the510keeper Posted August 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2021 Time for everything else, start with Zero Rusting floors baby steps car assembly Time to break out the rare parts NOS baby Futo Fab Bumper No rubber gasket, so I decided to make one NOS truck seal for the win, these seem to fit the best over all others 4 Quote Link to comment
the510keeper Posted September 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2021 On with it boy Went with my last set of NOS taillights, and well worth it I really wan to drive this one, until someone makes an offer I can not refuse haha So more Lizard Skin complete floor. and inside of quarters and doors Time to assemble doors, hinges, and get these doors to line up. Taping aka cleaning paint and crap out of tread holes. Wire wheel bolt treads clean. Small steps that make a huge difference when assembling everything Happy hot mother fucker Bolted up the hood and shit don't fit. looks like a hinge has been pushed in 1/4 of an inch. Polishing trim parts This is always fun finding new parts to add to the build. headlight adjusting screws Here's the number if ya need them Wow, now its all coming together 2 Quote Link to comment
the510keeper Posted September 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2021 Digging through my collection, NOS mirrors, NOS running lights, new eye brow rubber, new door handles. Actually starting to run out of stuff. Bought anew lock set from Thailand, but the lock set is actually 4 door locks and no gas door or trunk lock. time to mod some new shit. I've always loved BMW headlights 4 Quote Link to comment
the510keeper Posted September 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2021 Interior time: I even brushed a coat of Lizard skin on the inside of this divider panel Old crappy rear quarter panel vinyl, going to replace with new. Not an upholstery guy but seems straight forward. I washed the seats with Oxy clean and pretty happy, no need to reupholster them Found these at a swapmeet 5 years ago rechromed quarter window latches, sexy 2 Quote Link to comment
the510keeper Posted September 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2021 Waiting on Longchamps 15x7. and Recaros Aint ya mommas daily driver, fond memories of old builds 9 Quote Link to comment
five1oh Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 Looking great James. NOS for the win. (I have all the same NOS parts lol). And I will also run out on the next build Quote Link to comment
Dolomite Posted September 24, 2021 Report Share Posted September 24, 2021 Damn James, this one is fuckin amazing. How do you like the lizard skin? I’ve been looking into something better than the shitty jute padding. Quote Link to comment
the510keeper Posted September 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2021 Looking forward to driving this sexy bitch, Not sure about the Lizard Skin, however used it on Dave Witt's and he loves it. I went further with this car then any others. Hoping for the best. Now post BS surgery and almost ready to just back in the ass of a Bamboo tan Bird 1 Quote Link to comment
the510keeper Posted October 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 Post Surgery, feeling great and back on the bird Left inter quarter panel, finishing locks and as much as quick as I can. NOS window felt Best stuff ever. This stuff works better then anything at the moment NEW door locks $100 from ebay, however labeled complete set but actually 2 sets of door locks, time to modify and make work. Minor amount of filing and the trunk lock lever fits and works for the trunk lid Door cards are solid, but the detail at the bottom is jacked, cleaned the shit out of the 1st one with lacquer thinner and red scotch brite, then resprayed the chrome detail. Looks good actually better then I thought 1 Quote Link to comment
the510keeper Posted October 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 Coupes have foam over the rear quarter panel area, usually this is exposed on sedans. Vinyl then wraps all the way to pinch weld and hides under the pinch weld molding. This is a 1st for me but very happy with how things are turning out. After cutting the vinyl and attaching it to a thin card board strip. I used a solder gun to melt holes in the vinyl 5 Quote Link to comment
Snohomishdatsun guy Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 Excellent Bravo! 1 Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 Looking good. Quote Link to comment
carterb Posted October 6, 2021 Report Share Posted October 6, 2021 Great progress James! Keep it up. Quote Link to comment
ZeroSports Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 Niiiice. Your project is almost the same as mine. Glad to see it. Quote Link to comment
Stewiefied Posted November 2, 2021 Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 so good Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted November 27, 2021 Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 wow just went through this build beautiful work james as always the car is amazing 1 Quote Link to comment
the510keeper Posted December 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 5 Quote Link to comment
the510keeper Posted December 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 Modifying parts to fit the inner cooler Clean and vinyl die visors Lacquer thinner bath for the plastic parts This little bugger had more dust then paint. Sanded my ass off with 1500, 2000, and 2500 looks great. This is the shit show of chrome attaching, good times in Datsunville Note to self, install Stainless steel before inner window felt WTF 3 Quote Link to comment
the510keeper Posted December 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 Off to Chris to get dialed in 6 Quote Link to comment
WAGON JON Posted January 12, 2022 Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 Beautiful indeed! Quote Link to comment
the510keeper Posted January 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 The drive back from Medford after 1 year and endless hours, im actually driving this Bird. Stay tune 2nd drive Sacramento Datsun meet, had to stop for some BS and someone needed a pic, KerleyBird grab this pic behind me. 3 Quote Link to comment
kerleybird Posted January 12, 2022 Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 Dude still laughing at that guy running up, almost thought we were in trouble! hahahaha Quote Link to comment
kerleybird Posted January 12, 2022 Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 BTW doing that interior work in the back is impressive, came out killer! 1 Quote Link to comment
the510keeper Posted January 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 49 minutes ago, kerleybird said: Dude still laughing at that guy running up, almost thought we were in trouble! hahahaha Funny shit daily, he did say he had a 521 5 Quote Link to comment
the510keeper Posted January 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 Drove this little beast about 500 miles and the 7 gallon tank sucks balls and spills gas everywhere. So taking it back apart to make things better. Also dug out some NOS door rubber to install Had to also remove a nicely bent and welded in rear shock tower bar Now to weld in OG fuel tank mounts and cleaner up 1 Quote Link to comment
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