What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters only)

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Always nice to get complements thanks Greg! I have to say I was amazed at the number of people at the car show in Tucson enamored with Barney!


Peter had I known you already had the black I would not have had to display my poor painting with Mr Softy! I like the look of the black though.

All Datsun emblems are black background too ... and I know most rest above the chrome trim. Mine are the way they are to honor a great friend in my life. I'm leaning to black background with gold electo plate Datsun letters on the valve cover but do not tell please 8)
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Took everyone's advice on this forum and started off small. Changed out the wheels, modified (added a harness bar) and installed the rollbar, swapped out the steering wheel (Momo prototipo) (existing wheel wasn't original to the car anyways), replaced a number of the weather stripping seals, compound buff and polish. Now time to drive and enjoy!
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Looks great and I like the new wheels much better. Glad to hear you are taking the collective advice - drive it first, then decide what to do with it. You may like it enough to do nothing!
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Yes I like the newer wheels better too.
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I dug up some pics of the life of my roadster and wanted to try to create a polling thread for fun!

Which color is your favorite
1.) Original
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2.) New Orange
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3.) 2nd Orange (was a repaint was supposed to be same as New Orange :(
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4.) Current color
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Darn lost the formula for creating a polling thread.
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If you want to create a poll you will have to do it in a new thread. It will show back up as an option then.

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Im digging the old pictures! Those of you that have old pics should start scanning them and post em up! not only cool to see the cars but also the people and back drops.
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mikepal wrote:Took everyone's advice on this forum and started off small. Changed out the wheels, modified (added a harness bar) and installed the rollbar, swapped out the steering wheel (Momo prototipo) (existing wheel wasn't original to the car anyways), replaced a number of the weather stripping seals, compound buff and polish. Now time to drive and enjoy!
Nice! That car really pops!
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Thanks David! To be honest I'm not sure where that color came from or what it is. Your guess is as good as mine. After the detail the paint really came to life.
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Did some painting and clean up here is what the shift plate final take looks like.
Pretty good from a distance of a 2 - 3 feet.
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Remember the before the one on the right:
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Reminder of the paint:
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Pics of the dash at a later date, it just got a 2nd coat.
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Finished the Frame on SPL13362. The motor will go on it at lunch on Thursday.
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Attended a local car show today. The first one I've ever participated in, It was alot of fun. The datsun was was very popular!

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Congrats Dan, anxious to see the car someday. (Shedd?).
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Older relative of my SP310 :D
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Toptech360 wrote:Remove double post!
Better get a big garage to hold all the trophies and plaques coming your way with your '64!
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