New World Datsuns...

Canby shot

Sure wish we could have made it this year...

Next,I hope

still got that blue wagon? i asked about it years ago when it went up for sale

WOW, this is an awesome build, you have skills sir.

wayno wrote:WOW, this is an awesome build, you have skills sir.

Thanks.

I...... the ..... um...wagon. Just plain bad ass.
That starter wagon you began with.
I almost bought that. It haddnt ran in years, and I started it in dudes driveway after a quick carb flush.
Could get over the quarter panel.
He tried to sell me the jeep too lol.

izzo wrote:still got that blue wagon? i asked about it years ago when it went up for sale

No. I sold it to some tweakers in Vantucky that claimed it was being shipped to Hawaii. A year or two later I saw the wheels for sale and made contact with the seller. He said he bought it from the tweakers in non-running condition and cut it up. Shame, it was a driver when I sold it and there was quite a bit of potential. Under 100K miles on it too. I got it from a100addict and it was previously owned by Dave Bothwell. Actually, Bothwell had owned both my cars at some point.

RedBanner wrote:I...... the ..... um...wagon. Just plain bad ass.
That starter wagon you began with.
I almost bought that. It haddnt ran in years, and I started it in dudes driveway after a quick carb flush.
Could get over the quarter panel.
He tried to sell me the jeep too lol.

Before or after I had it?

Well I talked to some islander dudes. So probably after. I said 3 hundred and id drive it home. He said no.way, so I got it running anyways. The.quarter was scary to me.
It.was.at a manufactured house (doublewide).in vancouver... wanna.say.2-3 years ago

Those are similar to the wheels I got.

Not quite the same, though. Mine are appliance turbovec wheels.


My photobucket is over its limit... so those are an example. I have been working on cleaning them up. they still need a little more work.

Im happy with how clean they are now, though. Just can't afford to get tires on them yet need some soon! Waiting to put these on the b once I got tires.

RedBanner wrote:Well I talked to some islander dudes. So probably after. I said 3 hundred and id drive it home. He said no.way, so I got it running anyways. The.quarter was scary to me.
It.was.at a manufactured house (doublewide).in vancouver... wanna.say.2-3 years ago

Sounds like the guys I sold it to. I wanna say I sold it for $900 so they were definitely taking a loss. The quarter on it was scary for sure but I had a perfect replacement I got from Klotz and 5 complete doors that went with it too. It was complete but cosmetically needed everything. Still would have been a good starting point. When I had it for sale I got a call from the keeper saying he'd take it but couldn't make it up for a couple weeks. I didn't feel like holding it and sold it to the other guys a couple days later. At the time I was trying to stack some Christmas cash but now I wish I would have held it for James -- It'd probably be a nice car now. I was told the only reason it got parted out was an electrical problem. Too bad.

So cool.

Good to see someone thinking outside of the box on that swap.
Looked almost seamless going together.

Good work.

Just reread this build again. You snuck more goods in there
You made it look so easy, I realy like your build.
I wish some one would loan me some auto bons, those would be my dream wheel.

Thanks guys.

The shop I work for is a Napa installer. Next month they Napa reps) are renting Woodburn for a day and letting their shop account employees make some passes so I plan to go beat on my wagon a bit. Won't be making any special preparations and won't have the nitrous installed. I may find the time to do an oil change and check the transmission and rearend levels but that's it. I haven't a clue what it'll run. Anyone know what a stock KA'd 510 does in the 1/4?

Thats really awesome, They are renting the track!
Cant wait to see some pics,and time slips!

510freak wrote:Thats really awesome, They are renting the track!
Cant wait to see some pics,and time slips!

Track?


Strip.

flatcat19 wrote:

510freak wrote:Thats really awesome, They are renting the track!
Cant wait to see some pics,and time slips!

Track?


Strip.

Maybe it is dual purpose

which day are they doing? if its sunday...

Friday the 19th. Terry is going to close the shop for the day.

New gauges:

A couple shot from Napa race day. These were from my dad's phone in the stands so sorry about the quality.
I made 10 runs before lunch. After that they started eliminations and I worked my way up. I beat the Nova (he broke out).

I beat my boss in the Cobra (he broke out).

Then there were just 3 of us. I had a bye run.

Then I adjusted my dial in right before running the Mustang -- and promptly broke out. If I had left my old dial in I would have won. The Mustang and a '48ish Ford went to the finals where the Mustang red lighted.



Our service writer is a photographer and got a a press pass so he got a few pics from the wall. If I get some copies I'll post them too. All in all it was a fun day. 15 total passes and nothing broke but my POS shift knob. Hopefully they'll do it again next year.