Llittle_Llama Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 welcome, besides....back on topic for a nice datto. more pics please? Quote Link to comment
tdaaj Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 mike, paula, i think the flat black and contrasting lime green is a good choice of colors. hope to see it at canby. p.s. getting really close to having my own shop soon(hopefully):thumbsup: Quote Link to comment
pklotz70 Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 The color scheme was all Amanda's idea. I hadn't thought as far as Canby for her truck, but that is something to mention to her. Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 She doesn't like low rigs?? :( haha Dude it's a nice truck thats for sure, the color combo sounds sweet. I will be following the build for sure. Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted December 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 Mother nature two-toned it yesterday :) Quote Link to comment
Phlebmaster Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 I took it as a joke so no worries. Actually she is 19. Neither of our boys were/are into cars so I think Mike is still holding out hope that Amanda will be. When she was in High School she took a small engine class, and her biggest complaint when she got home was that the guys would never let her do anything nor would they listen to her input. Maybe now she will be able to do some of the stuff that needs to be done and actually enjoy it. Cheyanne...my daughter has now shown a big interest in working on my Datto. She even changed my intake manifold for me while I worked on another part. So let mike know there is hope yet. :) :D Quote Link to comment
Mend Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 i went ahead and made an account on here.....so i guess if people have some questions or whatever, they can just message me about it or whatever......but i probably can't answer all questions that will probably be asked Quote Link to comment
Phlebmaster Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 i went ahead and made an account on here.....so i guess if people have some questions or whatever, they can just message me about it or whatever......but i probably can't answer all questions that will probably be asked Welcome to Ratsun Amanda! We will be happy with lots of pics of you working on your ride along side your dad. :) Will you be bringing it to Canby this year? Quote Link to comment
Mend Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Welcome to Ratsun Amanda! We will be happy with lots of pics of you working on your ride along side your dad. :) Will you be bringing it to Canby this year? not fully sure....i might try to but depends on if i learn to drive it or if my mom wants to drive it over Quote Link to comment
Phlebmaster Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 not fully sure....i might try to but depends on if i learn to drive it or if my mom wants to drive it over Either way, we look forward to seeing you and your truck this year. :D Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted December 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 :) Cool.....Amanda gets to see her dad in his natural habitat :) Quote Link to comment
slodat Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 Poor kid. Hope she has eye protection :D Quote Link to comment
pklotz70 Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 Poor kid. Hope she has eye protection :D Boy that got me laughing so hard that Mike had to come over to see what I was laughing about. Thanks for the laughs. Quote Link to comment
slodat Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 (edited) Ut oh. Now I am in trouble :D Welcome Amanda. You have an amazingly capable builder/helper to help you get your truck the way you want it. Enjoy it! I love working in the shop with him! There are over six months before Canby. Excitement about a project is contagious and a huge motivator. Edited December 17, 2008 by slodat Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 Nice story..clean 521...& very kool that it's gonna be a family build. Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted December 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 I guess the forum is my second habitat....the shop would be my first :) That was friggin' funny!! I've been working on the brake kits.....I did a trade with Tdaaj, so the brackets/adapters I had built for her truck went away.....need to make more :) Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 Like you need an excuse to make another set :rolleyes: :lol: Welcome aboard Mend :D Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted December 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 (edited) Well, I've had the brackets since before Canby.....so I actually did need an excuse....or at least some more motivation!! :) There's a couple extra, but Mend's are in here somewhere :) There's a huge difference in the quality of these discs. I couldn't believe I spent about $6 for this one, but it lasted WAY longer than the HF ones! I used Muriatic Acid on the others, but had a couple of extra sets of plates I bought back from ADrummond.....and there was no way I was going outside to dip these!! The strip disc works really nicely for taking off the mill scale. Edited December 17, 2008 by mklotz70 1 Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted December 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 I'll put up another disc thread, but I'll follow some of it here....as it pertains to Mend. I did three sets of outer adapters today. The "ears" I made today were done in cold rolled instead of hot rolled.....WOW what a difference!!!! So much less cleanup work. The mill shot is while doing the counterbore with the rotary table :) 1 Quote Link to comment
LeDevil Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 Looks nice, You gonna do disks all around like on your wifes truck? 1 Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 Mike how exactly does a rotary table work? Is that how you cut a perfect whole, without an Acurite? My favorite mill is in the weld shop, it doesn't have any fancy computer hooked up, so your saying there is a way to make perfect holes without a computer using a rotary table? I gotta find out if we have one! The brackets looks sweet to!! Damn I can't even imagine how much time went into machining those parts! Wow how the hours can stack up :D 1 Quote Link to comment
Llittle_Llama Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 have to ask now that i have seen this awesome work..... can you make a collector for an L16 manifold peese :D 1 Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted December 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 (edited) Looks nice, You gonna do disks all around like on your wifes truck? Hopefully by Canby....we'll see if there's time. have to ask now that i have seen this awesome work..... can you make a collector for an L16 manifold peese :D Sorry. One, I'm buried and two....you can just use a stock one. The cars use one that has separate tubes for about a foot or so, the trucks are more like 4" long before they come together. You should be able to find a stock one pretty cheap.....definitely cheaper than I could make it for! The only parts you should pay good money for are ones you cannot get or ones that make a big difference.....then it's worth it. A collector for a stock mani doesn't fall under either reason. Mike how exactly does a rotary table work? Is that how you cut a perfect whole, without an Acurite? My favorite mill is in the weld shop, it doesn't have any fancy computer hooked up, so your saying there is a way to make perfect holes without a computer using a rotary table? I gotta find out if we have one! The brackets looks sweet to!! Damn I can't even imagine how much time went into machining those parts! Wow how the hours can stack up :D ....hhmmm....I think I'll see if I can move this to the mill thread you started :) ...okay...I did.. http://forum.ratsun.net/showthread.php?p=108132&posted=1#post108132 The brackets were laser cut. The small holes were cnc'd. Then I counterbored the large hole for hub clearance. I could have had them cut the hole larger, but this keeps it stronger. Edited December 17, 2008 by mklotz70 1 Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 That's what those brackets are for, they look great. :cool: 1 Quote Link to comment
pklotz70 Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 Looks nice, You gonna do disks all around like on your wifes truck? I only have discs on the front of my truck. Still have the drums on the back. 1 Quote Link to comment
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