69 510 Ground Up Rebuild

dirtyleppa · Post by **dirtyleppa** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:33 pm

every time i see this, im blown away even more. keep up the unbelievable work

Post by **Mikewazowski** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 8:23 am

dirtyleppa wrote:every time i see this, im blown away even more. keep up the unbelievable work

I was just thinking the same thing.

acustx · Post by **acustx** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 7:54 pm

Mikewazowski wrote:
dirtyleppa wrote:every time i see this, im blown away even more. keep up the unbelievable work
I was just thinking the same thing.

Thanks heaps guys. Will post more pic's as I progress.

Can't wait to actually have it back on its wheels again.

Godzilladat · Post by **Godzilladat** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 8:03 pm

Going to be a shame to get any dirt underneath this perfect undercarriage.

acustx · Post by **acustx** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 8:32 pm

Godzilladat wrote:Going to be a shame to get any dirt underneath this perfect undercarriage.

Yea been thinking about that. Worried that I might be too scared to take it out once its finished. Dumb aye.

Post by **Josh** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 11:25 pm

Josh LIKES this

Post by **gingofthesouth** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 8:46 pm

Update is now fully overdue and your membership about to be revoked! haha but seriously hows the project going?

acustx · Post by **acustx** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 11:51 am

Hey guy's, my most humble appologies for being so slack in updating the thread on how progress is going.

My only excuse is that I have had limited time and $$ to spend on the Datto in the past few months as I have been busy planning a wedding for April. Unfortunately the Datsun will not be ready for the big day as I would have hoped, but it's not the end of the world as I will be able to focus on it when we get back from the Honeymoon.

Here are a few snaps of where I am up to with it all the same.

The rear is all together finally and I have actually managed to get it sitting on 2 of its own wheels for the first time in years:

I have set the engine & tranz up on a little trolly so that I can lift the chassis up and lower it over the engine to install it with ease:

Engine sitting in engine bay & bolted it (again):

Checking clearance between clutch/fuel lines & engine:

I have also been reassembling the doors as I have been going so that they are ready for when it needs to be certified, but didn't really think that I needed photos of them.

Am planning on spending next week working on it before I go back to work.

Post by **mint16** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 11:53 am

Congrats on your engagement Pal!!
You gonna have other Datsuns there on your big day?
1600 is looking awesome as always!

acustx · Post by **acustx** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 10:08 am

mint16 wrote:Congrats on your engagement Pal!!
You gonna have other Datsuns there on your big day?
1600 is looking awesome as always!

Thanks Brendan.

Probably won't have any other Datsuns there as it is just going to be a fairly small family affair and their are no other Datsuns in the family.

How's life in the shaky CHCH?

New Zealand Datsun Club

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