Building my daughter's first ride (1969 Datsun 2000 roadster)

[Gregs672000]

There may be a few folks on the list who have used headers that have been swapped out to newer or "improved" versions that might fit the bill as well... ask around? I had no luck welding up my stock manifold...mine always re-cracked, likely due to what Dave said.

[OldYeller]

I have a solid nos intake manifold along w SUs from a recently running car as well as a second set up in a box. Not sure what it’s missing there but I’m wiling to look. Both have air cleaners. I have two exhaust manifolds too. Saving one for my car.
Pm me if you’re interested.

[JT68]

Those are some pretty crusty manifolds! We have both intake manifolds and headers at great prices. SU, Solex and Weber. Give us a shout or pm

[sfyks870]

Jt, I looked through your site and didn't see any exhaust headers. Maybe I just overlooked them? And for intake manifolds the only thing I saw was the reproduction solex version, and thank god I don't need that thing. Yall are asking more for it than I paid for the car!

The intake, I am more than sure I can get cleaned up once I get back in the shop and finish removing the water nipples. But if you guys offer a header for a reasonable price, I'd definitely be interested.

[JT68]

Sure, shoot us a message/email. Yes the Solexes are expensive, we have new and used manifolds, also a used SU manifold if yours is too much work and all the water fittings. I'll check the collection, yep, we have the headers in stock, typically a few choices.

[sfyks870]

Finally got the freeze plugs and water nipple fittings out and hit the surfaces with a little sand blasting to check for cracks.






Still a lot of work to do on the intake to get it back to 100%, but it's a big improvement I think. Any suggestions on what I could flush through the intake or soak it in to remove all the buildup inside?

But alas, today I head back to work for 28 days. Not such a bad thing as it'll give time for parts to be ordered and arrive.

[Gregs672000]

Doing excellent work, good progress!

[tig]

Excellent thread so far. Ambitious. I like ambition. I also love threads with lots of pics. Keep it up.

[fj20spl311]

I would try CLR for removing the build up