Rally Bluebird

[mklotz70]

Great build! Hopefully, now that I've posted, I'll get notified of updates

[K_trip]

^ it's great to see you here Mike!

I sure can't complain, but work hours have been getting in the way of me working on my Datsun. Plus I got side tracked a little ... I found out that Mike is going to do another batch of Z'd lower control arms for king pin trucks again. His stuff is awesome, I have a few of his goodies on my 620. When I found out he was doing up another batch of LCA's - I dug up an extra set I had stashed for my 620, just for this purpose. I cleaned them up and bead blasted them, then shipped them to Mike.

Now I'm in the queue for a nice 2" drop on the front of my truck with this upgrade. I have a set of 720 4x4 rear springs that I scored a while back too. So even though work has taken a big chunk of time these days, I managed to get parts lined up for future projects. I won't lower my truck until I get this Bluebird back on the road - first things first!

[izzo]

Mike! Haha.

I was just watching your valves video yesterday on youtube

[mklotz70]

Thanks guys!

izzo....that's funny.....I was too. Someone posted a question about it so I ended up watching it again to understand what they were asking. LOL

[Charlie69]

Doing a great job on the repairs Looks like you missed driving it so you tossed a little dirt> LOL

[K_trip]

I had a day off last Friday - with a break before the rains - so I checked out the wheels I picked up. I drove to the gas station, and the hardware store, while I had it out. This thing is a blast to drive, and it cracks everyone up with how small it it. It runs great, it just looks like a wreck ... but I'm working on it.







The front wheel sticks out about a half inch beyond the fender ... I'm not sure that will work.





The rear wheels are inside the wheel well by about a half inch, so that looks like it will fit.





I really like the vintage look these wheels have, now I just have to figure out how to make them work.



I still haven't swapped the radiator core support, that's the next big step to finishing this up. The drivers side is a little high in the front, I guess I got carried away pulling on it. You can see more gap between the bottom of the fender and the door, dead give away that things aren't lining up well. I want to knock that into place with the old core support before I cut it out. This was a good time to put the body back together and criticize my work so far ... much better to find problems now then after paint!

[Taterhead]

Sorry K-Trip, my sausage fingers gave you a thumbs down instead of the intended thumbs up.

"Looks like a wreck" my ass, it looks damn good to me. Those wheels are gonna look killer on there.

[510freak]

Looking good K_Trip!

James, reset that for you

[Taterhead]

Thank ye sir.

[K_trip]

I told myself I wasn't going to drive it much before getting painted, and I just keep telling myself that (over and over).



Since it was my turn to help with the epic Datsun journey, I felt that was good reason to take it out again!



Check it out -> http://nwdatsuns.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=1023

[510freak]

We are glad you did take her out K_trip!
Looks great man

[K_trip]

I still haven't torn it down to swap the core support, not much has changed.



I just wanted to post a group shot of my Datsun fleet at the start of summer 2015

510 -> http://nwdatsuns.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1232
620 -> http://nwdatsuns.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=810