Hello datsun lovin humans and a late thank you datzenmike for an answer you gave me year ago on another topic, deployed before could tank.
I have managed to scrape up not 1, but 3 functional/running datsuns. And 1 of them is my first build (79' 620, 5 spd) ever 12 years ago, found in field dead few months back, and title still in my name. Under $1200 invested for all 3 trucks at this point, spent over a years time maybe. Deployments/missions inferred, but now I'm home for good.
1978 620 king cab 5 spd- prime focus atm, it's gonna be my hybrid show/cruiser once this truck is built or all parts acquired, I have to figure out which single cab to keep with it (620 vs 720). The 1 truck that I keep will be streetable along with the soon to be rebuilt/modded king cab. Most likely my beater farm truck that's a future sleeper. The lucky 3rd will be my version of a trail buggy/baja side by side, tbd project for winter 2015. These are my hopes and dreams atm, wife, work, health interference is possible. But I'm pretty determined and have already began. Without further ado the trucks: fyi couldn't get to load up in order I wanted/acquired
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Since these pics, I've parked the yellow 720 and green 620 to start hybridnizing. Blue 79 620 has become big donor for 78 620. I'm only using the z22 bottomend and possibly the a/c components out of yellow 720. And everything that comes off the king cab is going back in the blue 620, for future build. Also the king cab is getting new floor pans, besides bed, only rust on truck. Just swapping out beds from 620's, no more rust on bed now. I'm going to keep this hybrid build basic and clean as possible.
And so far my concern is engine mounts for z22 block to set in the 620. to my understanding, the engine should sit right in place using factory mounts. If not, feel free to chime in. And has anyone seen this hybrid combo use a turbo. Understand efi conversion needed to force induce properly. Fyi for now I'm using stock everything, l20b head is only thing been worked on (angled valve job, gasket matched, surfaced, some polishing), and weber 32/36.
Will try and document progress, also ask anything. Look fwd to feed back.