New Zealand Datsun Club

Yay finally managed to buy a new mig. So I can start doing the panel repairs on the side.

Sorry for the lack of updates. Its been a busy few weeks, and I have to admit the Datto has been on the back burner. I had to put the new chippy in our bus and helped my father in law move which was a mission with 18 projects to move. I did find some time to do some work on the bluebird, I set the v...

Not much work done this weekend. Spent an hour or so trying to get the timing right. But it doesn't want to no. Keeps backfiring through carb. I am going to pull the cover off and have a look at the valve clearances next.
Any other ideas?

The beddy is a rescue job, cab only, as was the transit, the plan it to graft the two together then chop drop and channel the Bedford to give it a bit of style. That was before I realised the transit is uni body not chassis under. So looking for some advice on that 1 too lol. Still at the moment it ...

wouldn't know for sure until I had a look at the door itself, would just be a time and material thing, doesn't look too awkward You haven't seen the other side lol.the frame itself is fairly straight. It seems the b pillar took the worst of the hit. Followed but the hinges. Where about are you based?

That might be good.

Wal what do you reason on cost (approx.) to re skin

Don't tell the wife. Meant to be building her new living room in the bus. But she has taken her horse out, so I thought it would be a good tome to pull the datsun out of the shed and clean it up a little.

2 doors wrote:yip sure do, and its worse if you have just got it back from lending it out and go to use it and its stuffed.

To bloody true

Don't you hate it when you go to use your welder and it is completely stuffed

At the moment, it needs a new left rear door/ skin and a new sill. I can fold up a sill at work easy enough, but the door skin is a little more than I am able to do myself. The front end has had a bad repair but I shouldn't have too much trouble fixing it. Going to split the b pillar as well as it w...