1972 Nissan Laurel 2000GX project

[BrothersGarage]

That before and after looks great! The grille came out awesome. 

[ZeroSports]

I've made the compare photo

[BrothersGarage]

I am super surprised at how well those hakouska headlights and grille fit with the body lines of the laurel 

[ZeroSports]

2 hours ago, BrothersGarage said:

I am super surprised at how well those hakouska headlights and grille fit with the body lines of the laurel 

 

Yeah. But there is a hole between the grill and the hood. And you can see some chrome parts.

I need to make some black color plate to hide it.

[BrothersGarage]

16 hours ago, ZeroSports said:

 

Yeah. But there is a hole between the grill and the hood. And you can see some chrome parts.

I need to make some black color plate to hide it.

I never noticed until you pointed it out, but it's little touches like that that take it to the next level. 

[ZeroSports]

Hello everyone.

Long time no see.

There was many updates with car this year. I will make a posts part by part.

 

Next step is a GT-R label.

[ZeroSports]

Next was the new vacuum and main brake cylinder from the Hakosuka. But with bigger capacity for the 4-pot brakes.

Edited August 4, 2021 by ZeroSports
Added photos

[ZeroSports]

Next was the whole rear chassis. It was a combination of Skyline R31, Cedric R31 and Laurel C31 parts 

Adding a disk brakes for rear wheels

 

[ZeroSports]

Inspection lamp.

Very rare unit. Have bought used one on Yahoo auction. Just polished and looks like new.

[slowlearner]

Looks good. I should pull mine out and clean it up.

[ZeroSports]

Next was the TOMEI engine cover.

[ZeroSports]

Next was OEM Hakosuka`s KOITO headlights. 

[ZeroSports]

Next.

Strut bar. I was using a Hachiroku (AE86 Levin or Trueno) strut bar. Coz other nissan`s bar is too wide for my body. 

Was cut from one side and made bigger holes. Painting and polishing.

[ZeroSports]

Next was the original 70-s Nissan license plate frames.

Looks much better.

[ZeroSports]

Next step.

My front grill was from 2000GT Skyline. So the central N emblem is different. 

So I have found on action an original N Hakosuka Emblem and replaced it.

[ZeroSports]

And in February I`ve decided  to make a full repaint.

When we were starting to cleaning the body from the paint we have found that the original color of the car is not red. It was desert yellow. 

 

It was very hard to choose a color.

In license the color was red, but original was dessert yellow. And the red color is better looking for me. 

[ZeroSports]

Next step is to disassemble the interior 

 

[ZeroSports]

 

[ZeroSports]

[ZeroSports]

Cleaning the under hood space

[ZeroSports]

[ZeroSports]

[ZeroSports]

[ZeroSports]

[ZeroSports]

Next step is the body