The rusty panda

[Laecaon]

I cannot imagine studded tires in a Datsun... They already have so much road noise. Prepare.

[Converted_to_datsun]

Haha good point, but after all the work and mods I've done I don't have allot of road noise. Biggest thing I hear is intake and exhaust

I think all the por15 on the floors really helps quiet it down

[Laecaon]

Oh also, remember, studded tires decrease traction in the dry or wet. Only increase on ice.... Look for studless traction tires.

[Converted_to_datsun]

Good point, my main concern is the road I live on is really curvy and 45mph. Just not a great combo when it's 19 degrees on my drive to work lol

[Laecaon]

But is it 19 and wet or 19 and dry.

I personally will NEVER buy studded tires, for multiple reasons. The most important being, they almost never give better traction than a studless traction tire. Also, dont think because you have studded tires you automatically get better grip. Just drive defensively/slow.

[Converted_to_datsun]

I had studs for my celica, I could tell the difference in grip. They were heavy tho so I rarely used them. And defensively slow works in a car but this truck would rather be backwards lol my old Toyota started spinning circles down the road at barely 5mph. With most cars I wouldn't care as much but I wanna keep this truck out of the ditch

[Converted_to_datsun]

Well today I did allot of little things on the truck... My sterio went into security mode because a speaker wire got unplugged so I tore it apart and found the problem. Then I just kept going lol I permanently installed my vynle floors, then I fixed my clutch pin age that came apart, then I adjusted the latches on the doors so they would shut tighter. And then I really got carried away and fabricated a bracket and mounted the pull for my 240z choke cables, then shortened the cables to perfectly fit my su's. I did all this in the dark in 23 degree weather lol soo worth it

A snow pic for fun


Floors


Mostly finished interior


Choke pull mounted



Shortened cables

[Eagle_Adam]

Jelly of the green.......




And I feel your freezing pains


That's with the heater on

[Converted_to_datsun]

Thanks dude, the green makes me feel like a bad ass going down the road lol

Is that the heat in your garage? Lol dang that's cold. I've been workin outside but if I put I heater in the garage I can get it steaming hot

[uberkevin]

Your finder mirrors look great!



620s pull them off way better then 521s....


I've thought about getting some but.. nahh.

[Eagle_Adam]

Thanks dude, the green makes me feel like a bad ass going down the road lol

Is that the heat in your garage? Lol dang that's cold. I've been workin outside but if I put I heater in the garage I can get it steaming hot

Yup, that was as warm as I could get the garage with the door down... But I ended up picking up another space heater today so I was 40 today woot

[Converted_to_datsun]

Thanks dude, I actually wasn't sure what I thought of the mirrors till I painted the fenders. I'm glad I decided to use them tho, goes soo perfectly with my build lol

I feel your pain lol I almost got frost bite scraping my windows at 530am the other day haha

I picked up some stud less snow tires last night so I'm gonna mount them on some stock rusty steelies and rock them haha

[DRIVEN]

Then what happened?

[Converted_to_datsun]

Lol what happened then is got a new gf so the truck has just been driving. About to start more metal work on the bed tho

[Laecaon]

I have seen the truck twice this month...

[Converted_to_datsun]

So I'm back kinda, yet another new gf. This one drives the Datsun and works on trucks, basically my dream girl. So the truck has been getting more attention. I blew my old motor... Ate a rod bearing. So I called around and made some magic happen. Me and Jacob ended up swapping Jacobs L19 in last weekend! It rips pretty good, I'll figure out how to post pics soon.

[Converted_to_datsun]

Figured I'd add a link to my old Datsun thread so I can find it easy. I don't have this truck anymore tho
http://community.ratsun.net/topic/43725 ... -dd/page-7

[flatcat19]

I have your carburators. LOL.

[Converted_to_datsun]

Haha hope you put them to good use, I loved those carbs. I'm going to round up something for the a14 soon hopefully

[DRIVEN]

That A14 wants a rack of Mikunis.