72.5 datsun 620 project lucy

[datzenmike]

You'll be limited in how low you can set the ride height or the body will come down on the tire. You could probably run 8" but the back spacing on those are wrong is all. The rim should mount further in toward the body to fit inside the wheel well..

 

You could run 4" wide tires and stretch them onto the rims but lame looking. Sell and get the correct fit

 

[mikeanike99]

I want to run a set of 16x7 rims but I don't have money

[floyd17]

Trucks looking nice. For a ratsun look I wouldn't paint it, I'd paint the original rims a BRIGHT Color like blue or red, slam it, and if you wanna go with the flat bed, get some old palates and make a wooden flatbed for it.

[mikeanike99]

Two words to why I don't want an all wood bed

 

 

 

WOOD ROTS

 

 

But I could go get like 6 2x4's and a sheet of plywood and work my magic for about two days and make something cool as crap.... Good idea i might try it

[datzenmike]

Get pressure treated or cedar for the frame and bed. Wood is also easy to work with doesn't dent and easy to replace parts.

[mikeanike99]

Yeah I have been working with wood since I could walk my dad does it for a living. I was think treated wood for the frame and just paint the plywood with marine paint or something....

[floyd17]

Yeah I have been working with wood since I could walk my dad does it for a living. I was think treated wood for the frame and just paint the plywood with marine paint or something....

Paint it back, get a big ratsun stencil, and rattle can the ratsun logo on the wood bed.

Edit: many ratsuners do this on their hoods. Same principle

Edit 2: also, wood shipping palates are treated already, and you can find them on craigslist cheap or free. Take them apart with a hammer and a ply bar and a saw, and all you've gotta invest in is screws and bolts and nuts.

[floyd17]

Much like this, and how he used planks.

[mikeanike99]

I have plenty of screw and bolts and I have like 4 pallets but I would rather get new wood. I have a plan for building it and a list of materials it shouldn't be more then $50

[floyd17]

I have plenty of screw and bolts and I have like 4 pallets but I would rather get new wood. I have a plan for building it and a list of materials it shouldn't be more then $50

Ok! It's your truck! Keep us updated.

[mikeanike99]

I will have to earn some money first but ten I will be getting some materials and starting work! I will take off my bed soon!

[hobospyder]

Don't forget the in process oics

[mikeanike99]

I won't! I will try my best to get oics from the second I buy the materials to the proud moment I finish!

[floyd17]

I won't! I will try my best to get oics from the second I buy the materials to the proud moment I finish!

if you wanna preserve it, you could use deck sealer.

[mikeanike99]

Yeah then it will look relatively nice to!

[mikeanike99]

So today I got really bored and decided I didn't like the stock shifter and I ha some chain and I had some bolts and nuts and a welder.....

 

So I started with two bolts and welded them together....

 

Then I welded a nut to te end so I could weld the chain to it

 

Then started welding the chain

 

 

And then the finish product I want to get it powder coated neon pink :rofl:

 

[hobospyder]

That is actually pretty sweet as a finished product. My brain is being slow and didn't like the idea but looking at finished product that's pretty cool

[mikeanike99]

I want to readjust the angle at the top to bring it a bit more towards me but other then that I love it!

[mikeanike99]

Angled the right way now :) for better shifting and less reaching

And its in first in the pic

[mcordero8]

I like your idea. I think it would look cooler if you went shorter, maybe four links, and take the curve out. I think the shifter is to long in the first place. Are you going to cut the top of your original shifter and weld the threads on, so you can put a shift knob on? Keep up the good work.

[mikeanike99]

no i was planing on making another shifter that is really short and it will have a knob but not from my stock shifter 

[hobospyder]

So, what's this truck been up to?

[mikeanike99]

Lately I've been too busy for ratsun because I've been working and trying to earn money. But I have how ever done work on my truck!

 

1.lowered back 4" :thumbup:

2.painted transformer logos on doors and hood for the luls and because I am just going to later paint my truck

3.painted inside of bed with rust-oleum

4.painted tailgate with rust-oleum

5.put valence on

6.got bucket seats in trade for my bench seat and $30

Pictures to come! Later tomorrow....

 

Edit: I also redid my leaf pack and cut my finger open with a grinder :thumbup:

[hobospyder]

plenty of works. gotta get a pic of the finger too bro

 

keep it up yo

[mikeanike99]

Oics!!

 

I also painted my front rims and back will be getting painted soon!