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Re: 69 510 Ground Up Rebuild

Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:33 pm
by dirtyleppa
every time i see this, im blown away even more. keep up the unbelievable work

Re: 69 510 Ground Up Rebuild

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 8:23 am
by Mikewazowski
dirtyleppa wrote:every time i see this, im blown away even more. keep up the unbelievable work
I was just thinking the same thing. :thumbsup:

Re: 69 510 Ground Up Rebuild

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 7:54 pm
by acustx
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. :thumbsup:
Thanks heaps guys. Will post more pic's as I progress.

Can't wait to actually have it back on its wheels again. :dance2:

Re: 69 510 Ground Up Rebuild

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 8:03 pm
by Godzilladat
Going to be a shame to get any dirt underneath this perfect undercarriage.

Re: 69 510 Ground Up Rebuild

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 8:32 pm
by acustx
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.

Re: 69 510 Ground Up Rebuild

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 11:25 pm
by Josh
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Re: 69 510 Ground Up Rebuild

Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 8:46 pm
by gingofthesouth
Update is now fully overdue and your membership about to be revoked! haha but seriously hows the project going?

Re: 69 510 Ground Up Rebuild

Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 11:51 am
by acustx
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:

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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:

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

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Checking clearance between clutch/fuel lines & engine:

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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.

Re: 69 510 Ground Up Rebuild

Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 11:53 am
by mint16
Congrats on your engagement Pal!!
You gonna have other Datsuns there on your big day?
1600 is looking awesome as always! 8-)

Re: 69 510 Ground Up Rebuild

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 10:08 am
by acustx
mint16 wrote:Congrats on your engagement Pal!!
You gonna have other Datsuns there on your big day?
1600 is looking awesome as always! 8-)
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?