Link to comment
Kazumi_510 Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 hahaha the shitty knock off steering wheel and the dash partially dis assembled to start the clean up and assessment stage. Andn little did I know that the can of Kroil was going to come in handy for this old bird Quote Link to comment
Kazumi_510 Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 I started the first repair so I could actually latch the door. The door was set incorrectly and they had pre tensioned the door to much which lead to this failure. But all good know and shuts like a champ. I also switched out the reg. as the window felt like I needed a cheater bar to roll it up lol. The guys in japan did some extremely ghetto repairs to her and the door latch didn't work because the had the mech. spring all stretched out and wound up. It was like a clock that was wound to tight. Quote Link to comment
Kazumi_510 Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 I'll let all these pics sink in...I don't want to overload you guys or the site lol. I've got many more where that comes from. I will upload more soon. calling it a night. Let me know what you guys think so far Quote Link to comment
INDY510 Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 awesome work!!! .. :cool: ... and we think you need to post more pics .. :lol: Quote Link to comment
RandyWanger Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 Doesn't look too bad, I'd be happy if mine were as rusty as yours! Agree it would have been nice to keep the original L series. Can't be too many original cars left. Is yours a P510 or H510? Quote Link to comment
Kazumi_510 Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Sorry for the delay guys, I've been moving and now that I'm settled I can start to pick up on this thread where I left off. To answer your question randy it started it's life as a p510 which as we all know designates the 1600 l series. Little did we all know that this bird is Alot rustier then she appears as she has suffered much sub standard work and shotty craftsmanship. I will get more pics up soon to cover the surgery and I've almost cut the car down to the roof to eradicate the rust. I'm saving this car despite what the rust thinks. Like I said I eat rust for breakfast. 1 Quote Link to comment
RandyWanger Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Looking forward to the updates. Quote Link to comment
carterb Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Great to see some updates. Stay motivated! I look forward to hearing about your first drive. What color are you going to paint it? --carter Quote Link to comment
Kazumi_510 Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 she's going to be flat black for now as most birds are white and I think that is a little over used. Also it matches the team color and her younger sister Quote Link to comment
Kazumi_510 Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 ok so an update...at the old house I accessed the damage of the front fascia and came to the conclusion that the front end was far beyond saving as far as time goes, half the the battle is realizing when rust has won the battle but not the war. I decided vs. nickel and dimeing the rust I would just dump the lot and solve the greater picture Quote Link to comment
Kazumi_510 Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 I continued to de-spot weld the front and found that the lower core support was very rusted and fixed as if it was in shipyard with 1/8" plate steel. rather then fixing the problem in japan they just plated over and encapsulated the problem vs. just doing it right. That lower core support literally weighed 10lbs., I showed some friends and they were laughing on how over kill and ridiculous the repair was. Quote Link to comment
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