Hello Ratsun! Fresh blood here, this is my first Datsun. I'll start off by saying the car is butt ugly but I just had to have it. :D
I picked it up in late April, its a 77 with a Mazda 12a rotary.
I started off by fixing the little things, rear hatch struts, correct ignition switch and working locks with one key!
Then I got to the hood, at one point the car had hood pins so I went ahead and added hood pins. Ive been wanting to try the areocatch so...
Then I picked up some proper wheels
Started tinkering with the engine, the stock engine mounts were too soft so I picked up a set of Banzai-racing mounts. The mounting on these rotarys are so simple. Whoever did the swap actually didnt do too bad of a job.
Then I noticed the header has been rubbing the Steering idler for a while. I bet those bushings get a little hot.
Thinking I will just dent the header and maybe wrap the steering idler. Do they make a ball bearing kit for that idler?
I was glad to find my battery tray isnt all rusted out, painted her up
and added a PC680 Odyssey. I have one of these in my civic and love it.
Next is the dash, I wanted to somewhat replicate the 1200 and 620 gauge cluster but didnt want to hack a nice dash up. So I did some searching and came up with this option.
Its from a PT cruiser and will fit my speedhut 3 3/8 gauges. I just need to cut it up to fit decent. We'll see. I didnt want to hack my dash but the stock speedo layout is terrible.
Anyway, more to come. First Dat and first rotary, I will have lots of questions coming. Plan to have the car at Canby.