Re: What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters o
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2015 1:57 am
Wow! I have never seen the frame like this. Do you have more closer shots and a build thread here?Curtis wrote:
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Re: What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters o
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2015 2:03 am
Thanks but too late. I was replacing nuts and bolts that a previous owner had used to customize the A pillar. 
Re: What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters o
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2015 2:11 am
Ahhhhh well
For the benefit of anyone else contemplating doing the same repairs, here is what I ended up with: - Too tight to even use washers!
For the benefit of anyone else contemplating doing the same repairs, here is what I ended up with: - Too tight to even use washers!
Re: What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters o
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2015 8:00 am
Today I brought a NOS chassis wiring loom for my restoration, a roadster part number, correct for mine.
Re: What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters o
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2015 9:39 pm
Put the body on the chassis. Only the second time in 10 or so years they have been one. Now to determine locations for wiring, decide on radiator and many other bits. Sure feels good to see a car in my shop instead of random parts.
Pat
Pat
Re: What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters o
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2015 10:11 pm
Looking very NICE and I sure know how gratifying it feels to see these things come together like that 
Nice colour, is it OEM?
Nice colour, is it OEM?
Re: What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters o
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2015 10:46 pm
It's Ford Performance White 2005-2013. I had three choices a Honda, Chrysler and the Ford. One day I saw three white cars parked next to each other, a Honda, Chrysler and a Ford. It was a sunny day, the Ford was a clear winner. Pat
Re: What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters o
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2015 10:51 pm
Pat-- the car looks fantastic! Good job!
Michael
Michael
Re: What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters o
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2015 11:14 pm
Feels good when it starts to look like a car again doesn't it!
Re: What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters o
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2015 11:52 pm
Not yet, I'll have to get something going. It looks so different all stripped. The phosphate coating makes it look like rainbow in places because of the oil in it.Alvin wrote:Wow! I have never seen the frame like this. Do you have more closer shots and a build thread here?Curtis wrote:
Re: What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters o
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 1:02 pm
All the holes in the door limiter hangers/brackets and arms were different sizes. They were also oblong from small threaded bolts installed by someone in the past. I drilled all pieces to a larger size then made a bushing to go through all three on each side. A clevis pin cut to the minimum length holds it all together. Now the door trim does not hit the fender when the door is fully opened. 
Re: What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters o
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 6:02 pm
Adventurous day in the 1964 SPL310 today.
Woke up early this morning to be the first person at the tire shop to have my new white wall tires installed on the roadster. I had spoken with the shop a while back, and the manager offered to order the tires via (coker) or said I could order myself, and he'd be happy to install.
Brought the car in a 9AM, and I was the first (and only customer) at the shop. Unfortunately, the manager I had previously spoken with was now at another shop. Two technicians and the part-time manager couldn't figure out how to mount the new tires on the stock SPL310 rims. They were able to mount a single tires, but gave up on tire number 2.-4.
The end result...
Yeah...and to top it off...driving home on my mismatched tires, with the cockpit filled with four additional unmounted tires..and broke down. Fuel filter was filled with junk AND accelerator cable loosened up.
Only had a flathead screwdriver and some carb starter with me...Adjusted the cable and temporarily bypassed the filter. Fun, fun
Woke up early this morning to be the first person at the tire shop to have my new white wall tires installed on the roadster. I had spoken with the shop a while back, and the manager offered to order the tires via (coker) or said I could order myself, and he'd be happy to install.
Brought the car in a 9AM, and I was the first (and only customer) at the shop. Unfortunately, the manager I had previously spoken with was now at another shop. Two technicians and the part-time manager couldn't figure out how to mount the new tires on the stock SPL310 rims. They were able to mount a single tires, but gave up on tire number 2.-4.
The end result...
Yeah...and to top it off...driving home on my mismatched tires, with the cockpit filled with four additional unmounted tires..and broke down. Fuel filter was filled with junk AND accelerator cable loosened up.
Only had a flathead screwdriver and some carb starter with me...Adjusted the cable and temporarily bypassed the filter. Fun, fun
Re: What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters o
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 6:52 pm
Well, the one tire does look good! 
Re: What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters o
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 7:17 pm
Got the Roady out of the paint shop and back in the garage. Staring on the interior resto now.
Re: What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters o
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 7:51 pm
datsun65 wrote:Adventurous day in the 1964 SPL310 today.
Woke up early this morning to be the first person at the tire shop to have my new white wall tires installed on the roadster. I had spoken with the shop a while back, and the manager offered to order the tires via (coker) or said I could order myself, and he'd be happy to install.
Brought the car in a 9AM, and I was the first (and only customer) at the shop. Unfortunately, the manager I had previously spoken with was now at another shop. Two technicians and the part-time manager couldn't figure out how to mount the new tires on the stock SPL310 rims. They were able to mount a single tires, but gave up on tire number 2.-4.
The end result...
Yeah...and to top it off...driving home on my mismatched tires, with the cockpit filled with four additional unmounted tires..and broke down. Fuel filter was filled with junk AND accelerator cable loosened up.
Only had a flathead screwdriver and some carb starter with me...Adjusted the cable and temporarily bypassed the filter. Fun, fun
Why couldn't they mount them? What was the issue?