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My 1973 Datsun 620 Build "Back Again"


mcordero8

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When I was growing up my Dad past his 1972.5 Datsun 620 work truck on to me. This was my first vehicle. This was back when mini trucks were very popular in the early 90's. I fixed it up got it painted and made it look really nice. One morning I woke up to glass in my parking lot and it was gone. My truck had been stolen. Now I was not well off I worked very hard to get that truck fixed up and when it was taken from me I thought about it every day. This year I decided to purchase another one and I just want to post some pictures of my project. I am currently working on fixing up my 1973 Datsun 620 Pickup. She wasn't in the best shape but she is now starting to look a lot better. Let me know what you think

 

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Thanks guys for all the positive feedback. My plans are to lower it just a little bit, paint it like a burgundy wine color like my old one and get the bed done with spray liner. I will post some pics of the progress. By the way I just scored some rims today on craigslist for $100 I think it was a good deal see the pics.%5BIMG%5Dhttp://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac161/mcordero620/20140204_203741_resized_zps02ee2a4d.jpg

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Okay so I have been out for a while, but I have been shopping and have scored some really cool parts for my 73 620. See pics

I bought a bezel on ebay wrapped it in vinyl carbon fiber. It came out okay

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Scored a chrome grill on ebay, when I received it looked a little rough but after a couple hours with the help of mothers polish and some elbow grease it came out nice.

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Cut the curve on my stick shift t make it shorter.

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I also purchased a set of BMW Hella Ellipsoids from our local pick n pull to put on my 620. I just wanted to get some direction on how to connect these. I spoke to someone that has a 1978 620 Deluxe KC and he said he just connected it directly and it worked fine, but I have been looking at some of the 510 builds and 521 build and they add relays and fuses. Can someone please let me know if I have to add the relays and fuses to put the ellipsoids on my 73 620 truck?

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Well it took me a long time, but I am finally finished putting Herculiner on the bed of my 620. I made sure I prepared it well before I started putting it on. Let me know what you think.
 
Before Picture

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I like the way it came out. I did a lot of prep work since it is a old truck, but over all it came out really nice. I looked at other roll on liners on the web and Herculiner seemed to be more the look I was going for. If you do decide to do it to your truck I recommend that you apply it early in the morning because it takes a long time to dry to apply the second cote. That's why my after picture is in the dark. Good Luck.

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Thanks, on the rust spots I took it down to the bare metal, and where the paint looked pretty good I scuffed it really good. Here is a picture that I took in the day. You can get a better idea of how it came out. Again I am pretty pleased, but the prep time was a pain.

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Thanks, on the rust spots I took it down to the bare metal, and where the paint looked pretty good I scuffed it really good. Here is a picture that I took in the day. You can get a better idea of how it came out. Again I am pretty pleased, but the prep time was a pain.

 

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It looks good.  How much texture is there?

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The texture is pretty thick. I bought my kit at O'reillys and on the box it has a sample of how the texture is. I would say that it is pretty close to the sample on the box. If you are planning on doing it make sure you go down to Home Depot or Lowes and get one of those paint mixers you attach to a drill gun, so that the paint gets mixed really good before starting. I did this every time I would add paint to my pan and I think the texture came out pretty consistent. Now I am going to start on the inside floor boards. I do not know what to expect. I will post some before and after pics. wish me luck.  

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