New World Datsuns...

yeessss!!! I could have it open hydraulically and ill have a switch in the cab so i can just block off roads by sliding the drawer out and have a mobile toll booth!!

a bunch of random stuff has happend in the many many months that ive been ignoring this thread. at some point over the summer I was going to try to make my own 3 piece fibreglass spoiler, It didn't end up going anywhere but hopefully ill pick that back up at some point http://i785.photobucket.com/al...

yep, back of the bed will be coming down asap, it should be a super easy fix. tho I'm still trying to figure out what we measured wrong, initially we were worried we measured it too short lol. No you aren't supposed to see that much frame, but 3 things in that picture make it look aweful. 1 the bed ...

aaaaand it finally drives!! I ended up just replacing the clutch, and im glad i did, when i pulled it out it was so rusty that i had to hit the clutch plate a couple times before it detached from the spring plate. so it shifts great now, no grinding or anything. I more or less finished attaching the...

agreed! i really want to see where this thing is going!

ok, if you couldnt gusess, school happened, thats why i havnt been posting. aaaaaaaand the truck isnt here with me =( Jake came over and got it all wired up and running, filled the trans with some gl-3 (i thought they were gl-4 safe, but i guess not) got the clutch all put together, and it wont shif...

so.... its raining.... its a little hard to weld in the rian, so im trying get as much other stuff done as I can. as far as i can tell wiring should be exactly the same as the l 16 since im just re-using the alternator and starter. tho the one difference is the ignition, the Z24 is twin spark. has a...

yah the wheel is turned a bit in that picture, and the fact that the valance isnt on completely changes the way the wheel-well looks, if i remember correctly the cab is actually half an inch back in relation to the center of the front wheel. The box is going to be extended 10.7" and that measurement...

and yah, rustoleum, its a little bit lighter than the typical rustoleum blue. its lighter than laguna seca blue but its still really vibrant. i like it but i need to get around to polishing it or something because it looks terrible in person.

@ izzo, z force productions im assuming?

windshield is in, http://i785.photobucket.com/albums/yy138/askoregonlibrarys/IMGP2588_zpsb8ff6ca0.jpg i got the gasket from vintagerubber.com, and jake found me a windshield at the pick-n-pull a while back. its a pretty decent piece of glass, only a little bit of de-laminating around the edges, but ...

btw the black around the gas tank is from where i had to remove a couple little rust bubbles. im getting pretty antsy to get all the rear suspension apart and do some rust repair back there. hopefully that will be a spring break project if not sooner =)

yah... ive been kinda ignoreing this thing for a while.... its been my daily while ive been working on the 521 all summer. but i did take some time off from the truck to do a little painting, just for funsies. http://i785.photobucket.com/albums/yy138/askoregonlibrarys/10661252_321419034705513_185874...

ill still have it, but ill probably just pay someone to work on it for me lol

mounts are on. I had to trim them a bit to line up with the hole. http://i785.photobucket.com/albums/yy138/askoregonlibrarys/IMGP2577_zps016b2ecf.jpg but they're all in. http://i785.photobucket.com/albums/yy138/askoregonlibrarys/IMGP2573_zps5393b9b1.jpg it has a rubber disc above the puck, i was thi...

supposedly it was a poem about a owl and a cat that had a boat. Some day 20 years from now someone is going to re-do the interior, id love to see their face when they pull down the headliner.

More stuff: so with the engine bolted down tight to the bell housing, this is what my mounts looked like. Passnger side: http://i785.photobucket.com/albums/yy138/askoregonlibrarys/IMGP2554_zps3adb0613.jpg about an inch difference, luckily theirs plenty of room to work with on the engine side of the ...

love the look of it lifted!! but yah i can see how a small diesel wouldnt be quite enough. those are the exact wheels im looking for too! trans is bolted tight to the engine now, so it looks like about 1" forward. and yah the cab might move forward a tiny bit, but as it is, my 510 radiator that ive ...

last coupele times i tried to post an update either the computer crashed or photobucket wasn't working. so lots of stuff has happened, the driveshaft got shortened and welded the transmission installed and everything on the frame was put back together and bolted down, the paint got.... applied its n...

cool, yah im planning to knock out the stock master studs too. but i ended up shaving a bit of the weld around the pedistle instead of shaving the side of the clutch master. I didnt cut all the way through so there's still pleanty of strengh around the tube. And if i ever need to replace the clutch ...