heretic Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Sorry for the late intro. I've been lurking here for a bit & have meant to start a build thread for awhile but I'm terrible with documenting progress. EDIT: I will do my best to try & keep this as chronological as possible. Long of the short is, I was quite excited when my son wanted to build a Datsun. My very first car was a B210 & I have a long love affair with them. His first "want" was a 510 but being that he needed a daily, it was out of his AND my price range. He quickly set his eyes on a 620 KC We watched & watched CL & finally one popped up. We struck a deal & off we drove. We brought it home & he immediately got to buffing out the abused paint. 8 Quote Link to comment
Eagle_Adam Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 holy shit!!!!!! that paint POPS!!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment
heretic Posted August 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 :) yeah I was SHOCKED it turned out as well as it did. Quote Link to comment
Eagle_Adam Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 but....... 1 Quote Link to comment
Eagle_Adam Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 this isnt the green one, so you had two you were holding out on?...... 1 Quote Link to comment
heretic Posted August 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 shamefully yes... I WILL get up to speed :) 1 Quote Link to comment
Eagle_Adam Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 :rofl: :thumbup: 1 Quote Link to comment
K_trip Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 - removed - 1 Quote Link to comment
heretic Posted August 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 THANKS K_trip.! Wanna know just how infected.? The other day he shows me a pick of a U620 & says "hey dad these are RAD, can we watch CL & find one.?" He definitely didn't fall far :) 2 Quote Link to comment
heretic Posted August 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 Turned the torsion bars down & put blocks in the rear. edit: fix broken pic links 3 Quote Link to comment
heretic Posted August 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 Ripped out the non factory bench seat & put in leather Jaguar seats we scored on the cheap. I've been teaching my son to weld so I made the drivers side & he made the passenger. 3 Quote Link to comment
heretic Posted August 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 I had forgotten just how harsh these trucks ride with turned down bars. So we ordered up parts & started the hunt for dropped spindles & the other goodies for a V6 D21 brake swap 2 Quote Link to comment
heretic Posted August 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 I actually eneded up finding brand new Belltech dropped spindles on CL for about 1/2 the cost of new. Dude bought them for his D21 & ended up bagging his truck & decided not to use them. So over to my buddies shop & up she goes & off with the front suspension & steering. & a "few" hours later, down came the lift . 2 Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 Great looking truck, way to train the youth properly. :D 1 Quote Link to comment
Eric Garside Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 Sex!! I am definitely following this one, keep up the good work!! 1 Quote Link to comment
heretic Posted August 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 thanks guys much appreciated. My son has had his hands on every aspect of this "build" & I'm quite proud of his effort AND patience with me :) I tend to forget that he doesn't know why I'm doing something a particular way, mechanically speaking & sometimes I need to do a bit more explaining..... I'm learning. 4 Quote Link to comment
heretic Posted August 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 So with the new steering, bushings, ball joints & dropped spindles on went these beauties.... machined D21 V6 hubs, rotors & calipers at this point I need to give big thanks to ]2eDeYe and yello620 for answering all my questions..... I tend to over think shit :blush: 2 Quote Link to comment
heretic Posted August 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 OH YEAH and to make sure it stays where its parked ..... 1 Quote Link to comment
heretic Posted August 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 and then........... he blew a head gasket 1 Quote Link to comment
Eagle_Adam Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 seems like we have all been there.... 3 Quote Link to comment
heretic Posted August 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 which then meant it was the perfect time for a new exhaust....... I joke I joke, I kid I kid nothing "fancy" .... 2" exhaust & turbo muffler 2 Quote Link to comment
heretic Posted August 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 INDEED Adam.!!! seems like we have all been there.... 1 Quote Link to comment
heretic Posted August 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 she's looking, driving & riding pretty good.......... if I do say so myself :thumbup: doing what trucks are meant to do edit: fix broken pics 3 Quote Link to comment
Eagle_Adam Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 theres the green one!!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment
heretic Posted August 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 Time for an alternator upgrade .... Junkyard 95amp Saturn SL1 alternator. Took it to the parts house & had them run a test on it. Checked out good. We pulled the fan/pully off an old Chevy alt I had laying around. and plenty of room for the nut. 1 Quote Link to comment
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