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new guy from vegas.
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 3:31 pm
by Aprntce
Hey guys I'm new to the whole scene together. first Datsun and first roadster, it sat in my uncles back yard for about 12 years in Portland under a tarp till i saved it over summer and now I'm giving it new life and build my first real stroker so youyou guys will be hearing alot from me....when i figure out how to post pictures of it i will.
Re: new guy from vegas.
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 3:34 pm
by mraitch
Welcome to our world - you'll find the people on this site extremely helpful - check out the tech-wiki for manyu tiips.
Re: new guy from vegas.
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 4:54 pm
by Natenate4s
Welcome aboard fellow roadie!
Re: new guy from vegas.
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 5:45 pm
by notoptoy
Welcome! Pictures are definitely needed. Any details on your stroker? How about some history on the car, why did it sit at your uncles so long?
Looking forward to your posts!
Re: new guy from vegas.
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 5:53 pm
by Aprntce
it was my uncles daily for about a year and a half and then he started to work on it and got sick. so it just sat and even when i lived with him i didnt know it was back there but i went back down there to see my family after he passed and he had left it to me to fix up as a vintige racer (his dream). and i just started the stroker im trying to figuer out what piston and rods to run and as terrible as this is to say im doing on a low budget.
Re: new guy from vegas.
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 5:57 pm
by notoptoy
Nothing terrible to doing low budget, the fact that you are doing it at all is good. You can pick up an R16 replacement pretty cheap and just run it while you build the stroker.
Re: new guy from vegas.
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 6:01 pm
by Aprntce
yea it was my daily for about a mounth and a half and i blew a so thats why my stroker project started so soon was because if i have to tear it down already might as well do some upgrades
Re: new guy from vegas.
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 6:09 pm
by Aprntce
head gasket..forgot a few words there
Re: new guy from vegas.
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 12:57 am
by zippy67roadster
Welcome fellow Vegas Roadster owner! It is nice to have another in our town.
Re: new guy from vegas.
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 1:12 am
by bikermike
Welcome!
Re: new guy from vegas.
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 7:55 pm
by Dave Can
Aprntce wrote:head gasket..forgot a few words there
yeah ... with that verb you really want to clarify things.
Welcome. Nice to hear you're saving her.
Re: new guy from vegas.
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:40 pm
by Chucks66
We better watch out he's 18 years old and one of those wirey guys that
Can probably beat us all up! Lol
Hey Christian good to see you on the forum.
Re: new guy from vegas.
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:43 pm
by Aprntce
Hahaha hey chuck hows it going
Re: new guy from vegas.
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:00 pm
by twistin
Sorry to read about your uncle, you guys sounded close (?). Nice of him to leave you the car, great way to carry on his memory.
If its just a head gasket why not repair just that before you start pulling it apart?
Cause I know that it may turn into a longer project than you can aford. (personal experiance).
Re: new guy from vegas.
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:19 pm
by Aprntce
That was going to be the original plan but school hasn't started yet and i have my buddy's jeep while hes deployed so o figured what better time ......and thanks i lived with for a while hes more a dad a role model then anything but i think this is the best gift he could have left ever