Bandit240 Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 So i bought a '74 620 for parts. I figured i would make a project thread for its strip down since it has become a project of its own. As it was about to be towed home. The spare tire is dragging the ground. In the shop, it got hung up on the ramp leading into the shop, had to shove it in with the F250. Inside, full of junk and roaches, not the good kind either. L18, weber carb, auto trans. I attacked it monday morning. Even my wife pitched in on the attack today. I stripped all the paint off the roof. IT has a bunch of dents and a hole right in the middle. Primed Pulled the valve cover off to clean and paint it for use on my truck. The guy said it had a head job done, looks like it under there too. I will update this as i tear it down. If anyone needs frame parts from it, i wont be useing them. I also wont be useing the motor or trans. Quote Link to comment
Phlebmaster Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Nice! I can't wait to see what you do with it. Does your wife know you posted this one?? :eek: Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Will this 620 be returned to the road? And wow..that upper rad. hose is HUGE ! :D Quote Link to comment
Bandit240 Posted December 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Yea she knows i posted it, theres a couple other pics i may or may not post. It all depends on your point of view as to if the truck will ever see the road again. As a complete truck as it is, no. Its cab and a bunch of other bits will see the road again, riding on the frame from my 78 truck. Here she is removing the bolts for the door. Quote Link to comment
Phlebmaster Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 It is awesome that she is right in there with you working on the Datto. Kudos to her! Quote Link to comment
datto510 Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 (edited) Yea she knows i posted it, theres a couple other pics i may or may not post. It all depends on your point of view as to if the truck will ever see the road again. As a complete truck as it is, no. Its cab and a bunch of other bits will see the road again, riding on the frame from my 78 truck. Here she is removing the bolts for the door. :eek: My wife would kill me! I know this thread is titled "'74 620 strip down thread", but this is pushing it! Edited December 23, 2008 by datto510 Quote Link to comment
dat620 Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 pac didn't u know thats the custom u bend it rad hose, lookin good on the tear down.. save all thats left over, u never know what u will need, i have 2 extra parts trucks and the beds r full of goodies..:D Quote Link to comment
Rubberman Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 Hey Bandit, I'm interested in that tranny. Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 Yea she knows i posted it, theres a couple other pics i may or may not post. It all depends on your point of view as to if the truck will ever see the road again. As a complete truck as it is, no. Its cab and a bunch of other bits will see the road again, riding on the frame from my 78 truck. Here she is removing the bolts for the door. lol now lets see her face :lol: but seriously that is hella cool that she is willing to help like that my girl said she would help by bringin me soda:mellow: Quote Link to comment
Bandit240 Posted December 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 Rubberman, the tranny will be up for grabs. It has about 190k on it. Quote Link to comment
Bandit240 Posted December 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 Well i got the cab ready to come off today. I will take it off tomorrow i think. Also stripped the LF fender down to bare metal and primed it. It needs some work, but not as much as my old one does. Primed the floors. Also cleaned and painted the valve cover. I had to roll it out of the shop for a bit, so it needed to sit higher. Also has 2x4s on the front to hold it up. Got bored toward the end of the day. I will be hanging the tailgate on the shop wall. Since the floor is rusted out of the bed, im going to cut the sides off and store them in the rafters of the shop in case i ever need them, or a part of them. I might do the same with the good parts of my old cab also. Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 you have the valve cover i want swap ya for mine :D jk looks good man keep it up Quote Link to comment
Bandit240 Posted December 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 Yea ive been waiting on that valve cover for some years now. I did the same thing to my old one, only it said Nissan OHC. Quote Link to comment
Bugeye Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 you have the valve cover i want swap ya for mine :D jk looks good man keep it up i got another one....whats it worth to you:lol: Quote Link to comment
fastdadd Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 i nerver thought i would say this but that truck was ugly...your paint is much better.....if you do hack the cab up i could use the rocker off the pass side but dont go out of your way for me Quote Link to comment
Bandit240 Posted December 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 i wont be hacking that cab up, its going on my 78's frame. Ill hack up the cab off the 78. The rockers on it are rusted out. Quote Link to comment
fastdadd Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 i was talking about the old cab but if they are rusty i wil wait fro one to turn up Quote Link to comment
Bandit240 Posted December 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 Yea the rockers on the 78's cab are rusted out. Quote Link to comment
Bandit240 Posted December 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 Rolled the truck outside today and got the backhoe. Quote Link to comment
Bandit240 Posted December 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 Well this thread is done. The cab is off and the rest has been rolled out of the shop. Time to start tearing down the '78. Quote Link to comment
DatDoug Posted December 26, 2008 Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 Yea she knows i posted it, theres a couple other pics i may or may not post. It all depends on your point of view as to if the truck will ever see the road again. As a complete truck as it is, no. Its cab and a bunch of other bits will see the road again, riding on the frame from my 78 truck. Here she is removing the bolts for the door. Crack Kills!:eek: Quote Link to comment
620GRX Posted December 28, 2008 Report Share Posted December 28, 2008 Hi i have a 73 and a 74 both have drum brakes well here's my list of thing i could use 1) dash- no gauges just glove box door 2) upper and lower front suspension arms ( that should be a king pin front end right?) thanks bert sandovalbert@yahoo.com Quote Link to comment
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