New World Datsuns...

Nice. Never seen those before.

Thanks guys. Kind of a no brainer on this one.. especially since the old buckets were rotten. Somehow, the ones across the pond are in way cleaner, rust free shape. Lucky me

Those add some character.. well done Micro !

Thanks bro

Got a text from micro yesterday. All I can say is good luck man, I hope to see you back in same condition you left in

uh wat?

He'll get it. He is going camping with his GF and her family

I survived. Despite a few black eyes and a concussion, we did alright.

Sounds very different from my camping, yet EXACTLY the same.

Shame on me. I've neglected updating my thread over here as well as the other place.

Was going through some recent pics today and found this one; not really an update, but a recent pic.



Oh ok, fine. Here's something a little more "Project Thread" worthy..





Mad props to jesusno2 on flipping this crossmember for me. Sexy welds along with some gussets he threw on for extra stability. You're the man!

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Decided that the factory coin tray was cool and all, but I wanted something more than the hum of the L18 to listen to(not that there's anything wrong with that). There's nothing sexier than a stock looking interior, so I opted to keep it factory in appearance.




The guts of the factory 610 AM radio(in case you were curious). A bit different then that of the 510, so I needed to reinvent the wheel that was provided in the "How To" section on modifying a factory 510 radio for MP3 use(http://community.ratsun.net/topic/55621 ... aux-input/)




In the 510's radio, the wires you're looking for are the Blue, Red, Yellow, and Brown coming off the volume/tone potentiometers. In the 610 radio, there are Green, Yellow, and Black wires, with different style potentiometers, so I had to do a little more testing and trial before I got it right.

Seen here is the cluster of wires in the 610 radio that come off of the volume/tone potentiometer.


Just like the Red wire on the 510 radio, you're going to want to "T" into the Green wire on the 610 radio. They are polarity sensitive, so be sure that you run the Black wire that goes to your shunt to the potentiometer side of the circuit. The Red wire to the shunt ties into the other end.



Be sure to solder and shrink wrap your connections.



Pic of the shunt.



I like to have too much wire rather than too little, so I routed the excess neatly in the casing.



Ran the wires out of the case through a small hole that wouldn't pinch the wires..


All that was left was finding a ground and installing.



I'm satisfied with the finished product.

Looks like I may be able to get away with this combination..



240sx isolators and later style(74+) 610 lower mounts..

They put my pan about here..

Nice mod on the radio Micro

MicroMachinery wrote:Shame on me. I've neglected updating my thread over here as well as the other place.

Was going through some recent pics today and found this one; not really an update, but a recent pic.



Oh ok, fine. Here's something a little more "Project Thread" worthy..





Mad props to jesusno2 on flipping this crossmember for me. Sexy welds along with some gussets he threw on for extra stability. You're the man!

The cross member look well built!

510freak wrote:
Nice mod on the radio Micro

Thanks man, I'm really happy with it. And nobody's gonna break my window to try and steal it, either

MicroMachinery wrote:

510freak wrote:
Nice mod on the radio Micro

Thanks man, I'm really happy with it. And nobody's gonna break my window to try and steal it, either

Keeps the nice clean look to the dash,And for sure they wont winning

510freak wrote:

MicroMachinery wrote:



Mad props to jesusno2 on flipping this crossmember for me. Sexy welds along with some gussets he threw on for extra stability. You're the man!

The cross member look well built!

Yeah, Luke really knows his stuff. I wasn't so hot on the idea of cutting up a 610 crossmember, but haven't a couple lying around made this seem like the easier route to go down.

510freak wrote:

MicroMachinery wrote:

510freak wrote:
Nice mod on the radio Micro

Thanks man, I'm really happy with it. And nobody's gonna break my window to try and steal it, either

Keeps the nice clean look to the dash,And for sure they wont winning

I agree, the factory look is so.. right.

MicroMachinery wrote: Keeps the nice clean look to the dash,And for sure they wont winning

I agree, the factory look is so.. right. [/quote]

Sure does