Dat Lurka Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 She made a 60 miles interstate trip back to home. L20b with a Z 5 speed. Was told engine was rebuilt 2 years ago. No receipts or books or anything. It looks and runs like a recently rebuilt engine. The cam and cam towers are clean as a whistle. No oil blowing out the exhaust. Carburetor functions as one should. She is mostly complete and original. A lot of options I've been wanting are on this truck. Sliding rear window, chrome rain guards, large door mirrors, possibly working A/C, Datsun mudflaps, and cool factory wheels. The A/C components are all there. The compressor turns easily and I was told the belt was removed because the condenser leaks. The Carrier bearing and housing are nonexistent. The passenger floorboard has also disappeared. Transmission feels dry and It pops out of 5th when accelerating. Driver door lower hinge needs to be welded. Hard to open it from the outside. I believe I can get everything taken care of within the month. Hopefully she will be with me for a long time. I'm a little emotional right now. ~ The Pics ~ Seats are comfortable and functional. Looking into reupholstering them. the rust must be killed but the patina is going to be maintained, Solid under the bedcover. Stereo and equalizer work fine and will probably stay right where they are. I'll probably hide a nice stereo with a card reader somewhere. It's got the jockey box. Vent pull is disconnected but doesn't appear to be broken. The mess was free. Factory mags? Nissan locking lugnuts Quick vid Quote Link to comment
uberkevin Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 Hell yeah man =) Sweet truck Quote Link to comment
Draynor Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 Sweet 620, Love this color! I believe those are 720 wheels (Don't quote me though) Quote Link to comment
Dat Lurka Posted February 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 Thanks, sweet it is. This is my temp sender.... It doesn't work.. Temporary floorboard. Someone please explain this to me. I heard it was part of the deluxe options. I guess to protect the paint from key scratches? Is it supposed to be textured that way? For finding the keyhole when you're drunk? I've had much much worse. Rear window screen. I'm going to put it up when I get the chance. All the goodies from behind the seat. Never seen a padded jockey box cover.. Quote Link to comment
Dat Lurka Posted February 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 Drove the truck for work today. Need a carrier bearing ASAP. Anyone know where the best deal on bearing and boot is? Trans feels like crap. Going to go out and see how many quarts of fluid it will take. Quote Link to comment
JoeCool Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 Not Bad, I like it. Looks like it mainly needs a good cleaning. And DAMN YOU and your A/C. I sweat my balls off driving mine in the summer! Quote Link to comment
Dat Lurka Posted February 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 Not Bad, I like it. Looks like it mainly needs a good cleaning. And DAMN YOU and your A/C. I sweat my balls off driving mine in the summer! The belt is off. It spins freely but I was told the condenser leaks. Quote Link to comment
The Taterhead Posted February 5, 2013 Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 Nice one. I like it. Is that a factory rear slider?(did they make them). Looks aftermarket with how far it sticks out past the seal. If I wasn't a broke ass your old one would be in my yard. Quote Link to comment
Dat Lurka Posted February 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 No I believe it's a dealer option like the EQ. All the other stuff is part of the Deluxe package. Quote Link to comment
Dat Lurka Posted February 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 Got the 5 speed in now I just gotta bolt it all together! Quote Link to comment
PtheDude Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 Nice Truck Lurker! She looks like "Blues" Wild & Crazy long lost twin sister. She just needs a few weeks of TLC to get back on her feet and she'll be rockin good as new! Blue sends her love! (And yes, Blue has always been the pretty one ;-) ) Quote Link to comment
Dat Lurka Posted February 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 I'm looking for blue 103 and I'm gonna have it painted. I'd just buff it out and kill the rust but it has clearcoat :rolleyes: Going blue with black pin striping and lots of chrome. I sprayed the grill silver. It looks good. Need to trim it in black take some pics. I'll get it chromed eventually. This truck is going to be low and pretty. With some modern amenities inside and out. Full flairs, lip, and visor. I'm leaving in the morning. Driving the truck to Florida. Hope everything goes well. I'll be making enough money there to get what I need done on the truck. Then I'm going to buy a sailboat big enough to live on and put a Datsun engine in it. At which point I'll disappear. Quote Link to comment
tepa510 Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 i like that center armrest Quote Link to comment
Dat Lurka Posted February 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 Me too, I haven't seen on like it. Still waiting for the chance to redo the padding and cloth. So I've been couchsurfing in Florida for a little over a week now. The datto has done me well. Had to replace the send line and filter at the tank. Speedometer cable died leaving Atlanta but it was already in bad shape. About to run out of money but have a few things to do this week. Keep it awesome Ratsun. Peace. Quote Link to comment
Dat Lurka Posted March 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2013 Update time! Been driving, working, and living out of my truck for a month and a half. Runs like a champ. Plenty of things to fix still. Haven't had the time or funds to do what I need to do but soon enough I will. I'm working full time plus side jobs. Florida is nice as ever. It's starting to warm up and I'll be fixing the A/C asap. I've had progressively worse valve noise. It seems to be coming from #2. I pulled the cover earlier and there was nothing out of the ordinary. The engine is ultra clean. Definitely trust the previous owner telling me he rebuilt it a couple years ago. Pics arent great but maybe you can see how clean it really is! Also, the cam has funky grind marks between the lobes. Compared to the 77' Sora has 215k+ miles. the speedo cable fried on me on the way down and I was told it was having intermittent problems before. I've driven at least 2k miles since I bought it and the oil is just now looking used. Pulled the spark plugs yesterday and they were all clean and matching. I'd like to get the rest of the truck in as good of shape ;) Quote Link to comment
Dat Lurka Posted March 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2013 the funky switch box on the side of my center console worked today, for a moment. I turned the truck off in the wendys parking lot and the red light lit up and it started beeping to inform me my headlights where on. Taking it off and cleaning up the connections is on the list. also scored some cool old foglamps to go with the dealer foglamp switch,. Quote Link to comment
Dat Lurka Posted April 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 Well Sora is completely destroyed. Here's a vid from before the accident. She was missing a bit on the way to her doom http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/datlurka/media/VID_20130402_155546_zps43bc6c55.mp4.html Quote Link to comment
herculesinwyoming Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 What happened to her? Quote Link to comment
herculesinwyoming Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 holy smokes. make me want to build a roll bar on mine Quote Link to comment
Dat Lurka Posted April 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 Ha tell me about it. The drivers side held solid. Otherwise I wouldn't be here..... Quote Link to comment
herculesinwyoming Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 Wow glad your ok. That photo is scary Quote Link to comment
Dat Lurka Posted April 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Wasn't my time to go man. A passenger would have been dead. Not wearing a seatbelt would have killed me. It was a wild fucking ride I hope to never experience again. It kinda freaked everyone out with all the squished strawberries all over the place. :rofl: The photo IS scary. Especially from that angle. Maybe that's why all the news places said I was in serious condition. I've been going around correcting any false claims against me. I wasn't drunk, wasn't speeding, I was blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night 1 Quote Link to comment
Justin Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Glad you are okay!!! Quote Link to comment
Farmer Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 thats crazy. glad your ok Quote Link to comment
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