gingofthesouth's Orangatang 510

[Bartman]

The sun was shining!
A far cry from the weather here today!

[gingofthesouth]

Starting to putt all the new rubbers in:

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Looking for info on the window holders for the from and rear side windows. The metal bits that attach to the window and thewindow reg. Where can I get new ones from? do they come with new windows only?

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[datsunboy]

I would say you probably can't get them anywhere other than someone who sells NOS stuff, or maybe even Nissan ex Japan.

whats wrong with your ones? just get some second hand windows, far easier if your ones are stuffed

[gingofthesouth]

So I took my Datsun into Novus to get the windows put in. They put the rear window in that looks awesome.
They went to put the front in but the bugger wouldn't squeeze in. One side no matter how much bashing and pushing would not fit.

So I measured it up and had a WTF moment. The bottom of the top lip to the top of the bottom lip was 5mm shorter on the drivers side.

Now here is where I was going to unveil my photos of the before, during and after photos. I covered the whole car with a sheet, made a slit and folied the hole so all there was viewable with a portion of the lip I was going to work on.

Before:

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I used an air powered rotary tool with sanding wheels to grind down the lip to the mark I made.

So here is just the aftermath:

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[gingofthesouth]

Took car off the trailer for the first time in MONTHS today. Going to swap over the diff and add the new nolathane bushes while I am there.

Funny thing was I had to put the car on the back of the Mazda while wheeling it off. Not sure if it is fucked shocks in the arse of the Mazda or the pure weighty awesomeness of the FJ20ET causing the trailer to almost scrape the driveway haha.

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This is the first time I have seen the car on its own feet on a level ground since I installed the motor. Needs more low in the arse!

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Now off to go work on it!

[DylPhil7]

Mean! easy way to lose 1.5 inches of height... 14's

[510BRE]

lookin mean man colour is awsome

[gingofthesouth]

Bah flooding happening. Starting to come up my driveway.
No diff in the back as I was going to take the LSD in for powdercoating. Getting ready to put the datsun on the car trailer and then the car trailer on axel stands if it starts coming up the drive any further.

[gingofthesouth]

Ordered the Arduino UNO board, ID-20 RFID Module (http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8628" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) and related electronics to make my RFID entry to operate my door poppers. Once the car is all running mint I will also incorporate the RFID ignition.

Booking the car in to get all its new metal brake lines tomorrow hopefully for next week but I may be dreaming!

[acustx]

Great progress Ging, hope everything down your way dries out soon and that you don't get any more water creeping up your driveway.

Keep it up.