1970 510 Wagon: Chunk

[Crashtd420]

10 hours ago, vanmansam said:

My Deerhound puppy, Neil, getting dropped at daycare. (yes puppy, hes 6months old and already 80lbs)

Cool wagon and pup.... I had to comment because me and your dog share the same name and spelling... honestly kind of an odd dog name..

What made you guys choose that for a name?

[vanmansam]

1 hour ago, Crashtd420 said:

Cool wagon and pup.... I had to comment because me and your dog share the same name and spelling... honestly kind of an odd dog name..

What made you guys choose that for a name?

Wife and I love dogs with unexpected names, or just conventional names you wouldn't expect a dog to have. 
He's a Scottish Deerhound and Neil is a Scottish name. Lots of great Neil's we could stay he was named after: Peart, Armstrong, Diamond, Young, Patrick-Harris.   Might sound weird to read online, but it does actually fit him pretty well if youd met him.

[Crashtd420]

17 minutes ago, vanmansam said:

Wife and I love dogs with unexpected names, or just conventional names you wouldn't expect a dog to have. 
He's a Scottish Deerhound and Neil is a Scottish name. Lots of great Neil's we could stay he was named after: Peart, Armstrong, Diamond, Young, Patrick-Harris.   Might sound weird to read online, but it does actually fit him pretty well if youd met him.

Cool thanks for sharing, I'm pretty sure I was named after either Neil Young... parent chose my name by looking through there record collection.... 

[vanmansam]

Little update, mostly for myself to document progress/motivate
She's ruff, but she's certainly a runner.





Electrical:

-The repin/rewire was well worth the pain.  No more dead battery or blow fuses, and all my shit actually just works. It's heaven.
Highly recommend a full connector swap if you got ratty wiring and you can stomach doing it. 
Use open barrel connectors and go one wire at a time and its really straightforward.  And shout out to vintageconnections.com

-Horn: Horn Video 
New relay, new horns, and a button. The rubber spacers in the steering wheel are gone and I couldn't get anything in there well enough to reliably isolate the horn ring.
Any tips what to use as horn ring spacers/isolators/insulators?
Passenger side horn screws still seized, need to weld some nuts on them to get them out.


-LED's all the way around, also well worth it.  Went through two different electronic flashers till I found one that worked.  
Not sure what LEDs I got in the front, but they dont blink if the running lights are on.  Blink great with the running lights off though.  Swapping the wires for the filaments made no change. 
Any advice appreciated.
Electronic Flasher Relay i used: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FM9DZZ6?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details 



Remaining electrical that "doesnt work"
-missing inspection light
-washer squirter motor corroded worse than the wreckage of the titanic
-rear cargo dome light
Otherwise its all functional now wooo.  Would love to get a map light working for the lens just above the radio faceplate tho

Engine Bay:

Made a bracket to relocate the twisty rod part of the throttle linkage.  Didnt really realize just how bad the old setup was till I did this, bordered un-drivable before.  No more sticking shut (or open at WOT) and the pressure throughout the throttle stroke is totally uniform now. 
Are there replacements for those plastic ball and socket joints?  Dont trust mine will last forever.




Koyorad radiator is great.  New 180F thermostat, new hoses.  Radiator needs a small spacer at the top, but I just bolted it down for now so I could make it to the show today. Bottom bolted up fine without spacers.





A while back a friend gave me some LonelyDriverCo crane neck wire holders.  Need some 8.5mm wires, just electrical taped the current set for now so they fit in the brackets.




If I can get that ratty valve cover powder coated, then wipe down the dirt and grease, Id say I have a decent lil engine bay here 





Between the throttle and the wiring this baby feels like a brand new car.  If only it looked like one 😅 


Stuff Im working on or plan to get done before the 500 mile drive to JCCS:
-New tires
-68-69 bumper mounted license plate light install
-PCV system (just need hoses and a couple elbows so it looks nice)
-U-joints
-New battery (current one is fine, just fits like ass)
-Clean/tidy up lol


Made the short trip to Williams from Flagstaff for the Route 66 Datsun Classic this morning.  Shout out to my good friend AZHitman for putting on a great show.  Love how they did it this year with the cars parked right on 66 instead of the Safeway/DairyQueen lots like previous years. Also had some sweet non-Datsun J-Tin there as well. Good turn out, good cars.  Glad I did not enter the show though cause: 1) cause my car is a rusted pile and 2) Not being in the show means I could show up late and leave early lol.  My car did great on the trip there and back.  Plenty of highway power, stick to about 70mph.  The engine will cruise way faster comfortably, but front end is just a touch squirrely above 75

Pics from the show:

He didnt like laying in back cause I had a window down and he was getting blasted.  Had to stop to move him back to the back.

[the510keeper]

Pics look great, totally missed the Williams show. Looks like a great turn out. 

 

Goon looks good, where did you get the dizzy wires clamp that are mounted in front of the valve cover? Those definitely clean up the wires. 

[vanmansam]

2 hours ago, the510keeper said:

Pics look great, totally missed the Williams show. Looks like a great turn out. 

 

Goon looks good, where did you get the dizzy wires clamp that are mounted in front of the valve cover? Those definitely clean up the wires. 

Friend got em for his 620 but didnt use them and gave them to me.  From Lonely Driver
https://www.lonelydrivercompany.ca/products/l-gata-spark-plug-wire-holders?variant=34697835675720

My friend had one of their keys too really sweet but almost $100, and they also sell those seat-mount cup holders.  Stuffs a little pricey for my blood but rly nice quality

[KELMO]

That 2 door walked away with an award if I remember correctly( I even voted for it but cannot remember if it was for best 510 or best in show). The only time this show was in the parking lot of the DQ was the first one, all of the rest have been on 66. I was right across the street with the grey 1200. We talked for a bit until your dog decided it had had enough and drug you off through the trees.