The forgotten Beige 69 510 build - NWD edition

[izzo]

a lot of them do that, maybe go up one number on the jet? I can't remember what the fix was for that

[draker]

Bought some new tools.

[izzo]

Yeah... If you could just go ahead and spray the 720, that'd be great. haha. kinda serious

[draker]

About to install a new gas tank. The old one is dirty...

[izzo]

hey i wanted to ask you. did you ever smell gas fom the 720? like around the gas tank area?

[draker]

hey i wanted to ask you. did you ever smell gas fom the 720? like around the gas tank area?

Naw, never did.

[izzo]

Okies. Your car is coming along nice man. Digging it. Keep up the work and updates lol. I don't have a car project right now so everyone else's projects is all I got lolol

[draker]

Sometime no projects are the best project.

[draker]

Grammar are not my best

[draker]

Just called the PO of this car.. I just wanted to BS with him and tell him I finally drove it around a bit.

Unfortunately he passed away. I talked to his wife of 51 years for a while on the phone for a bit. She was still pretty upset. I gave her my condolences.

Chuck was a true Datsun nut. He sold me two of his 510's.. and he still had 3 more. He has been in the game since the beginning and really loved his cars. I BS'd with him for hours every time I would stop by just talking Datsuns and listening to his stories.

He had been battling health issues since I started talking to him, but he seemed like he was on the mend. Sad day.. RIP Chuck!

[510freak]

RIP Chuck

[devilsbullet]

No bueno man

[DRIVEN]

Sad news.

[draker]

New tank installed:

[draker]

It's nice and clean on the inside. No rust at all. As soon as this bare metal is covered up.. this mofo is gonna be on the road regularly. Maybe not DD as it's my 4th car.

[DRIVEN]

Backup for your backup's backup.

[draker]

Before:


After:



Dogleg had some dents where the back is not accessible. I tried to pull the dent with a stud welder. didn't work.. So I just pooled up some welds and ground it down. Picture doesn't do it justice.


A little rot that needs addressed.


Welded it up

[izzo]

Damn dude rust right there sucks ass

[draker]

Spray booth:




Sprayed zero rust:

[draker]

I put it on a little thick. No real orange peal, but it takes days(or weeks) to dry and harden enough to sand. Not a big deal for me.. I'll leave it like this until after Canby. Then I'll scuff sand it and apply filler and high build primer.