Rusty panda 620 DD

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So i got my 79 long bed 620 a couple months ago. I drive it 40 miles a day for work so progress is going to be really slow. But since i got it here's a list of what i've done. Cut off cat and put resonator on, replaced alt, starter, radiator, water pump and fan clutch, coil with a super stock coil. cap rotor wires and plugs, and rebuilt the carb. I'm sure there's more but i can't remember.

 

Next on my list is finish deliteing smog crap... or a 5 speed... or body and paint... or who knows.

 

Bascally i do stuff as it becomes nessisary or i just feel like it. Some of you have prolly seen it already but I thought I'd start a project thread.

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Just moved the cd player up to the dash and put a cb radio in the consol cause i like it and it makes me laugh. still need to wire it and mount the antena tho

 

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Might look for a new bed cause one of the previous owners welded it shut and i'd like to actually use it as a truck

[benny620]

just line it with plastic and use it as a spa :) nice truck.

love me a longbed.

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Haha might do that when it gets hot out

[Farmer]

That speaker location is awesome . Never seen that before.

 

[Z chopper]

I was kinda wondering about the speaker set up myself

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Thanks dude. Yea I like the speaker location allot it's screwed in where the sun visors usually are and the rear view mirror. I'm not sure if it's a one of a kind or something people could buy. Not having sun visors is kinda weird but I'm just tall enough that I can avoid the sun anyway.

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Well I found out how hard it is to jack up a lowered truck with a flat.... I had a blowout and left my spare at home. I had to use 2 jacks to get the jack in the right place to take the front tire off. I cannot immagine how hard it would be if it was lower

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Got a couple things done on the truck today. Fixed the windshield spray nozzles and my exhaust leak. The pipe got pulled apart last week when a traffic cone caught the pipe.... It was in the middle of the road flattened And I put it down the center but I was too low and caught it haha. Then I messed with some wires and found a mess behind the fuse box.... Someone wired in the headlight switch in the scariest way possible. It's all melted and wrapped in electrical tape.... Gotta find the right one before I can drive at night again

[Willdatsun]

Love the truck, not seen it before. I prefer the longbeds, they can carry shitloads. I hate it when people weld the tailgates shut! I am trying to buy a 620 and I've seen a couple like that.

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Thanks the pics make it look nicer than it really is. You're in the uk? I've heard how hard it is to find old datsuns there. Hope you find a good one soon

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Changed out the coaster valve on my stock carb and it made a huge difference.

[Willdatsun]

Yeah many models are getting near extinct, there are only a couple of 620s left. Hopefully there will be 3 or 4 more soon :) Theres around six 510s in the whole of the UK, and they don't venture out often due to the amount of rainy days we get here!

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Wow that's hard to immagine. In my home town I knOw of at least 6 or 7 620's and I see at least 1 new one a week on my drive to work

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Small update: packed my wheel bearings and doing temporary repairs to fix rust.... Battery completely collapsed the inner fender so temporary metal to hold it off the front tire haha and just today I let my dog out and looked over at my truck and as I was looking all the sudden a little smoke started comming out from under the hood then allot of smoke. I ran over and popped the hood and found a wire to one of my horns burning away and pulled it off then no more smoke... The coating rubbed off and shorted in the horn bracket right as I was watching.... I guess it's a true ratsun haha

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My fender below the battery.... kinda fell through

 

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After some temporary repair till i can get some real sheet metal..... you do what you gotta do when it's your daily driver haha

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Broke down yesterday and had to ride a tow truck home. From talkin to the guys in the 620 thread I think it's the rear end. But my wife says I need a different daily driver and my 620 will become just a project. So tomorrow after work I'm going to pick up a 90's toyota 4x4. Or a 83 Toyota 4x4. I always was a Toyota guy before I got my Datsun so I guess it'll be cool but there's something about driving a Datsun that just feels right. Well at least I can make more progress since I don't have to daily my 620 anymore

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Well no Progress on my 620 yet... I got a 1998 Mazda b4000 as my daily driver then got layed off found a new job and moved twice. Now back to the normal swing of things and prolly fixin the 620 next weekend. But I make less money now so no funds to keep going with the Datsun so prolly going on cl after I get it back on the road... Sad but maybe someday when I have more money I'll buy a nicer 620 kc and be back to datsuns... For now my Mazda is nice and gets me where I need to go

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Change of plans once again... 620 is going to be my daily driver again because my wife's subaru got totaled a few weeks ago and we need 2 running cars. so in the morning I'm picking up a new dif and putting it all back together. And while I'm motivated I'm gonna sand down the front fenders and spray some white primer on them so the at least kinda match for now.... and all the surface rust is getting sanded down and primed as well. it'll look great as long as you see it from a distance haha I'll put up a couple oic's when there's something to see