blackdeth666 Posted October 11, 2014 Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 Browsing the ol' craigslist can be dangerous sometimes.... Came up on this for $400, my girlfriend said she loved it, which was a green light in my head. It was justification on a sixth old car project to my agenda. I'm a little ADD I think... so I bought it on impulse, knowing the floors were rusty and it had been in a front end collision. But He said it ran! and had a spare fender and hood, so what the hell. Getting her on the trailer. I guess this was the only angle of the car that didn't look totally fucked and made me not ashamed of my purchase because its the only I have! Well after getting it home and unloaded, I realized the whole front nose was shoved over about 6". It was going to be more than just replacing the fender and hood. But on the plus side, I changed the fuel lines, threw a battery in it and she fired right up!! woohoo!So I took her for a spin, and it drove straight down the road no pulling or crab walking at all! I got lucky. I found a guy parting out 2 type 3's not far from me, so I showed up with the sawzall and got a new nose and some other odds and ends for $200. Half the price of the car! but I needed it and he had it so it was my only option at this point. I got to 'practice' on his car where to cut, so I had a good idea of where to cut mine. It went smooth, I got it on there and all mocked into place in about 3 hours! One thing I found I liked over Datsun is the fenders are a screw and clip type nut to fasten them vs. bolts. Removing the fenders from my 521 and extracting all the broken bolts took me days! This took 20 minutes. I was able to straighten out the pass side door and fender enough to get them to bolt up. For $125 les schwab powder coated the wheels, they look like new! and now for the last 2 months shes been living right here getting new floor pans welded in. Which they don't make, so I'm adapting karmann ghia pans to fit. If I could have a do-over I would have started with plain sheet metal, all the contours are wrong. But, Im pretty much finished with them at this point, I just need to seal and paint. In the meantime my lady and I re-foamed and re-covered the seats, they look new! I wish someone made kits like this for datsun:( To be continued....... On a side note, I've been driving my 521 and 620 daily so I'm not really cheating on datsun that bad. 2 Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted October 11, 2014 Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 Browsing the ol' craigslist can be dangerous sometimes.... Came up on this for $400, my girlfriend said she loved it, which was a green light in my head. It was justification on a sixth old car project to my agenda. I'm a little ADD I think... so I bought it on impulse, knowing the floors were rusty and it had been in a front end collision. But He said it ran! and had a spare fender and hood, so what the hell. Getting her on the trailer. I guess this was the only angle of the car that didn't look totally fucked and made me not ashamed of my purchase because its the only I have! Well after getting it home and unloaded, I realized the whole front nose was shoved over about 6". It was going to be more than just replacing the fender and hood. But on the plus side, I changed the fuel lines, threw a battery in it and she fired right up!! woohoo!So I took her for a spin, and it drove straight down the road no pulling or crab walking at all! I got lucky. I found a guy parting out 2 type 3's not far from me, so I showed up with the sawzall and got a new nose and some other odds and ends for $200. Half the price of the car! but I needed it and he had it so it was my only option at this point. I got to 'practice' on his car where to cut, so I had a good idea of where to cut mine. It went smooth, I got it on there and all mocked into place in about 3 hours! One thing I found I liked over Datsun is the fenders are a screw and clip type nut to fasten them vs. bolts. Removing the fenders from my 521 and extracting all the broken bolts took me days! This took 20 minutes. I was able to straighten out the pass side door and fender enough to get them to bolt up. For $125 les schwab powder coated the wheels, they look like new! and now for the last 2 months shes been living right here getting new floor pans welded in. Which they don't make, so I'm adapting karmann ghia pans to fit. If I could have a do-over I would have started with plain sheet metal, all the contours are wrong. But, Im pretty much finished with them at this point, I just need to seal and paint. In the meantime my lady and I re-foamed and re-covered the seats, they look new! I wish someone made kits like this for datsun:( To be continued....... On a side note, I've been driving my 521 and 620 daily so I'm not really cheating on datsun that bad. By the way this is a VolksWagen 411[AKA Variant]! Which is the only 411 listed in the Nissan dealer's maintenance software! Ask the owner of a "1967 Sentra" per the local dealer's maintenance records just how I know this bit of ephemera. Quote Link to comment
Laecaon Posted October 11, 2014 Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 I like to call them "Slant" backs, as fast is not a shape, like "square" or roughly "notch". Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted October 11, 2014 Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 Love it! I take it this more of a resto than a custom like the 521? Quote Link to comment
blackdeth666 Posted October 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 Yeah its def more of a resto, and despite its name it is not fast at all so maybe slant is more appropriate? When i got it, it had the stance of a boat. I re-indexed the front torsion bars (much like datsun but the bar runs perpendicular) 2 notches getting the nose just slightly lower than the rear, witch I just left alone. I think it sits pretty good now but we'll see when I get it all put back together. If I had it my way, it would be slammed and loud like my 521 :devil: but since my girlfriend will be driving it I have to keep it some what modest. 1 Quote Link to comment
monkbonk Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 Engine oics? I really like these Quote Link to comment
blackdeth666 Posted October 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 Monkbonk no oics at the moment but heres a video of the first time I fired her up http://vid1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb426/datrat666/70E5437C-0C2B-4E52-BCF8-64006EC86699.mp4 1 Quote Link to comment
Abe Froman Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 A little late on the floor pans but these guy's sell them, http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1203536 Quote Link to comment
blackdeth666 Posted October 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 My friend had this picture from the day we picked it up.... super BUSTED! AND!!! I finally got to drive it yesterday after working on it for almost 5 months. what a good feeling B)Out in front of the shop 2 Quote Link to comment
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