SRSANDS Posted July 21, 2008 Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 Well as some of you know my story so I will keep it short......I wanted a 510...too expensive for a hobbie car for the wife...kept looking...found one for 800 in Nort bend...still too much...waited...saw it again for 100....convinced wife to go up there to look at it....she said get it. I bought it....brought it home...started adventure of gutting and body work. Dam car crublemt in areas due to rust.....found a shell on craigslist...traded wheels and 50 bucks for shell. Dragged it home and swapped all parts yadda yadda yadda.......chopped up rusty car made 45 bucks for scrap...sold auto tranny for 45 bucks made my money all back from car and ended up with a 71 510.......and today we primered the engine comp and painted it body color after about the last two months of welding and sandin...tell me what you guys think!! (Thanks Ratsun Garage for the info and parts!) The desire to start a 510 build started out with just dreams and within a month ended up like this! After I transfered all parts...and cut up the rust bucket for scrap I got to work and heres a quick glance at what I have been doing Let me know what you thing! It looks way better in person!!!! Icehouse you gotta see it soon!!!!! Quote Link to comment
datsun dreamer Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Bay looks Sweet:)! All that hard work has definately paid off nicely:cool:! Glad to hear your wife supports your project! Quote Link to comment
fiveohthree Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 What did you use to paint the engine bay. It looks really amazing! Quote Link to comment
Cuts metal like mad Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Suave shampoo for 98cents!? :lol: Quote Link to comment
SRSANDS Posted July 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 Thanks.....I laid down a coat of DP90 after sanding my ass off. Then used Dupont 2 stage chromabase silver and eurathane clear. Found a couple flaws, a couple runs but way better than what it was......not bad for a garage job Quote Link to comment
SRSANDS Posted August 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 Its been a while since I have showed you guys anything in the garage but now I am getting excited......Tell me what you think It all started in April when I picked up that rust bucket orange car....5 months later!!!!! It all started: And now...a seat and full clutch assembly away from another Datto on the road.....and the first long trip shes gonna take is straight to Franks and Wolfmans :) Thanks Frank..Patrick and Wolfman for helping me get what I needed! Front end and engine put in.... Lil 15" Z action with Ground Controls and ZX struts and Brakes Gotta Roll the fenders still but its coming along! Quote Link to comment
comply Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 What did you use to paint those wheels? Or did they come like that? What size tires are you using? Car looks good! Quote Link to comment
SRSANDS Posted September 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 Thanks man....I was hoping to see some input and ideas and compliments ha ha but not many I see....guess I gotta do more work huh :) Anyways....thanks. Two were painted when I got them but the other two I used the same matching DUPLICOLOR rim paint from schucks.....it turned out cool...I like black wheels....these are dark graphite gray. Two of the tires were shot so Im not sure what Im gonna do. I think TOYO makes Proxies in a 50 series...i so Im gonna get those to drop the coil overs even lower :) Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 Nice progress on the dime. Its come a long way. I like the ZX rims too:cool: Quote Link to comment
pl521sss Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 Lil 15" Z action with Ground Controls and ZX struts and Brakes Looking good Those wheels are actually 14'' If you want 15'' Z wheels, has to be from a Turbo Z. Going to paint mine black too now Quote Link to comment
xyzalvarez Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 nice..! the engine bay looks clean ! btw did u re-wired the engine harness? looks clean. Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 sweet good to see it on its wheels man Quote Link to comment
fisch Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 Damn that is looking niiice! I'd love to have an engine bay that clean. Inspirational! Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 I think TOYO makes Proxies in a 50 series...i so Im gonna get those to drop the coil overs even lower :) yes. yes they do. i have toyo proxies on my wifes passat right now. LOVE THEM! 20550vr15s Quote Link to comment
SRSANDS Posted September 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2008 Thanks guys!!!! The engine bay just looks ok because of the paint. I didnt rerun wires because heat shrink, wire and butt connectors is so much!!!! Removing the battery tray, wiper bottle and nozzles made it look better. Then I hid the rats nest datsun wires in loom thats all. Ya ice pointed out I said 15inch oops, I mean 14". I found toyo tires that are 195/45/14 and Im gonna go with those unless I can fit 205s on those zx wheels :) Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted September 4, 2008 Report Share Posted September 4, 2008 Lil 15" Z action with Ground Controls and ZX struts and Brakes Looking good Those wheels are actually 14'' If you want 15'' Z wheels, has to be from a Turbo Z. Going to paint mine black too now Does this rim look familiar? Different offset. http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q251/datzenmike/DSCF3963.jpg[/img]"] Quote Link to comment
420n620 Posted September 4, 2008 Report Share Posted September 4, 2008 It looks like the same wheel as a friend of mines got on his 720 2wd. is that what it is ?? Quote Link to comment
Gensaiken Posted September 4, 2008 Report Share Posted September 4, 2008 cept that the 720 wheel looks awful compared to the Z wheel. But i'm sure that the 720 wheel is stronger than the Z wheel :blink: Quote Link to comment
SickDrift Posted September 4, 2008 Report Share Posted September 4, 2008 cept that the 720 wheel looks awful compared to the Z wheel. But i'm sure that the 720 wheel is stronger than the Z wheel :blink: I think the Z wheel is a two piece, making it relatively light for an oe wheel. If they came in 14x7 with less offset I'd put them on everything I owned:) Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 An ST option on the 720. Aluminum rim but it looks different because of the huge positive offset. Quote Link to comment
FivetenAaron Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 I sold that car to you! The car looks fuckin awsome dude:lol: Quote Link to comment
Phlebmaster Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Looks good! Quote Link to comment
ppeters914 Posted September 7, 2008 Report Share Posted September 7, 2008 Very nice. Very inspirational. :thumbsup: Look forward to seeing it live. Quote Link to comment
SRSANDS Posted December 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 (edited) Well Ive had a few no work days due to the snow so I made some more progress... First stage of a paint job....much more sanding, mudding, sanding, mudding....fuck I hate bodywork Bought a front airdam off a boxflared 2 dr.....fabin it to fit the front of the 4 door by cutting the width down and reglassing it Edited December 18, 2008 by SRSANDS Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 lookin good :thumbup: Quote Link to comment
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