New Zealand Datsun Club

just thought id start a project thread up for my ute and show what weve been up to;

motor is all done
cleaned up painted and rebuilt with stage 3 cam
should go sweet as just need to put sidedraughts and dizzy on but will just get in the way will wait until motor goes in

engine bay is all deloomed now and have removed everything else brakes etc and i sucked off a horse i have a few holes and stuff to weld up and prime before its painted poo brown and motor can go back in

also ive found a chrome bumper that im keen to put on its reasonably tidy will polish up all good but i have no chrome eyes to hold the brackets on with? and will look dumb with my black ones any ideas? was told blacks fasteners have them but they dont?

should be set for next cruize

ive got a whole bunch of a15 parts too there from another motor and 2 heads if any1 wants to grab off me?

cool man! yeah black bolts will look funny. I got some chrome ones from bunnings man, try the hardware stores.
hey do you have disk brakes fro the front if not i can help.
will be cool seeing this progress

im keen on an a15 head, how much are you looking for? pm me

Can you not have your black ones chrome plated? Shouldn't cost more than $10.
I may be interested in some of your A15 leftovers. (price dependant)

project_1200_ute wrote: engine bay is all deloomed now and have removed everything else brakes etc and i sucked off a horse i have a few holes and stuff to weld up and prime before its painted poo brown and motor can go back in

Lol who went on your computer and added that??

lol fuckwit mates cant trust anyone round this flat lol so anyways il try bunnings see how we get on cheers for the help guys let me no what parts yas could be keen on...

samwich plates gone to jos msdato coz we discovered its missing one pretty rangy lol

gingofthesouth wrote:

project_1200_ute wrote: engine bay is all deloomed now and have removed everything else brakes etc and i sucked off a horse i have a few holes and stuff to weld up and prime before its painted poo brown and motor can go back in

Lol who went on your computer and added that??

hahahaha! classic!

got some zinc eyes from bunnings 2day and chucked my bumnper all 2gether and on so cheers for that idea cost me all on 2 bucks haha just got 2 sort the engine bay and well be away!

whats the plan for the next datsun cruize we so need 1 before the mid winter?

Rakaia cruise, feb 19th. see the events/meeeting threads.

had a feeling there was one coming up looked under events instead of forums and nothing was there thats the deadline then must be 4 weeks or so 4s and rotors cruize will be that night too

here we have it more progress all the un-nessary holes in the engine bay are all welded up and black primed for now should be able 2 get underneath 2night to seal and underseal

have 2 give here and there a wee smear prime the whole thing and paint before the cruize will defantly be tight

i ripped the heater box out and pulled the carpet back to hammer up the firewall up where the old motor was hitting

the plan for now is to continue running the 4 speed but want to chuck the 5 speed in down the track after i rebuild it and find a gearbox crossmember if any ones got 1?,

PROBLEM:
im unsure about how the 5 speeds fit in the tunnel its a (60a) i seem to remember someone telling me they are a struggle to fit does anyone know weather or not the bell housings fit the same? or does the front of the tunnel on the firewall edge need reshaping? its not going to worry me if it just needs reshaping further back as you wont see it and i could just re-underseal it

last thing i want to do is paint it all up nice and have to redo it all later on?

please please help me anyone whos had a 5 speed in a ute?