sssr20det510 Posted December 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 This is sorta the look im going for but with bluebird roof, black front bumper and 18 lowered more than this one Quote Link to comment
Abe Froman Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 (edited) any proof? :blink: he says its not. my friend races with him says its not. thats a lot of work to lie about... Here is what I know. When Gwan brought the 2 Bluebird Coupes in he also brought a roof in I personally saw it screwed to a couple of pallets for shipping. It was a complete roof with the tops of the quarters at the quarter window's, the cowl and package tray still attached. The car he converted was a two door that the Fireman traded in when he bought the white Coupe from Gwan. If you look at the converted car first off the Vin # is covered with a sticker ( convinent ), and there is a bad sheet metal patch over the firewall covering the old steering column and brake holes. If you ask him about it he says it was to cover some rust issues ( ya right ). To top it all off I talked to the guy that Burabuda refer's to back in the day who put the roof on the car. Anyway I think Oliver Stone is thinking about doing a movie about it soon. I hope this helps to answer some of the questions, Abe Edited December 5, 2008 by Abe Froman Quote Link to comment
sssr20det510 Posted December 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Oliver Stone is thinking about doing a movie about it soon. Abe ????? A movie about what ???? Quote Link to comment
69FJWagon Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 I have 18x8s on my car not totally the best for the handling side of things or braking if your running stock brakes, but from what I have seen when Mark Lowe built the car in the late 80s early 90s he just spent the time to figure out what offset to run to get them to fit and also did a mini tub like Icehouse and Duke have done to there cars, my car has stock swing arms and Troy Ermish coilovers in it and I dont have any problems other than the tires rubbing up front at full lock also have a set of 16x8s I am going to run eventually if the offset works up front with the tires mounted looks like it will when I checked without the tires mounted Clayton Quote Link to comment
sssr20det510 Posted January 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 ok well its still in the body shop, i decided not to cut the roof off yet im still looking for one for a good price, i decided to shave the drip rails on this roof for now so here is some updated pics still have to finish shaving the rear bumper than it will go into primer. Quote Link to comment
hang_510 Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 mine???? yeah mine, the PO did a decent job on the replacement. havent seen any int (good headliner :D ) around the PS 1/4 windows is bad, as is roof / trim above the door. wasnt matched properly so about 3/8" of mud 'fixed it'! i hate not being able to see pix :cursing: ive seen 1 w/the rails removed (wagon john???) and was impressed w/the work... but not the look. i liked seeing the trim removed and then the seam painted to match the body, subtle yet different. Quote Link to comment
sssr20det510 Posted April 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Havent done too much to it lately decided to ditch the coupe roof idea for now, just been collecting parts. Quote Link to comment
Yakuza Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 whats the big deal? its all fun...the green coupe is a fake...rotary mike is a friend of mine and i know 1st hand it is fake,and he is the one that converted it to RHD and choped the roof, and put the coupe rear lights on it....he did do it to the car rod jackson gave guan for the white coupe rod bought from him.... lets keep it fun...this is about ratsuns....love the car not hate....other peoples ideas...:D Quote Link to comment
ichorid Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 nice body work going man, sell me your grille.. :D Quote Link to comment
sssr20det510 Posted May 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 nice body work going man, sell me your grille.. :D no sell my baby lol Quote Link to comment
ichorid Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 ah as I figured, I watch for those on ebay constantly. Quote Link to comment
sssr20det510 Posted June 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 been working on the body work and shaving my ass today Quote Link to comment
sssr20det510 Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 well got the ass almost done and putting in the z dash now trimming and fitting Quote Link to comment
78kingcab Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 well got the ass almost done and putting in the z dash now trimming and fitting holly shit that is a bad ass dash for a 510....now you can hang with the z guys ..lol Quote Link to comment
521 Dropsun Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Wow that dash is great. Looks like the dash datsun should have put in thoes cars Quote Link to comment
sssr20det510 Posted June 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 well ive been working on headliner for the last 2 days its a bitch, got the windshield in today should have rear window in tomorrow, layed the rear harness and fixed the brake and clutch lines today should be running by next week ill take some more pics tomorrow. Quote Link to comment
sssr20det510 Posted June 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 well I worked on the 510 all day got the harness ran front and rear windows in headliner finished and motor dropped in, tomorrows project put tranny in drivline radiator and try and fire it up see what happens blue lake here i come Quote Link to comment
78kingcab Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 arron working on a datsun...i cant belive it...anyway from the look of your pic your ass still needs some shaving ...wheres pic of headliner Quote Link to comment
lynchfourtwenty Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 this cars gonna be SWEET! Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 thought you were going sr? that no look like sr lol Quote Link to comment
The love of JDM Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 Nice work on the motor bay and the rest of the car Quote Link to comment
sssr20det510 Posted June 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 thought you were going sr? that no look like sr lol I am going sr just dropping the l series in to get it running till i colect all the sr stuff 1 Quote Link to comment
boomstickracing Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 looking good dude :D i'm almost always available to be a shop bitch....LOL :lol: Quote Link to comment
sssr20det510 Posted June 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 well got it running and driving under its own power today, wipers hooked up, turn signals and brake lights, I did a couple of burn outs accross the lot running straight header :D so tomorrow ill post a video Quote Link to comment
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