]2eDeYe Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 So the thread on rides you miss the most got me thinkin about one that wasn't even mine. link to said thread... http://forum.ratsun.net/showthread.php?p=109919#post109919 This was Ryan in Seattle [(now in San Diego)last I heard]'s not a pre-runner 620. I think it was a 73...one of the other guys might know the year. next to mine when they were both in one peice... Last I saw it...specs were; Autosport built L20, Canon intake, Weber 45, header, biggish cam, VW aluminum radiator, cranked torsions on BFG 30" A/T's. I got some more pic's I need to dig up. I know some other the other guys got pic's, maybe they'll post them up. Here's what I found with a quick search on my HD's :D The bastard his self :fu: Maybe he'll read this and ditch the volvo...at least that's what heard he was driving last :lol: Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 I always liked Ryan's Award-Winning Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 Here's the pic I was thinking of. Ryan-In-Seattle won a plaque at Canby 2005. I think it was 3rd Place Datsun 620. Those were the good old days. I'd rather drive a Datsun than push a Volvo. Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 Steve the last time I heard from Ryan he had just parted out his 620 & was "done" dealing with Datsun's :( He was fun to hang out with the few times we did. And the year we went to JCCS was a blast & he really had fun showing his truck. Funny story there...he sprayed "pledge" furniture polish on the entire truck to give it a semi gloss look :lol: I have a few pics of him & the truck...enjoy... Ryan talking w/ Hideki kwon from Truck trends mag [Japan] tryin to look kool... my 620 & his all "shiny"...haha & him trying to drive up a hill behind the gas station...:lol: I have more pix which ill post later.. Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 Famous last words: "I'm done with Datsuns". You can leave the Datsun but it will never leave you. Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 I agree,,they never leave you. Oh & BTW the front skid plate is a street sign I gave him that he "customized" :D Quote Link to comment
Llittle_Llama Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 Famous last words: "I'm done with Datsuns". You can leave the Datsun but it will never leave you. kinda like herpies :D Quote Link to comment
tdaaj Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 that sucks but i'm hopin he'll get back into it. his g/f was very supportive too. i remember our first potd shown shine out at my place. he let me take it for a spin out on the back 80.it was cramped but smooth/quik accelleration. i think he was cleaning his shorts afterwards.few of the corners were fun. Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted December 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 Steve the last time I heard from Ryan he had just parted out his 620 & was "done" dealing with Datsun's I have more pix which ill post later.. You don't 'deal' with Datsuns they deal with you :lol: Can't wait to see them, I gotta dig into the laptop to get some more :) Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 Found some more pics from my collection: Quote Link to comment
datsunaholic Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 Ryan's truck was a '73 that was originally yellow, then red, then multicolor. I still have the gas door off it on my 4X4. He had put a louvered one on his for Canby, my gas door wouldn't stay closed becuase the spring was gone, kept opening every time I hit the brakes, so he handed me his old one. Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 Funny thing is Doug...i asked Ryan if he would sell me the louvered gas door..Ummm no way was his response :lol: Love how he rolled to Canby with the 620 all muddy & he still won an award :cool: Ok a few more of ..... R.I.S.[D]..... helping me do my EI swap on the 620... showing me his "busted" piston...& Bleach looking kool time for a mint... Gotta dig for a few more i know i have. wierd thing is the last 4 times i called him he didnt get back to me..hope he's ok. Quote Link to comment
Bleach Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 http://www.bleachgarage.com/images/event/potd06/potd06.html Quote Link to comment
irsa76 Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 That is so cool. That was the sort of look I was going go for with my 720, damm I miss that truck. The wife OKed me putting money aside to buy another truck next year, the Pulsar just doesn't have the ratsun appeal. Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted December 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Couple more pic's a bit of video :D Ya he stopped calling me back awhile after he moved down that way... fucker. Quote Link to comment
datsunfish Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 I was wondering what happened to him. Traitor!:D Would have loved to get that lynx mani from him. Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 I'm actually surprised he hasn't gotten another datto, every one comes back... right??? Quote Link to comment
Roman Tasel Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 That red 620 is the best 620 i have ever seen. nice work! Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 Is that the South Bellevue Park 'n Ride? While y'all are talking, Ryan is working on his Datsun ... hmm Quote Link to comment
Bleach Posted December 26, 2008 Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 Federal Way Park n Ride. I5 and 272nd Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted December 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 That red 620 is the best 620 i have ever seen. nice work! The pics are all of the same truck in it's various shades. Kevin, do you still have the purple pics :D Quote Link to comment
Bleach Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 I don't think I have any purple pics Quote Link to comment
zrex Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 It's a small datsun world, Ryans engine lives on in my 75 620. When i pulled the engine he was living in Point Loma and installing hvac ducting as i remember. I know he built a strong engine as my 620 pulls very strong. Rex Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Zrex..i remember Ryan telling me he sold the engine to a guy in east county. Did you get the carb/intake also? The last dat he was at my house he told me his clutch was slipping & he needed a new clutch disk but was broke. I called Kragen,they had one & i offered to pay for it & help him install it @ my house. He said naw & took off. Last time i saw him. Quote Link to comment
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