dat620 Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 thats lookin real good, i've probably got that many xtra consoles, seats and such, bringing mine to the shop this next week to get goin on the body and paint, can't wait to get the previous old body work off, and all the new parts on, keep up the good work, as soon as i can find my digital camera i will get some pics of 70's flashback up on the project thread..:D Quote Link to comment
iron stomach Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 lookin good man, just a quick question. after sanding/stripping, did you have to prep the surface before applying primer? or did you spray directly onto the metal? also is that rattlecan primer your using? I will be staring bodywork soon and have no clue what i'm doing so any advice will help. Thanks Quote Link to comment
Rubberman Posted October 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Hey Iron, I'm not the smartess when it comes to body work. I use acetone(spelling?) with a clean rag to wipe it down, (someone tell me if I should do something different) and yep thats high dollar rattle can I use, if the higher dollar spray really makes a difference? I'm gonna have someone else paint the truck when I'm done cleaning her up, but he may go behind me and do some touch up where I'm not to smooth with the bondo filler. I would pay him to do it all, but there's no fun in that. Quote Link to comment
620mike Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Truck looks good i like it Quote Link to comment
Rubberman Posted November 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 (edited) Looky what I got last week. Got a new aftermarket hood from some auto place on line from out in Cali. Found a guy that use to deal in aftermarket parts years ago and he just happened to have two mint doors, no surface rust, things are perfect, $50 each. Man, nothing like having nice new straight sheet metal. It's gonna be awhile before they get put on. I'm about done with getting the bed sanded and straight. I'll post some pics of the progress. Oh yeah, got a new front bumper from the palace in Cali. you can see it leaning up beside the hood. I'll have to unwrap her and get a pic up. Edited November 4, 2008 by Rubberman forgot the bumper Quote Link to comment
budsaipan Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Do you have the website of the auto place you ordered your body parts from? does the hood fit like oem? thanks. Quote Link to comment
Rubberman Posted November 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 (edited) Here's a couple of sites, they have the hood for $102, they must have went up. I got mine for $78. I'll check and make sure one of these is the one I ordered from. http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/search/?N=11394+1684+4294964932+9221 http://www2.partstrain.com/store/?N=11394+1684+4294964932+9220 I haven't test fit the hood yet, but with all aftermarket parts, you have to do alittle more to get everything to line up correct. No one sells aftermarket doors anymore, I just lucked into finding a guy that had them sitting around. Edited November 4, 2008 by Rubberman forgot Quote Link to comment
Rubberman Posted November 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 I stand corrected. I found this site that has doors also and the hood is cheaper. http://www.autobodypartsonline.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/st_main.html?catid=1811&sid=77CBJv1VL5TH8eH-35106554290.10 Quote Link to comment
peanut2425 Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 What I would give for a set of doors like that:( Quote Link to comment
budsaipan Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 (edited) I stand corrected. I found this site that has doors also and the hood is cheaper.http://www.autobodypartsonline.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/st_main.html?catid=1811&sid=77CBJv1VL5TH8eH-35106554290.10 Just an FYI: they don't stock the doors anymore. I tried calling them. Thanks for the other stuff. Edited November 5, 2008 by budsaipan Quote Link to comment
Rubberman Posted November 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Here's the aftermarket tailgate I got from the same guy I got the doors from. The corner had a little roll, but it only cost me $25.00 more bucks. I don't know if I'm gonna use it. It doesn't have the raised letters and the hooks are not solid, if you can see what I'm talking about in the pic. Quote Link to comment
Rubberman Posted November 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 (edited) I figured someone would have a comment on that aftermarket tailgate without the raised letters. I was going to take some more progress pics tonight, but the wife went out of town this weekend and took the camera. Edited November 9, 2008 by Rubberman forgot Quote Link to comment
73dat Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 do, the tailgate came from Japan?:confused: Quote Link to comment
Rubberman Posted November 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 do, the tailgate came from Japan?:confused: I would say it probably did. It was offered aftermarket back in the 70's. We might have been making aftermarket parts in the US in the 70's, but I know we don't make much of anything here now. Quote Link to comment
Rubberman Posted November 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Here's some pics left inside and out of the bed done. Test fit the new doors to see what kind of adjusting I need to do. They fit pretty good. Still need to do a little adjusting to line everything up. Here is the A/C unit I got off of kaos. I got a new rear window louver off of ebay a couple years ago for a kc, I just had to get the kc to put it on. Here is some new stuff I've been gathering up. Quote Link to comment
BEEBANI Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Wow, someones been dropping dough on ebay! Looks good! Quote Link to comment
Rubberman Posted November 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Wow, someones been dropping dough on ebay! Looks good! Oh yes I have. Not all at once. I've been picking stuff up over the last couple months. I got a few more things I didn't get a pic of. I'll be getting some more pieces from ole ebay soon. The main thing I'm worried about is finding the rubbers for the 1/4 glass. Quote Link to comment
Rubberman Posted November 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2008 (edited) Well got my brother in law over today to help me set the bed off. Going to work on the frame and redo the back brakes. Now I can work on straightening the front section of the bed and deal with the rust as you can see in the pics. It looks like the front part can be taken off and replaced, anyone know if you can get that peice, or maybe I'll just fab a new one up, cause this ones got some cancer at the bottom. On the brakes not sure if I'm gonna keep it stock or maybe get that setup on ebay for disc, just worried about getting questions answered if I have any problems about them. Well here are some pics. Oh yeah, went to jy today and they had a 88 and a 89 240 with ka24e in both. he wanted $600 for everything on either one. Don't know if that's a good price or not, hell I've been on craigslist and get a whole car for that. Edited November 29, 2008 by Rubberman Quote Link to comment
Rubberman Posted November 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 Got with a buddy of mine and we made up these decals for the bottom side of the truck. I'm gonna put these on my white truck when the weather clears up, and make some more for my project truck. These are black, you can't tell in the pic with the sticker to apply them on. I'll get some pics up after I install them. They are 4 inches tall and about 84 inches long, we allowed for the offset to center the Datsun on the door. Quote Link to comment
Rubberman Posted December 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Haven't gotten much done lately. I did get the valve cover painted. Was going to buff her up, but she was to pitted and grainy looking, so here's what she looks like. Quote Link to comment
Rubberman Posted December 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Here's what the truck turned out like with the decals. Quote Link to comment
cheg Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 that's a sick looking truck i love the rims Quote Link to comment
420n620 Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 (edited) your 79 is looking good, I noticed that the front windsheild doesn't have the SS trim, did you use a new rubber seal ?? the datsun decal and valve cover are also looking great, nice job on the trk ,, :thumbup: Edited December 22, 2008 by 420n620 Quote Link to comment
Rubberman Posted December 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Thanks cheg and 420, no 420, thats the way I got her. I'm gonna try and get some stuff done on the back end today and post some more pics. Quote Link to comment
cheg Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 is that the stock height? and it's not 4x4 is it? Quote Link to comment
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