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I bought it truck a few months back to restore into a daily driver. Unfortunately my budget is tapped and I can't afford to keep working on it. It was running strong but recently the radiator has started leaking from the front seem and will need to be fixed or replaced. The previous owner had swapped the motor for a larger J1600 at some point. The motor is very very rare and highly sought after. It has a consistent idle and oil pressure, and the transmission shifts fine but I believe it might need some valve work, compression is low in cylinder 3. From what I've read you can use MGB parts to fix it. I have the title in my name and it is currently registered until may 2012. It's a great candidate for restoration with almost zero rust. Over all its very clean but still needs some work. Some things that have recently been replaced are; New Valve cover and Exhast gaskets Carb was Professionally rebuilt by Contra Costa Carb GM Alternator New Hoses and coolant Oil and filter Cap, rotor, plugs, and wires Trans and Diff fluid Electronic fuel pump and filters Front brake lines, pads, and springs. New interior carpet kit Lots more little things.... These will also be included; 2 sets of wheels, 1 set white 14", and 1 set chrome 15". Stalk front bumper Heavy duty rear bumper with hitch Rear raybestos brake pads and springs I'm hoping to get $1800 for it GOPR0444 by mtbmiller, on Flickr GOPR0425 by mtbmiller, on Flickr GOPR0421 by mtbmiller, on Flickr

I'm thinking about keeping it, do you know anywhere to get parts to rebuild it? Thanks

Great truck, that dash looks Killer!

its the rare J16 I've hered, "they are EXTREMELY rare in the states!!!!!! I had one years ago.....sold it for $50 since I had no intentions of running any pushrod stuff.....but that was before I had my NL. That motor should bolt in in place of an E1 in the 320's or the J13 in the 520/521's. I sold mine to Datsunaholic and he said he's only ever even heard of maybe 5 in the states. I probably could have gotten around $500 for it. If I still had my NL....I'd certainly pay that for it now! It has enough power to handle the 3.89 gears in the diff. I could do 70 with my E1 and those gears, but it wouldn't hold it well......the J16 certainly would!"

Im out of Mill Valley but work on my rig in Martinez, the pick was taken at Hwy4 and Port Chicago

It was actually pretty easy. I bought about 10ft of the thin carpet from homedepot, cut it to form then fit, next it was fastened in down with self tapping screws. For the doors I cut door skins to replace the panels then glued and screwed the carpet down. I fit the carpet in one piece which came out pretty even except for one fold in the center. You might want to do it in 3 pieces.

I've decided its time to swap to a modern motor set up. Any body know what I should sell the J16 motor/trannny for? It needs valve work, compression is low in cyl. 3. All acc included New Valve cover and Exhast gaskets Carb was Professionally rebuilt by Contra Costa Carb GM Alternator New Hoses and coolantt Cap, rotor, plugs, and wires Trans and Diff fluid Electronic fuel pump and filters GOPR0421 by mtbmiller, on Flickr

Thanks I got the vinyl from a friend at a music recording studio, it works great.

I've decided its time to swap to a modern motor set up. Any body know what I should sell the J16 motor/trannny for? It needs valve work, compression is low in cyl. 3. All acc included New Valve cover and Exhast gaskets Carb was Professionally rebuilt by Contra Costa Carb GM Alternator New Hoses and coolantt Cap, rotor, plugs, and wires Trans and Diff fluid Electronic fuel pump and filters GOPR0421 by mtbmiller, on Flickr

more pics of the interior and primer finish GOPR0425 by mtbmiller, on Flickr GOPR0444 by mtbmiller, on Flickr GOPR0441 by mtbmiller, on Flickr

Thanks for the support! I've been making a lot of progress the last couple days. I got my brakes working a little bit better by replacing, the front lines, pads, and springs. I did run into a snag when I tried to thread the lines I bought from rockauto into the bleeders, the threads didn't quite line up so I had to tap new ones. Besides that things went pretty smooth. I've also been trying to clean up the engine compartment. I removed some of the unused wiring and plan to move the fuse's and battery into the cab. wiring by mtbmiller, on Flickr I replaced the alt with a new gm internally regulated one, it fit nicely after a put a couple spacers on the mounting bolts. new alt by mtbmiller, on Flickr My motor is really starting to come together, I replaced the cap, rotor, plugs, wires, and a couple randoms. Running strong with a nice idle. So the following day I started on my interior, I put down Mass Loaded Vinyl to stop some noise. cab by mtbmiller, on Flickr sound work by mtbmiller, on Flickr I decided to strip the dash, this is what it looked like before. fawking ugggggggggggggly. dash by mtbmiller, on Flickr With winter coming up fast it was time to get the windsheild wipers going, after cleaning the contacts in the switch it started right up! I also greased the pivots while the dash was off which helped big time. Before switch before by mtbmiller, on Flickr After switches after by mtbmiller, on Flickr I can't decide what to do with the instrument panel, for now I took it apart and cleaning all the contacts. I think I might remove it entirely and make a wood face with burned in spedo markings, I really like look of wood parts on classic cars. gauges by mtbmiller, on Flickr Next up I'm putting down carpet and replacing my window felt, maybe more if it doesn't rain.

Hello Ratsun, I just picked up my first Datsun and am very excited to get 'er going, I figure I'm going to need help at some point so here's my thread. When I first picked up my truck it was sketchy to say the least, the brakes didn't work, parts were all over the place, etc. I'm broke so instead of being smart and towing it I just fired it up and drove it 100miles till I ran out of gas( gauges weren't working) It made for a good story... LOL. 521 by mtbmiller, on Flickr Once I got it home I started scraping all the crud off and finally got a good look at it. side by mtbmiller, on Flickr front by mtbmiller, on Flickr inside by mtbmiller, on Flickr bed by mtbmiller, on Flickr I soon realized that what I thought was a j13 was instead a j16. After a lot of research I found out that this is a south american version, which I will be able to bore of to a 1.8 or bigger at some point in time. It's running surprisingly well for how many wires are cut and hoses capped. So far I've taken as much stuff off the block as I could to asses, clean, and re-paint. I've changed the valve cover gasket, intake/exhaust, hoses, and will replace this alternator with an internally regulated one. It's a work in progress but here's a couple more pics, paint by mtbmiller, on Flickr parts by mtbmiller, on Flickr engine by mtbmiller, on FlickrAs of now I'm waiting for brake lines/parts from rock auto and I need some electrical parts to wire my new alt.