'70 4 door Perfect Patina

[Mountains6]

Hi Guys, I'm George and here is my 1970 Datsun 510

 

 

I originally bought it from a guy in Vancouver, WA Here's a picture of me driving it home.

 

 

It ended up making it 99% home before losing all compression. Once I got it home I set my friends upon it, tearing it apart within a few days. Got rid of alot of parts that I shouldn't have. There was wasp nests everywhere and a rat's nest in the headliner. I was young, inexperienced, igonorant and delusional. It sat for a year probably, I then sold it to, my now good friend, Neil. He went to town on body work and made the car waaaay straighter then when I had it. The car had sat in a barn in Yakima I believe for 10+ years before the guy I bought it from dragged it out. All the while I kept in touch. After not too long maybe a couple months, I told him that I wanted to buy the car back. After about a year of talking to him and offering significantly more money then I sold it to him for he decided to let me buy it back.

 

You can kinda see how much straightet it is.

 

 

Now keep in mind all the while I had been accumulating parts for my 510 build.

[Mountains6]

Now that I had the car back I was now ready to get back to my build. I had been cleaning my garage so I got it in the day after I towed it home.

 

 

 

 

Now I had a garage and alot more motivation to get it done. I pulled parts off of it and cut a few things.

 

 

 

 

Started cleaning and painting some things

 

 

Then the fun of this project really started.

[]2eDeYe]

Looks like a solid contender. :cool: 

[banzai510(hainz)]

I would have just put some nicer wheels on it a enjoy it.

[Trophy24]

I like the closet paint drying set up

[Mountains6]

banzai510 I would have too now that I know a little bit more but hindsight is 20/20. When I had it at first I was young and dumb so I ended up making it a shell. I had big plans from the start but now I'm ready to follow through.

 

haha Thanks Paul, I thought someone would get a kick out of it.

 

Anyways all the while I had it and while Neil had it I was getting parts. Lots of parts. CX Racing radiator for Ka24de swap, 20 gallon fuel cell, T3 control arms, T3 tension control arms, T3 rca's, T3 280zx front struts, 280zx hubs and brakes, CX racing front crossmember for ka24de/sr20de, Dillon's father sold me the correct steering knuckle for 14mm ball joints, T3 tie rods, T3 camber plates, Ermish Dual-Adjustable rear coilovers, Maxima/200sx rear disc conversion kit, 240z steering wheel, e36 3 series seats, takata 4 point harness(probably use this for passengers), Professinally rebuilt s13 ka24de long block, s14 ka24de parts motor, and probably more I'm forgetting.

 

 

 

I had to create some spacers to get the rear coilovers to fit the stock shock mount.

 

 

My buddy Ian who has a '69 2 door helped me get the front hubs on.

 

 

This is the Sunday of this year's Canby, we went home on Saturday to pick up his '69 510

 

Anyways I need to take more pictures

[kerleybird]

Indeed OICS are good!

 

speaking of good car looks awesome man!

[Trophy24]

Are you running e brake cables to the calipers? I see you mounted them on top. I need to sort this out myself.

[the510keeper]

Cool story, this is going to b fun.

[Mountains6]

Hey yall, been a while.

 

 

I did a few things in the back to make this easier to hook an actual e-brake on. I flipped them upside down and put them on the opposite side. I tightened the axle bolts down then indexed them with red paint. I used some old 15in steelies I had laying around to put it on the ground. Very exciting for as it's been on jack stands since I got it back.

 

 

Anyways I'm looking for some 280zx front brake brackets. I would like to local pick up if I can(I'll be making a post in the fs/wtb section). Thanks for looking!

[Mountains6]

Did a thing on the front suspension

 

 

 

I put the tie rods in! Took a long time to file the steering knuckles out enough to fit the huge tie rods. Now everything front suspension wise is in the car. Having some trouble with tie rod clearance now, both hit the main steering arm where the idler arm and pitman arm connnect. I think I'm going to hit the main steering arm carefully with an angle grinder where it hits. Maybe after I drop it on the ground.... IDK let me know if this makes sense. STILL LOOKING FOR 280ZX FRONT BRAKE BRACKETS and I can't post in the classifieds for some reason. Thanks for looking.

[Plusnone]

Sweet! Patina shell with all the goodies hiding just out of sight... not sure what your plans are long term but its looking good NOW.

[Mountains6]

It's a roller!!! Out of the garage after about 9 months of sitting on jack stands.

 

Took a few pictures today after I adjusted the ride height. Has some serious toe-out but I'll fix that soon enough.

 

This is probably my favorite picture that I took today.

 

 

I think the passenger got sandpapered by some sticker bushes for a while.

 

 

 

 

Well still looking for 280zx Brake Brackets until I get those I'll be working on getting my engine in it. Gotta start mocking stuff up.

 

Also I still can't post in the Datsun Parts Wanted section.

 

Thanks for looking yall!

[Mountains6]

I painted my valvecover while I was doing some engine work. Tried to match the car the best I could.

 

[Mountains6]

Late nights trying to get this thing together and engine started within a month. I'm getting this thing to Canby!! I'm on the engine now since I was getting hung up on 280zx front brake brackets.... still need them. Working on transferring parts from my parts motor to my rebuilt longblock.

 

These are just some reference photos for my own damn good.

 

 

 

Will be posting some more oics very soon

[KELMO]

That valve cover is badass.

[hobbes_the_cat]

What do you mean "280zx front brake brackets"?

I thought the caliper bolted tight to the strut...

[Mountains6]

I mean to say the part of the front brake caliper that bolts to the strut, I don't have those. I have the side with the brake piston on it

[Mountains6]

Parts motor

 

 

Rebuilt Motor

 

 

Intake Mani, I replaced most of the vaccum lines and deleted egr. I still need to put a block plate on but I'll make that tomorrow or the next.

 

 

I'm also going to need to go to my local machine shop to get an oil filter bypass valve. Fixed the coolant elbow direction

 

 

You can see here my rebuilt motor doesn't have the oil filter bypass valve so it would just not filter oil essentially

 

[Mountains6]

Tried pulling my crank pulley off of my second parts motor ended up breaking it. I have another parts motor sitting out so I grabbed the pulley off of that one.

 

 

Cleaned it up, painted it and put it on with an electric impact

 

[KELMO]

I am curious, did you find the oil filter bypass valve at the machine shop? Or did you have to go to the dealership?

[Mountains6]

So I ended up going to the dealership first and the parts guybwas super helpful. He ended going through a ton of parts diagrams and found a possible match. Looks exactly like it so I'm hopeful It will be here in a week. Fingers crossed. The local machine shop actually had 2 of the same part ordered from them.

[Mountains6]

I did end up getting the right part from the dealership. My local machine shop had two of the same part ordered from them.

 

 

 

Put on the tranny and then my buddy gave me a motor mount. The night after two of my buddies helped me put it in

 

 

That got me thinking wiring and gas now

 

[Wutang_415]

Man that thing is beautiful... Well done. Don't ever paint it!

[Mountains6]

Trust me I won't paint it for 15+ years or as long as possible. I'll be using POR15 Clear and clearcoating it after Canby