datsunfreak Posted February 12, 2012 Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 Been working on this for a few weeks, and several people asked me about it, so here's some oics... :cool: '72 1200 dash frame, no foam pad, no serious mods to frame, replaced face with flat steel, drilled holes for Auto Meter gauges, painted it satin black, and popped it in. Had to drill two new holes in the top (to line up with the B210 top mounts), side bolts lined up fairly well, trimmed it a tiny bit around the column, not much else to tell. Looks more racing than the B210 "Starship Enterprise" dash. Not pretty, but very functional. Shaved about 8 pounds (and 25 wires) from the car too. :cool: Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted February 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 And hopefully in a few months, we'll show you how to put a 1200 dash into a B310. :cool: Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted February 12, 2012 Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 Gotta love the classic round gauge look! Quote Link to comment
metalmonkey47 Posted February 12, 2012 Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 Nice! IMO, it's very pretty Quote Link to comment
josh_t Posted February 12, 2012 Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 Nice! IMO, it's very pretty looks familiar, eh? lolz Quote Link to comment
king bee66 Posted February 12, 2012 Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 Looks more racing than the B210 "Starship Enterprise" dash. beem me up scotty 1 Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted February 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 I actually kinda dig that... :P Quote Link to comment
king bee66 Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 its pretty nice, i think i would be lost without my "floor temp" light though Quote Link to comment
josh_t Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 its pretty nice, i think i would be lost without my "floor temp" light though what would you do if that came on, anyway? pull over and wait till your floor cooled off? lol Quote Link to comment
king bee66 Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 "im going to be late to work today, my cars floor is too warm" Quote Link to comment
josh_t Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 "im going to be late to work today, my cars floor is too warm" that probably wouldnt go over too well. lol. even if you are in an emissions county/state, you can just delete the cat and no more hot feet., since in GA (i'm assuming other places are similar) the cutoff date is 25 years before the current year. so here it's 87. i'm grandfathered in by 11 years. i can do whatever i feel like doing with my emissions system. Quote Link to comment
littlejason Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 yeah but put your seat belts on!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
josh_t Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 yeah but put your seat belts on!!!!!!! if that bugs you, its a really easy fix. you can unhook the plug at the seatbelt and disable the whole system, or if the buzzer annoys the crap out of you but you still would like the light to remind you, then just unplug the buzzer. its really easy. if you can pop the whole bezel out that has the egr and seat belt lights, you can probably fit your hand in there to unplug one of the wires going to the buzzer. Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 What? What's that got to do with the floor temp warning lamp? Quote Link to comment
josh_t Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 What? What's that got to do with the floor temp warning lamp? his reply or mine? haha Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 The bare dash frame looks much better in black than I would have thought. It looks race-style Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted February 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 i can do whatever i feel like doing with my emissions system. Yes you can. But that don't make it "legal". ;) Just an FYI... Quote Link to comment
josh_t Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 Yes you can. But that don't make it "legal". ;) Just an FYI... oh i know. lol. but it doesnt smoke or have a strong smelling exhaust and its pretty quiet, so i'm probably not going to get in any kind of trouble with it. Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted February 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 One of the many reasons I'm glad my B210 is a '75 and doesn't have a cat... :P Tim's B210 (pictured above) is a '77 and does have a cat. Or rather, did. :cool: Quote Link to comment
josh_t Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 One of the many reasons I'm glad my B210 is a '75 and doesn't have a cat... :P Tim's B210 (pictured above) is a '77 and does have a cat. Or rather, did. :cool: i guess 75 was probably the best year. less emissions junk and it still is late enough to have the a14 Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted February 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 i guess 75 was probably the best year. less emissions junk and it still is late enough to have the a14 Exactly why I sought out a '75. :cool: For many reasons, the "best" year to get. 1 Quote Link to comment
josh_t Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 Exactly why I sought out a '75. :cool: For many reasons, the "best" year to get. mine was emissions free when i got it so there wasnt anything to worry about. Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted February 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 mine was emissions free when i got it so there wasnt anything to worry about. It's not emissions, or having a cat I'm worried about. It's that the later year cars that came with cats have a giant hump in the floor just above the cat. The early non-cat cars don't have the hump. When you're 6'3", finding seats that are comfortable and will clear that hump is difficult to say the least... ;) And the early cars having less emissions crap to take off is a nice bonus. Quote Link to comment
josh_t Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 It's not emissions, or having a cat I'm worried about. It's that the later year cars that came with cats have a giant hump in the floor just above the cat. The early non-cat cars don't have the hump. When you're 6'3", finding seats that are comfortable and will clear that hump is difficult to say the least... ;) And the early cars having less emissions crap to take off is a nice bonus. oh ok. lol. i'm 5'8" so thats not even close to an issue Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted February 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 oh ok. lol. i'm 5'8" so thats not even close to an issue You're lucky. There's a ton of cars I want to own but just don't fit in... :P Quote Link to comment
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