Small Factory

Brought the little 620 to a large gathering last Friday. I got lots of pics of all the different cars/trucks, but only a few of my 620. People were generally blown away to simply see a Datsun here in the northeast. Most assumed it had been repainted/restored, and refused to believe it was sitting in original paint with 31,000 miles. Pretty fun evening. Crazy smoke-show on the street afterwards for a good 2 hours. The 620 did not take part... Surprisingly, a small-block chevy Z showed up, and the owner was extremely nice. His car was really something...

David: Thanks man! Hated that radio, as the delete plate is much nicer looking. About the shift boot... I removed both sleeves from the jacket (one sleeve was enough for one boot), and used one and attempted to sew one myself. Well, I realized my sewing skills were not up to par, so my wife jumped on the machine and did this one with the remaining sleeve. I just looked to see if I could make you one, but the jacket body has too many seams in it to make another. Also, I just found out my wife threw away the original boot parts, so I have no template! Wish I could have made one for you to repay you for the tool bag. It wouldn't cost very much at all to go get yourself a cheap leather coat from the thrift store (thinner the better, thick leather requires a big sewing machine) and bring it to a tailor. Would take them about 10-20 minutes. My suggestion: Just don't take apart the boot first, so the tailor can understand how it goes back together. I disassembled mine and took many pictures, but my wife never saw it beforehand and couldn't figure out how to reassemble it.

Thanks so much guys...

Old shift boot. Carefully disassemble. Use as template. Purchased used leather coat at local salvation army for $10. Disassemble. The sleeves had enough material for the boot. A few minutes on the sewing machine, and here's the new shift boot. Thanks for looking!

Next up: Radio to radio-delete. Here's what the truck came with: A cheap unit that the previous owner installed himself. The surround is made from masonite covered in a wood sticker. Ugly. Luckily he ran a dedicated wire directly from the battery, thru the firewall grommet, and fed the radio, external FM transmitter and little digital clock (seen earlier in the thread). None of the original wiring was touched. I would thank him if I could. Old radio. Removed. Empty. I found that there is so much emptiness behind the dash, I didn't even have to remove the bezel to remove the stereo. Slid right out the back. Incredibly easy. ...and fresh delete plate in it's place, for deleting. Unfortunately, the drivers side speaker hole was punched out to accommodate the speaker. So using my extra set, I made this... And glued it to this. All nice and sanded flat. Some flat-black paint was applied. Fresh. And, installed. Like it never happened.

Gorgeous 620, I think mines the same color... whats the paint code sticker say on the radiator support?

Thanks! I am lucky to have found it. I hope to not screw it up... I was disappointed with the find of the floor surface-rust, but it worked out great. This should last forever, and if it was to get wet again, it won't be affected. Durable stuff, and all together, it cost less than $200.

I need one to text with.

Thanks so much for the kind words. This is not a daily driver for me, so I have the freedom to take my sweet time. Although, I think you are giving me way too much credit. Ha ha.

There are generally black and 'tintable' spray on bedliners. This is a tintable kit (raptor, made by u-pol) so you just go to your body shop, purchase a tint base in your body color, add it in the bottle, shake it up and spray. All done at once, very easy. The most difficult part is just doing a thorough job masking/prepping.

I tackled the unsatisfactory flooring. Used a angle grinder and wire wheel attachment. Luckily just surface rust, no holes/rot. Then used this 3-part system. Which led to this... Multiple hours masking. Went to the local paint supplier, and purchased this paint #307. Combined it with this. First coat. 2nd and final coat. Much coverages. Thanks for looking...

So nice!

Whatever you paid, it wasn't too much. It's a beauty, and it seems like the to-do list is very short. Congrats.

Wow, now that's sexy.

Thanks for that: I shined a flashlight down thru the cowl opening and it SEEMS to be clean, since the truck spent it's life i the garage. Although, I do need to remove the cowl, as well as both front fenders to inspect under/behind them. I know debris can end up hidden down there. The list keeps growing. :frantics: