Kenmataya Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 Is the original 411 battery size still available?Thanks,Ken Quote Link to comment
Kenmataya Posted August 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 Another availability question - anybody selling front seat covers? Thanks, Ken 1 Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 Is the original 411 battery size still available? Thanks, Ken Yes. Peerless Auto Parts in Lawndale can order one from the warehouse and have it in store the same day. Just remember, you have to have him look up the battery for a 1964 Corvair [the only other car that uses this battery]. You mount it with the logo facing the fender in order to align the positive and negative terminals with the car's wiring harness and it looks exactly like the factory UASA made battery. Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 Scratch my prior reply on the battery. I forgot that you have a WPL411, not a WRL411. Quote Link to comment
graveltrapp Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 The battery you want is an off the shelf model 51. This drops right in unless you have the positive towards the grill, in which case you would need a 51R. $109 at Wallyworld, $115 at Napa with a longer warranty. In stock now. Quote Link to comment
Kenmataya Posted August 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 Thanks! $129 at pep boys too! Quote Link to comment
Datsun Dude Posted August 20, 2016 Report Share Posted August 20, 2016 I found that seat covers for the 411 are hard to find. Quote Link to comment
Kenmataya Posted August 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2016 me too! Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted August 21, 2016 Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 me too! That's why I took a Torrance Adult Education class in Upholstery and sewed up my own bucket seat covers. The hardest thing is getting access to an industrial strength sewing machine [although you coud use a real Singer home machine at slow speed]. The actual cutting of the material is simple. Duplicate the existing panels with a one inch excess margin and pin and sew away! Quote Link to comment
Datsun Dude Posted August 21, 2016 Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 I just bought these along with a back seat. Found some seat covers in Gold Country in CA around a year ago. Not seen any listed since then. My remarks from a year ago, "A little pricey, though." My experience in doing a partial restoration of this 411 is that upholstery has been a major expense in the overall build cost. I hope it will be worth it. The red interior will go great with a color change I may eventually do, cream white, which was the original color of my high school car. Quote Link to comment
Kenmataya Posted August 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 nice seats! any tips on getting them out of the car?? Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted August 22, 2016 Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 I just bought these along with a back seat. Found some seat covers in Gold Country in CA around a year ago. Not seen any listed since then. My remarks from a year ago, "A little pricey, though." My experience in doing a partial restoration of this 411 is that upholstery has been a major expense in the overall build cost. I hope it will be worth it. The red interior will go great with a color change I may eventually do, cream white, which was the original color of my high school car. Wrong number of sewn stripes [PLEATS], and lacking the front horizontal " tuck " required to create the front leg pressure relief. That being said, just might be an acceptable substitute! Very early PL411 and WPL411 might have used this early version bucket seat! I will check the front seats of the PL411 that I saw at the last JCCS meet. Quote Link to comment
Datsun Dude Posted August 22, 2016 Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 Wrong number of sewn stripes [PLEATS], and lacking the front horizontal " tuck " required to create the front leg pressure relief. That being said, just might be an acceptable substitute! Very early PL411 and WPL411 might have used this early version bucket seat! I will check the front seats of the PL411 that I saw at the last JCCS meet. Oh man, I thought these were exactly correct to my '67 PL411. Shows how much my memory is gone. B) I wonder why they didn't do them to spec? Cheers. Quote Link to comment
Datsun Dude Posted August 22, 2016 Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 nice seats! any tips on getting them out of the car?? Sorry, no. I didn't take them out myself. Anyone? Quote Link to comment
Datsun Dude Posted September 1, 2016 Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 Wrong number of sewn stripes [PLEATS], and lacking the front horizontal " tuck " required to create the front leg pressure relief. That being said, just might be an acceptable substitute! Very early PL411 and WPL411 might have used this early version bucket seat! I will check the front seats of the PL411 that I saw at the last JCCS meet. I think you might be right that these are seats from an earlier 411 or even a 410. I saw something similar in a photo I saw. Let me see if I can find that site. Quote Link to comment
Kenmataya Posted December 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 New seats and dash! 1 Quote Link to comment
reza Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 Looks very nice! Quote Link to comment
Draker Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 Shit.. that interior is clean!!!! Wow. 1 Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 That front bucket seat upholstery pair seems to be a great compromise between the PL411 and later RL411 bucket seats! Congratulations, you are getting there! The under dash "bracket" for the under dash controls looks like you have fitted the appropriate push/pull/twist controls very well! Keep up the restoration work, we need more of these jewels at the next JCCS meet! I was the only 411 series sedan or wagon at the last show. It confuses the judges as to where your/my car goes when its the only one in the show. But it does make "acceptability" condition a moot question as I must admit. "If we say no. what other substitute do we have? Or do we skip a whole generation of JDM or the equivalent export series of Japanese antique vehicles?" Quote Link to comment
Hawkrod Posted February 25, 2017 Report Share Posted February 25, 2017 Hey I just happened to come across this topic. I'm the guy in "Gold Country CraigsList" with the 411 seat covers. Done custom upholstery for over 30 years. I still have the patterns to make some up if needed. $685 a set. I have a 67 SSS I'm restoring and in need of parts. Maybe trades? Needed: Front suspension bushings etc A running R16? Disc brake parts Frnt Pass door Windshield & window rubbers Quote Link to comment
Kenmataya Posted February 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2017 hello, wish you'd have told me a couple of months ago! B) Unf, I don't have a lot of parts, and i need most of the same stuff you're looking for! mine's been retrofitted with roadster front brakes - yours might be the same. Thanks, Ken Quote Link to comment
jfbrink Posted February 25, 2017 Report Share Posted February 25, 2017 Ken, Tell us more about this "Roadster disc brake conversion". I've never heard of such a thing. Best, Jesse. Quote Link to comment
Kenmataya Posted February 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2017 apparently pretty common on 411s, std 411s were drums all around, can't confirm that for the sss Quote Link to comment
Kenmataya Posted February 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2017 btw datsun swap meet in eagle rock on 3.19, follow me on facebook - socalimports Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted February 25, 2017 Report Share Posted February 25, 2017 apparently pretty common on 411s, std 411s were drums all around, can't confirm that for the sss The RL411 SSS and WRL411 wagons were all front disc brakes. The rears were standard drum brakes. Front disc brakes were superficially similar to the 510 disc brakes but except for the calipers and pads were not interchangeable. The hubs and discs were different. Quote Link to comment
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