Luke's 1200 Coupe

[luke]

hey guys cheers for the advice, its really the foam that is the dash top thats fucked, both are too stiff and have no flex. can these people do a whole new dashtop???

[Bartman]

They remake it. Remove all the top skin, grand away part of the foam. Then recast it.
Make a very good job. But it costs.

[chris_g1]

Send whatever you have and you will get a new one back.

Money well spent. IMO.

hey guys cheers for the advice, its really the foam that is the dash top thats fucked, both are too stiff and have no flex. can these people do a whole new dashtop???

[luke]

In the next year perhaps.
I have to/ would really like to make waimate so my fussyness has to go on the back burner till time allows.
Handy to know all the same!!!!

[chris_g1]

http://Www.dashboardrestorations.co.nz" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. Save it Luke.

I'm sure your pursuit of perfection will be well satisfied with what they can do.


Cheers.

In the next year perhaps.
I have to/ would really like to make waimate so my fussyness has to go on the back burner till time allows.
Handy to know all the same!!!!

[luke]

another day as a cripple, another day i shouldnt be in the garage.

120y swaybar fitted. Due to me (at the time) loosing my mounts i bought a universal kit with more adjustability (was looking at the cusco 23mm option for a bit) but the slots for bolts that go into body are longer and it overlaps on a 2-3mm overlap of steel. its tight as fuck and wont go anywhere but i want opinions regardless. pics were difficult to do but try look.

Clamp for swaybar issue

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New adjustable mounts for swaybar to bottom arms installed

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Installed front pulley and fan, radiator hoses etc (birdseye view)

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Radiator has issues, i had to slot the top mounting holes quite a bit to get them to work, DESPITE IT BEING FOR A DATSUN 1200!!!! but the bottom i cant get close due to the square base shape of the 3 core setup vs the slight inwards slant of the radiator support panel. I may just get some alloy spacers to fill the void. pics are tricky but you get the idea.

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so. im not fucking around too much.

[Bartman]

That saddle is a bit ugly.
At the very least I'd go for a larger diameter washer. A bit of that bracket looks like it needs trimming.
I'd pack out that top radiator mount so that the radiator hangs plumb. probably wont effect anything. But my OCD twitches looking at it.

[kartboy]

What brand are the adjustable sway bar links you have in the pic?

[luke]

That saddle is a bit ugly.
At the very least I'd go for a larger diameter washer. A bit of that bracket looks like it needs trimming.
I'd pack out that top radiator mount so that the radiator hangs plumb. probably wont effect anything. But my OCD twitches looking at it.

Bracket itself looks very nice, just not when mounted, I can't fit a bigger washer as there is no room left for one due to close proximity of the clamp going up and over the swaybar + new bushes. May be possible to grind one edge off a penny washer if need be.
As for the radiator it's really Fucking me off, no predrilled bolt hole lines up with factory locations unless me coupe has been changed but I doubt that very much, I also can't risk raising it too much more for fear of clearance issues with the bonnet. Today's mission I imagine

[luke]

What brand are the adjustable sway bar links you have in the pic?

It's a white line product, I bought this kit roughly 4 years ago, bnt supplied it. Fitment is really good, only downside is (picky me) the step down in size on the new bushes is slightly to big to fit between the eye of the sway bar. Shouldn't affect anything that I can see though.
If you do buy one DO NOT tighten everything till its back on the ground and you abuse the suspension a wee bit so it settles in its correct location.
*I actually got this right first time, due to efforts required if I fucked it up and had to hobble places.