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Well this projected died for a bit, something about buying a house, and moving really cuts into the time for your project car(s). Did a bunch of cutting and welding this weekend. Decided I do not want flairs, this car is going to be fixed and painted, I had the rear quarters already they came with the car. This is more work, but i think I will like the outcome better than hacking the rear quarters up, and slapping some flares on. Fixing several layers of steel on the passengers side rebuilt the inner arch Test fit, I have to fix the harness I hacked up, and then I can weld this on, hopefully this week! And then I get to do this....

Thanks man! Your build is coming along nicely as well! I used a little over half of my 100ft role on the header, but I'm not finished, i have to do the y at the end after I cut it out and replace it. Time is limited right now, as I just purchased a house, and weekend are being taken up by that project until I get it livable. So basically I'm doing a little on this each night after work trying to get the metal work done! This is from a few days ago, I got the drivers side welded up, just have to grind it all down. And today: One of the new fenders in place for test fitting the metal i'm adding Passenger side started Still a lot to be fixed...

The welding continues, no pics tonight I forgot my phone at the house while I was working on it. I cut out the front section of the rocker I already made because it wasn't looking right. I rebuilt everything, and it looks much better, and the fender fits over it! Pretty pleased with how the metal work is looking so far. Now I get to move on to the passenger side, and the floors. After that I'll work toward the quarters.

Work was slow today, so I decided to take half the day off, and come home and work on the Z. I got a decent amount of the rust repair done. I cut all the rust out on the front inner fenders, and I started welding up the drivers side. Still have a ton more cutting and welding to do, but it is getting there. Everything cut out Welded, I still have to box in the front of the rockers, but I was getting tired and hungry, I'll do that another day. Obviously I need to grind it down as well, I primed it to keep it from rusting over the next however long until I get back to it. A project for another day... After this is done, I get to move on to the small sections in the front of the floors, and then rear quarters and the rear hatch.

I brought the air cleaner back to the original finish over the last couple of days. It took a bit, but it was totally worth it. I was able to save the factory stickers as well. I also picked up a 240 front valence, just waiting on it to show up! Now I need to start in some rust work! And then decide on a paint color. I'm having a hard time deciding on the factory lime green of the 240s or the factory color of this car. Before in nasty looking red (it was painted to match the car it was taken off from) Half way there Back section done Finished. I will probably clear it to keep the spots that are bare metal from rusting.

I got to work on the datsun some over the weekend. I started out with intentions of swapping in the five speed, and ended up pulling the engine, and removing the front clip.... I pulled the old four speed out and was getting ready to install the clutch, turns out the rear main was leaking due to a botched replacement some time ago. I decided at that point just to pull the engine, and reseal everything and give it a check over. The bearings look pretty good in the old girl. I also wrapped my header, it took a while, but it came out pretty good. I have to replace the y-pipe section at the bottom of it, but not a big deal as I work at an exhaust shop. I also started accessing the rust situation. It is about what I expected I have some welding to do in my future, I also removed some of the brackets in the engine bay that will no longer be used. Just trying to make things look nice and clean. Passenger's side foot well has some rust for sure. Hard to tell in the photo, but this is a pretty big hole on the driver's side Engine removed, ready for a reseal, and a clean up.

This is pretty awful, just plug your ears, and it becomes tolerable.

Picked up my first datsun(s) this spring. I was looking at a roadster about 2 years ago, the deal didn't work out, so I moved on and focused on my other projects I had going on. Skip forward a bit a friend, of a friend was tearing down an old barn where 2 Z's were parked in the late 80's he offered them to me, and I picked up the pair for $500. I have been doing a lot of work to the Gold/brown one which is pretty solid in the important areas some rust to fix, but nothing compared to some other cars I have had. The blue one is best as parts, it has the optional New England ventilated floors...

Nice base for a project. Looking forward to see what you do with it.

I pulled the timing cover off this afternoon removed all the parts in there so I can install my new chain and guides, and started cleaning up the engine bay. I started removing things I will not need from the fuel injection. I pulled the mass air, and the charcoal canister out. Now I play the waiting for parts game. I should have a pretty steady flow of them coming in this week!

Those trampolines will get you every time... I've seen several cars damaged because of them. Great build, this truck has come a long way!

I wouldn't worry about the milage on your car these early ea engines go forever, they just aren't powerhouses. Brightons are a 1.8 that would make a great transplant power and MPG wise and should be a pretty straight forward swap. The wiring is the hardest part to deal with. If you don't want to use the FI, there are ways of carbureting an EJ as well, but I think injection is the way to go if you are swapping everything over in the first place. OBDII harnesses are much easier to deal with, look for a 96-97, 95 is a one year only harness, and can be a pain to deal with. I think your axels may even hook up to a fwd impreza transmission I think they both are 23 spline, but don't hold me to that... The sohc ej engines fit nicely in the ea engine bays too! I'm using a 2.5 block, with 1.8/2.2 heads for higher compression in my brat. You can't use a brighton harness to do this, due to the brightons not having a knock sensor, it is way to high compression for the non knock sensor management to deal with.

Any fi ea82 subaru will work as long as it is not turbo, or MPFI. Any 87-94 throttle body car will work. There is a whole write up on USMB, I'll see if I can find it. The intake bolts on. You have to modify the loyale distributor to work in your engine (cut a tab off it, and swap gears on the bottom) Other than that it is just wiring (a lot of cutting is involved in the loyale harness, but there is only like 10+/- wires you actually connect to your car), and swapping fuel pumps, and hoses over, its best to get a whole car to take parts off from that way you aren't looking for that one 25 year old impossible to find part. You will have to swap clusters with a newer one, as the 80-82 clusters do not have a speed sensor built into them. You will also need to put an 02 sensor in your Y-pipe. Right now the car is up for the winter, but I get 31mpg with it, and it has ok power for what it is. I also have a brat that has full outback drivetrain swapped into it... That one has even more power :thumbup: *Edit You can also drill holes in the shocks for the bumpers, if the early ones had them. Afterword you can push the bumpers in tucking them. I then welded mine in place to keep them from moving out again. Gives it a much nicer look. I did it with my wagon.

Car looks good, great progress so far! I love that rack, I need one for mine I just finished restoring a 71 super last year that was horribly redone sometime in the 80's (snake skin door cars and all) and sold it. Currently have a 64 sunroof, and a 71 westy!