72 Datsun 521 Build Thread [Miata]

[Elkie]

Thanks to Bob3 for the motivation his mx520 gave me to tackle this project. After stalling on the project for a year or two, finally decided I would attempt to do the miata subframe conversion. A lot of it is going to be similar to Bob3, I plan on running the ka motor though.

 

[uberkevin]

Sweeet. I wanna see this get done man.

 

 

Nice work so far.

[wayno]

I will be watching this one. :)

[finney]

looks like it is meant to be there

[Elkie]

Bit more work done this weekend.

[]2eDeYe]

Nice start! :cool:

[Elkie]

Been hard to find the time to work on the project, got the rear mounts done, just need to add a strap around em.

[uberkevin]

YES YES!! :D

 

Looking good man. I know finding time to work on your hobbies can be hard but it looks like your doing some hard work with the time you have. I hope I can learn to do some crazy work like this.

Again its looking good man

[mrbigtanker]

very nice,keep it coming i need some motivation. :thumbup:

[finney]

looks really good

[Elkie]

Thanks for the comments guys. Sunday I was able to get the strap one one side done, the other side the angles were screwed up somehow.

[Elkie]

Been a little while since an update. Got t-boned in my 240sx, picked up a 620 that needed a lil work and got sidetracked. I have been working on the floor of the cab. So far got one side almost complete.

A little closer

Took the ebrake bracket from the miata and wrapped metal around it. This will allow me to do away with the stock parking brake system. Used some weldable primer on the metal, which made for some crappy welding.

This piece will slide through the hole and fill the gap at the back of the transmission tunnel.

As an aside, has anyone ever seen an orange 521? Pulling up metal for rust repair, I found some pieces that were orange, makes me wonder if that was the original color.

[mrbigtanker]

Wow talk about raise from the dead. Good job, nice to see it still moving forward,

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[Elkie]

Haha yeah, was really working on the 620, getting seals replaced on windows, headgasket replacement, etc. Here's the new 620 crammed in with his brother.

[spdcrazy]

liking the build.. keep it up! and keep posting pictures! 

 

will this be for road racing or daily? both?

[Elkie]

This will likely end up being a summer daily / road race vehicle. Nothing serious though.

[konig209]

If only i could keep 6 lug :/

[mrbigtanker]

Keep up the good work brother.. I always give props to you guys with the mad Fab skills man. Keep it up if you need anything hit me up ill see what I can do

[Elkie]

Tanker, if you've got some of the mounts for the bumperettes, I could use some measurements from those. Doing some rust repair I believe I found the original color.

[mrbigtanker]

Now mounts for the bumperettes and the clock are to very hard things to find.Let me see if I can Ron to loan me his and take some pics, give me a few days to get them, and remind me if I forget.

[wayno]

I have lots of photos of bumperette brackets, but to make a set of them, you are going to need to have them in your hands to actually make exact replicas.

I just make brackets from scratch myself, I imagine where I want the bumperettes to be, and I make a bracket to mount it there, but I would call them 1mph brackets, as they won't actually stop anything other than my shin, the reason I have to make brackets is because all my rigs are on 720 frames, the 521 brackets don't work on the 720 chassis.

How many photos you want?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a set of 320 bumperettes, not as rare as a clock, but way harder to find than 521 bumperette anything.

[Elkie]

Don't doubt that I could make a set, but I've never seen where the sit on the truck in person, very few around here. Do the bumpers sit just behind the taillights?

[wayno]

This is Mrbigtankers truck, it's a photo out of his thread.

Another one

[Elkie]

Cool thanks, been slowly makin my way through his thread. Those bracket pics are gonna be helpful too. I didn't know they sloped down like that.

[wayno]

Cool thanks, been slowly makin my way through his thread. Those bracket pics are gonna be helpful too. I didn't know they sloped down like that.

It's hard to get the idea of the shape of the brackets in photos, and they don't come off the frame straight either, they are mounted at angle downward and then angle to a level angle where the bumperettes mount to the bracket.