wayno Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 It will end if you lower your standards. :lol: So this is me 8 months into my build. When will this ever end!!! I turned my 521 into a box truck for about a year to haul my pressure washing equipment, and had the bed hang out past the rear axle like your flatbed does, I could pull a wheelie when I dropped the clutch, looks like mine might have a little more overhang though. 2 Quote Link to comment
allenb Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 Wish i could post pics of mine 1 Quote Link to comment
skink Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 My 1972 PL521 https://flic.kr/p/qdk141 This is the result of a three year restoration... all original configuration as far as I know. Trying to keep with the green theme. Quote Link to comment
skink Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 Whoops, didn't get the right tag I'm guessing. Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 Flicker kinda sucks, it will not let me grab the code I want, it won't let me copy a photo, and it sticks advertising in your photos, so I see your truck photos, then I see a couch, a credit score ad, then back to your truck, about every third or fourth photo is advertising. Find another host for your photos, that is what I would do. I will give one of your photos a try, but I am not hopeful. 1972 Datsun 521 by skinknmo, on Flickr My 1972 PL521https://flic.kr/p/qdk141This is the result of a three year restoration... all original configuration as far as I know. Trying to keep with the green theme. That took a while, I used the BBC code, using Large 2048 X 1536 size. That is the first time I have been successful at getting a normal looking photo link from Flicker. 1 Quote Link to comment
skyblue Posted December 1, 2014 Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 Very nice. Is that the factory wheel color? Quote Link to comment
Z chopper Posted December 1, 2014 Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 thought I'd help with one of those photos 2 Quote Link to comment
denmarkboy Posted December 1, 2014 Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 fine tuning 1 Quote Link to comment
skink Posted December 1, 2014 Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 Thanks for finding and posting some of the pictures. I could not find the right code either and this is the first online picture hosting app that I tried. The I was unsure of the original factory rim color, which even by looking at green trucks with factory paint seems usually to be cream colored?, I just went with the machine grey it seemed to go with some original interior trims. The truck was painted with the factory code mixed paint. Misery n MO today...brrrrr Skink Quote Link to comment
EastBay521 Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 fine tuning Nice rack :cool: 2 Quote Link to comment
joeyk803c Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 5 yr...er...10yr project here. Quote Link to comment
denmarkboy Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 talk about a challenge ! i really need to get a gopro ! 2 Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Your going 95mph and taking photos with an empty tank, talk about living on the edge. :lol: talk about a challenge ! i really need to get a gopro ! 2 Quote Link to comment
Z chopper Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 but wayno at least his temperature seems to be fine not overheating, a little too cold if anything 2 Quote Link to comment
denmarkboy Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 buy wayno at least his temperature seems to be fine not overheating, a little too cold if anything gas gauge ?! I dont need no stinkin gas gauge ! ! and it runs straight up and down when its warm , i was probably pushing a little hard considering it wasnt warmed up . but that ass hat wearing clown in the other lane didnt think i was goin around him .. think again tool bag . ON YOUR LEFT ! 2 Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 So your in a cold vehicle(Brrrr), pushing a little hard(sheet metal is bending under your foot), passing a car going 95mph(other guy is going 93mph), taking photos(eye is in the view finder, the other one is closed), with and empty tank(can't smell fumes in the cab anymore), which one of your personalities is driving, sounds like the crazy one? :lol: gas gauge ?! I dont need no stinkin gas gauge ! ! and it runs straight up and down when its warm , i was probably pushing a little hard considering it wasnt warmed up . but that ass hat wearing clown in the other lane didnt think i was goin around him .. think again tool bag . ON YOUR LEFT ! 2 Quote Link to comment
EastBay521 Posted December 6, 2014 Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 but that ass hat wearing clown in the other lane didnt think i was goin around him .. think again tool bag . ON YOUR LEFT ! swapping out that 3rd member will really help trying to pass people on the freeway. that might be one of the best things ive done to my truck besides disk brakes,considering the amount of freeway driving i do compared to the amount of hauling i do(twice a year iff that.....) 1 Quote Link to comment
denmarkboy Posted December 6, 2014 Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 swapping out that 3rd member will really help trying to pass people on the freeway. that might be one of the best things ive done to my truck besides disk brakes,considering the amount of freeway driving i do compared to the amount of hauling i do(twice a year iff that.....) my problem is ,(many) Mmm.. i am just used to being in the left lane . When i pulled up to the on ramp light forgot what i was driving. 0-60 isn't quite the same as the li'l hooker . lol I just sold this truck to a future member that lives in seattle area . this will be his first datsun he will get it monday and he is going to start a build thread on ratsun , and it will be the 5th new datsun owner i have furnished a rig to this year. " Long live datsun " 6 Quote Link to comment
denmarkboy Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 i am realizing i am no photographer , or i would of turned the truck the other way . o well ! still cool enough for me ! 3 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 talk about a challenge ! i really need to get a gopro ! Did you brake the speedometer? Datsun did not build these trucks to go that fast! Those numbers are only for looks!!! 1 Quote Link to comment
Loren O Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Moved my truck from where it has been sitting for who knows how long, at least the almost 2 years I have owned it, to Shawn Drawdy's place to have the rust issues fixed, since I don't know how to weld. 5 Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 How about more photos of the white slammed 521 convertible in the above photo, at least I think it's a 521. 3 Quote Link to comment
datson4life Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 Bump 5 Quote Link to comment
Loren O Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 Bump I get excited every time I see someone has added something to this thread! Very Nice truck, Datson4life ! 3 Quote Link to comment
Loren O Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 Here's a recent picture of mine. 1 Quote Link to comment
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