New Zealand Datsun Club

so... along the junk yard i was wondering and across this i stumbled...



looks like its had a hard life so far with its matt black hiding god knows what and the rear end damage BUT i thought i had better rescue it, prolong its life, and keep it having a hard time for a little longer yet. I've always had a bit of a soft spot for these old wagons and ke36s and the like so i kinda had to get it despite my ever growing fleet of old money pits haha

After some discussions with the owner i managed to make it mine for a fair price. Turns out he got it in to use the engine as a spare for his mini stock or something so ive ended up getting it minus the A12. Luckily that suits me just fine as i have had a pretty decent A15 sitting in my driveway for a month or so waiting for something just like this!

Monday it got forklifted down to my work due to the wheels on it not being able to even turn as a result of the extreeme wrong offset of the wheels fitted to it haha



Tuesday i removed the a12 and in went the a15. Changing these engines is around one million times easier to remove/replace compared to the 1gge in my gx61!

And had a good lol at the home made air filter - chicken wire, a rag and the end of a spray can haha




This is the damage at the back. Hopefully be fairly easy to fix up. Also looks like i've already sussed out the spare parts I'm gunna need too - sweet!



Then because i couldn't move the car at all due to the wheels this motivated me to get some tyres for my equips I've had sitting around for a while. I've gotta say i think they look pretty sweet on there.

I'm really not a fan of the flares but they can stay on for now cos they are hiding some pretty horrendous guard rolling/flaring/rust holes on the back guards. Wheel fitment is near perfect without the flares on there too










Kinda digging the rat look at the moment too, which is good cos i don't really want to spend much money on this at this point in time and ratty = not very spendy

Sweeeet wagon man! I also have a soft spot for these so good on you for saving it! looks like it is in good hands, and looks mint on the equips!!!

so works been pretty quiet which is cool, means i can fuck around with my car a whole lot
 
i could see through the paint that there was a fair bit of bog along the roof on one side so i set about checking out that situation.
i was quite pleasantly surprised to find this ...
 

 
because the hole at the bottom here was filled in completely with bog haha


 

 
macgivered this air filter up haha. works surprisingly well actually and quiet too
 


 
and a gc from here, Simon (woodies72coupe) sorted me out a straight hatch and rear bumper. Even dropped it off to me at my work, awesome.
After fitting the other hatch and bumper though its now pretty obvious how much of a smack its had in the back. Its going to need some heavy duty pulling power to get it straight enough to latch the door again.
 

 
Found the old owners phone number on an old wof sheet in the car and discovered that the shitty matt black paint is actually a pretty decent duropox primer which is sweet.

Man that looks sweet. Keep up the good work. Also. That looks like a decent patch on the roof, always better than big dirty rust holes, mesh and super market bags stuffed in there!

Keep up the progress and updates.

Sweet man looking good! Also think you mean Simon not Stuart

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Oh your right haha oops, Stuart was another guy I was getting other parts from. Edited.

Great to the bits on the wagon! She's going to look sweet!
I checked out that grill with the sunny sports badge when I got home and its the same grill as yours.
When you come up next. Come have a look.

today i found more rust which is a bit gay. fairly serious chunk of steel turned to powder



this came out of the sill, there is a big hole in the inside of the sill under the car

oh my god thats me mates old wagon !! lol good work that use to be a we gem of a station wagon
and has had many road trips surfing. Bring back the orange.
Nui still talks about this car.
Sadly missed but, it's a live !!!!! its a live !!!

oh cool was it? i love discovering the history of an old car.
yeah im pretty keen to go back to the original orange or i have always quite liked olive green sorta colours



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