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So last tuesday i took a drive up north to Lanthrop  to p/u a 2door from Mr. DATSLOCO himself.  no motor no trans so it was a perfect candidate for a KA swap. the body was pretty solid, it had some dings but what datsun doesn't? the roof looks like oatmeal in one corner, no cancer all in all i'm happy.

 

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let the fun begin.

 

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...but first

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after some spray i got down to business.

 

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haven't even started doing real work and i'm already bleeding

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suspension's out

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X member is out

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took all the steering apart shortly after this oic

 

ready to be flipped

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pile of part i need to take to work to clean and blast.

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nasty seats out

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i think i can get this reupholstered 

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trash

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thus concludes my morning 

 

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Love the green.

really?  i'm not to fond of it.  luckily that's what spray cans are for. 

 

Great 510 find. Looking forward to following the build.

 

You might want to hang onto the rear seat for the frame. It can be fixed and recovered. They will be hard to find soon.

i'm not putting a back seat back in it.  i also don't have space to hold on to it. (just in case)  i understand more and more parts are getting harder to find for these beauties but, at the same time, people are coming up solutions for these problems that work and look great.

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battery tray is gone

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dash is out.  i still need to blow out some leaves and dirt that was hiding behind there.  going to do an led upgrade since it's out.

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still need to weld up some holes, sand, and spray.  suspension parts should be here next week so i can roll it outside and start on that.

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fronts off.  going to cut some out to make room for the IC.  then paint it black for a more stealthy look.

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filled and smooth, or as smooth as i need it.  it's not going to be a show piece.

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put the LCA together.  i was going to put them on tonight but, somehow i ordered all the bushings for the front except the ones for the tension ctrl rods :/

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bay painted

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front painted

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sprayed some undercoating on both sides

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also..

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time to rebuild these nasty things

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blasted

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painted up the caliper pieces and dust covers.  going to put everything back together tomo 

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steering box brace went on

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pizza cutters came off the rear

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there were wood blocks on top of the rear springs  :confused:

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rear subframe is out

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diff is out

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got it all apart.  time for some cleaning and maybe i'll tackle those rear brakes later

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sneak peek 

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UPDATE TEIM

 

rear subframe mounted with new bushings

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rear brakes done.  new shoes, wheel cylinders, and drums.

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this funny looking KA showed up thursday.  something doesn't look right, maybe i should send it back.  :D

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my initial plans were to do a KA swap.  after searching for quite a while and not finding anything i upgraded. :cool:

 

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didn't look too bad.  still going to toss it.

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saw some other peoples builds and it was just a rusty mess in there.

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