620TBAtuner

As far as mirrors go, anything that helps me see. I bought some from O'Rielly's and that was a mistake so now I'm off to the junkyard to get some oversized elephant ear lookalikes. Also L20B needs a rebuild... pics to come! probably later today once i snag a pan for oil and coolant the baby is being picked out of the bay. Random question, anybody else struggle with those pain in the ass bell housing bolts (2) pressed against the firewall?

Thank you guys so much, the battery I didn't even think of and it isn't even held in place so that would have really sucked.. And good tip for the gasket, that glue crap makes it look bad also not to mention will more than likely clutter up my cooling system. Sorry about not keeping up to date on pictures on progress, a full time summer job slammed me after an internship but soon enough once those paychecks start rollin in there is to be a lot more to come

Thanks! I bought some buckets over at O'Rielly autoparts, they aren't exactly the best but I can't argue with them. How did those dodge seats end up fitting in?

I say rebuild! Mine is also pretty banged up and people tell me to sell it or run it into the ground and buy something else but I don't listen. Props to you and good luck. Also are you going for an original rebuild or trying to get more power out of the engine as well? I work at a dealership and we don't get to do anything quite as fun as a street rod shop so I'm curious how you guys operate in these situations... and again, best of luck!

Thank you greatly good sire, I'll have to restore quickly to show off :D

Around lane county, the Eugene/Spring area. Might have to find a meet soon! once my datto can make it...

These are the baddies that i have in it now :) and oh yes only having a kingcab made these possible this was the seat... finally cleaned my air filter housing and got that going as well, had to take a picture in the shop to make it badass :P and lastly, just changed the electro leaky battery and poo poo cables out for something with my spark new ignition system is to come, i'll keep it posted :)

Hah a lot of Oregon people have Datsun trucks who would have known. Sweet ride, are there actually datsun meets in Oregon?

Great reply by the way, the PB Blaster did wonders and new seats have been added. and i also apoligize to anyone if those pics are way too big for the page so an editor can remove them if they have to do so.

good ol engine bay rusted and beat up, but that is okay awesome pre owned gasket job these seats have been replaced, shall post a new photo

Cool thank you, I'll make a trip down to the junkyard for the seats then. As for parts cars are there any recommendations for the 1978 620?

Hello hello, I'm a newbie to this forum and since it is dedicated to Datsun I figured this would be a perfect place to start. If I'm reposting an already discussed topic I apoligize for I honestly don't navigate forums, so I still have to learn the ropes. I'm attending school to become a mechanic and have taken Engine repair, manual trans, engine performance, steering and suspension, electrical, and currently doing auto trans. So i'm not new to working on cars, that is taken care of. Although I am familiar with vehicles, I am not familiar with restoring a 1978 Datsun 620 Pickup (Kingcab!) I have noticed this site likes pictures so I will be sure to put one up asap, it is dark outside and that would not be an ideal picture. This is my first vehicle buy ever and the guy was more than sketchy, registering cost about 213$ because the guy was a jackass and put on fake tags for 2012 when really they expired in 2010. Regardless it runs and everything (air filter missing, choppy gasket jobs, soon to be pictures will verify my claims.) Leading up to my question now, I know how to replace parts and all that wonderful stuff but I am not sure where to look for them... Is there any particular place that has been good to anybody here to get parts? My suspension ought to be replace, still have to hoist the engine out and clean the living crap out of it to destroy the oil leak. Mechanically speaking I can handle it, but the door lock on the drivers side has no hope. The lock itself works, but the linkage is a no go, a WD-40 bath didn't make the lock linkage any easier to fix. A new door would be ideal, and mirrors, seats as well (I demolished the other stock seats since the poor truck hadn't seen a mending hand in 20.) Once again tomorrow morning I will take many a photo and shall post them up. As far as plans go, I am just attempting to fix the simple things like the door not locking and making my temp gauge work. I hope to be hearing from the world of 620 owners soon.