The never ending Project(s)

[DRIVEN]

'66 El Camino in the garage.

[Ni10]

looks like a 67 Ford Ranchero from the looks of the left tail light lens.

[DRIVEN]

You might be right. I just zoomed it a bit. More of a Ford color anyway. Pretty cool.

[Taterhead]

Says Ford on tailgate.


Loos like alot of fun Tim. Getting my Polaris back in good working order is on the list (very long list) of stuff I wanna get done. I miss riding. Kinda quit since having my son. I'm too dangerous on it to leave him with a maimed dad.

[izzo]

I'll just leave these here.

Came with an electronic dizzy installed, tons and tons of random spare parts, 4 speed, came with an extra rebuilt 4 speed, spare rims. The car is clean, super clean. No rust anywhere. Only a small ding or two, original paint. all the interior is there, even the hard to find hatch arear plastics and spare tire cover.. Like I've only seen a few other b210 coups in this good of shape. It's CLEAN. runs tits. Needs a few things

Got it yesterday... The pedal went to the floor unless you pumped it up, and the E-brake didn't work. Just as I suspected, the rear brakes were just out of adjustment. Adjusted them today. Pedal is back at the top and good to go.

It needs inner and outer tie rods something fierce. It's a little sketchy driving it, but those will be replaced this week. The steering clunks when you turn it cuz the inners are pretty worn out.

The valve cover is the wrong one or bent or something, if I tighten it down all the way i can hear the valve train touching it. So it's slightly loose. leaks a little oil because of that. I have 3 other valve covers, I will try and make one work once I figure out what's going on. But it runs tits, so I don't think anything is out of adjustment.

I'll go over the rest later. Thing is so damn clean! NO RUST!!!! I spent a few hours cleaning it up earlier... I have more to go vacuum wise. Fucking pine needles man, and the kid never vacuumed it. Damn it, shits ground in. Got a good part of it, still a ways to go. Also cleaned all of the interior with Mothers Protectant on the door cards, dash, interior pieces... I scrubbed the back carpet with de-greaser.

Here's some pics... more info and shit coming soon.

I need...
Inner/outer tie rods, maybe drag link. I might need a steering box too, but it seems fine
Radio
umm.... That's it, everything works haha. I need to fine tune some stuff.
Figure out the valve cover issue
Paint is in good shape however needs buffed, its oxidized.


blah blah pics...

[DRIVEN]

Looks pretty unmolested...for now .

[Taterhead]

Ooh yeah, me likey. I may be wrong but that looks like the correct valve cover to me.

[K_trip]

It's CLEAN. runs tits.

SCORE

This should fun a fun car, congrats a such a nice find.

[izzo]

Yeah, it looks like the right one. but the its ticking under when I tighten it down. IDK if something is bent or what, or if there is a difference between A12/14/15? Just not sure.

It is unmolested for now... Tie rod ends up next, then will start looking for other goodies. Wheels are a must, valve cover needs addressed asap. Then it will be getting some tunes. Won't be cutting or drilling for stereo or speakers. Will have to come up with something. Want to try and keep it stock as possible, with tasteful mods.... IE, wheels/tire combo, slight lowering, tinted windows. Gonna get rid of the cat/muffler and put another 14" resonator in it like my old b210 had. Going to remove the bumper to car spacers, drill out the bumper shock deals and shove it in to tuck in the bumpers a bit.



Also, the previous owner ordered all 4 tie rods. He said they wouldn't thread onto the adjusting sleeve. I double checked the part numbers, they are all correct. I will go out and see what's going on here soon. I don't see how all 4 could be wrong/miss packaged. SHouldn't have to order a new sleeve to install these, they should be the same thread and pitch as stock.


Second edit.... I just remembered I still have those TC rods i bought from you driven... Those gonna be getting installed, too.

[DRIVEN]

He probably couldn't tell the difference between left and right hand thread.

[izzo]

So. It turns out mevotech, the brand of tie rods he bought is the issue. They have the wrong threads. I asked around on Facebook. Everyone else who has bought mevotech has had issues. Tie rods. Ball joints being wrong etc. So..... order placed. New moog tiebrods, all 4, moog adjusting sleeves, and a center link should be here by Wednesday next week. I'll install them and then align it at work. After that all I will need is some different wheels and tires. My wife lost her job. Hopefully she finds something soon. Things are getting real tight here. I have some pics to upload. I'll post them soon as they are done uploading


First stage, cutting. After it's 100% done and not a spot missed (Using meguairs ultimate cutting compound). Then I will use Meguairs polishing compound, then Meguairs paste. The paste was 30 dollars, but it's supposed to be the shit. Lot of work ahead of me lol..


Pics, out of order. But you can see, it's gonna shine up REAL nice! So far I've only done half the hood and the driver fender.

[DRIVEN]

Damn. Shiny.

[Ni10]

want to purchase some wheels and tires that will look good on your Datsun ?





actually, I sold them yesterday.


datsun looks good.

[DRIVEN]

Honeycomb hubcaps and a 3" drop would look good.

[izzo]

want to purchase some wheels and tires that will look good on your Datsun ?





actually, I sold them yesterday.


datsun looks good.

Damn!!! i was going to ask if you had them still

I'm not a fan of the honey comb hubs. Tho it may look ok with a 3 inch drop.. last set I saw on facebook for sale they were asking 300 bucks and they weren't even perfect.

[izzo]

Having a hard time deciding what color to paint the grille. Banner said it was like a graphite grey originally. I am thinking painting it gunmetal or graphite, but really leaking towards black. Like a matte black, or glossy black.. Opinions?

[DRIVEN]

NOT gloss black.

[K_trip]

Opinions?

I also like the darker look, but I'm with DRIVEN - stay away from gloss black on that - go with matte black!

[Indy510]

Not Gloss, not flat .. hell not even black ..... try to make it look like a NOS original grill, with the right color dark gray.

This one looked okay with semi-gloss black:

[izzo]

Hmmm. I think black would go good with the butterscotch. Maybe matte black, but graphite grey or gunmetal might look good also. hard call