Spriso's 1966 Datsun Roadster Project

[spriso]

Alvin wrote:

tell us more about the e-brake...to me it looks like the piece from the stock axle?

Credit for the handbrake linkage goes to John up in Vancouver, he sorted it out on a RX-7 axle that he did for his car, and once I saw it, the "ah-ha" light bulb went on. Once the theory was sorted out, there were some minor improvements made and I had a set of brackets laser cut and then the bottoms of the calipers were modified to accept the stock roadster linkage. It was very easy once it was sorted out.

I will be modifying another set of calipers for this mod soon, and I will document it...

Michael

[dbrick]

Wowsers. Beautiful back axel. I'm excited to see this one in person at Solvang.

Michael, you may want to bring some ramps, everyone is going to want to see under the car

[Garm]

Mirrors underneath! That's what they do at the Kustomz shows around here.

[Pjackb]

The color is as close as I could find to the original 531 Beige Gray Metallic.

If you go to a paint store today, they will give you Centari paint, but my painter did not want to use that. After pouring over paint books for hours, I found a Volvo color that is nearly a perfect match. Here is a comparison shot with Stan's beige gray 67.5 in the background:



As you can see, they are very close!

Michael

Hey Micheal
Is that Volvo’s Pewter Silver Metallic #419?
Also how does your paint compare in real life to David’s (Pebbles) GM Light Pewter Metallic?

Thanks

[spriso]

Pjackb wrote:

Is that Volvo’s Pewter Silver Metallic #419? Also how does your paint compare in real life to David’s (Pebbles) GM Light Pewter Metallic?

I believe that is the paint code-- I will have to find my notes.

Dave's car is quite a bit darker than mine-- not sure if I have a side by side comparison shot, but the next time both cars are together (probably at the Shedd run) I will get a pic.

Michael

[Pjackb]

Thanks ,
Will order a sample to do a test alongside a few other colours and wanted to make sure I had the right code