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Thank you, Sir. Glad to see you're still around and your knowledge still available! Ha! I have the situation of no wife happy life so no justification necessary but I get it. The gentleman I bought from had several extra parts: hood, fenders, valence, etc. He's got a slider rear window I might also take but IDK, I'm a fan of the single piece. So I still need to make it back and obtain those but I think they are worth it just to have around with 2 620s in my possession. Hopefully this year I can utilize some of these parts. I've got some stuff I've collected over the years, not anywhere near what our true enthusiast members have, but I have an original tach, extra console, door cards, all the ac parts and attachments, a ka24, lsd rear, titan wheels, etc. etc. Good to have I suppose. Thankfully this little guy doesn't need much but a 5spd swap and some body love. Maybe a Weber.

Hello folks! Long time no chat. I wanted to share a newly acquired '79. I need another vehicle like I need a hole in the head but I couldn't help myself especially with how clean it looked in the ad. Being only 30 miles away I had to check it out but I knew I would end up buying it. Nostalgic reasons and just cool factor alone forced my hand. I had a '79 in high school and it was unfortunately totaled by a run-away horse trailer (no horses were hurt in the making of that event, only hay bails and me). So when I saw this pop up, well, that was that. The gentleman I bought it from was a true Nissan fanatic and overall car guy. I love buying vehicles from enthusiasts and it just makes the whole experience that much better. This rig has a lot of recent work in the past like a rebuilt motor, suspension, brakes, hydraulics, etc. Good stuff. It drove those 30 miles better than expected except that it has a 4spd! My '79 had a 5spd so I will need to plan on a swap. Otherwise, very very solid. We plan to keep it as stock as possible and give it a nice paint job. I'm not a huge fun of the stock color so we'll see. The baby blue Datsun color (it's gray now) is just not my thing but there in comes the engine bay, cab, etc. to match. Ugh. Keep ya posted. Anyway, thanks for looking!

Looks like a great find and you're off to a great start! Congrats on the purchase.

That's a great point! '83 and older apparently.

Looking great! Sub'd.

Yeah, ABQ and their hassles and damned emissions get me every time it seems. Interesting on the dash tags, KELMO. Must be a a 620 thing with the no dash tag. Thanks for the well wishes, guys. I started to check out MVDExpress. They were confident they could get the entire process done but it was gonna cost me $430. That was a bit more than I was wanting to spend but I was going to sacrifice the wallet for the convenience in this convoluted process. Good thing I read the fine print on the contract because MVDExpress can only do "level 2" inspections and if it does NOT have a dash tag, it requires a "level 3" inspection from an official NM VIN inspector. So, I decided to go ahead and just do the process myself. Since finding out that info, I have gone in person to DMV and gotten the appropriate forms. I need to fill them out, get a Certificate of Title surety bond and then a VIN inspection and submit all the paperwork to the state Dealer Licensing Bureau, wait several months, and then if all is well, have my bonded title. The surety bond is $100, the on-site VIN inspection (I don't have a trailer, nor want to bother borrowing/renting one and loading my busted ass truck on it) is $106, and then the other misc fees will probably bring it up to the $350 range but I'm fine with that. After confirming more details I plan to obtain the surety bond this week and schedule a VIN inspection. I started a new job Monday so my availability has slowed but it's not like this is going anywhere fast...

Awesome! Looking forward to the progress.

Glad you got your 521 though the process successfully! I'm hoping mine goes as smoothly! datzenmike, Thanks for the information, Sir! It absolutely makes sense there wouldn't be a consistent VIN location until the standardization and I have nowlearned something new and can pass that information on to them. I'll also be sure to take the pictures of the 4 that I have since the engine is long gone.

Hey everyone! My name is Gabe and I live in Albuquerque. I've been a long time lurker with a few posts here and there but I finally decided it's time to start a thread for my newly reinvigorated project. I picked up my '77 KC up, goodness, 15 years or so ago now. I used to drive by to our family's property in the mountains and I would always see it sitting in the front field of someone's property. At that time, I had owned a '79 that my father and I had fixed up for me to drive in high school. Sadly I got hit by a run-away horse trailer (what are the chances??) and my favorite little rig was beyond salvation. Soon after, I picked up a '74 and enjoyed that for some time before letting it go to a new owner. As you can imagine, once I saw this KC rotting away it immediately ignited my long adoration for these trucks and I had to have it. $100 later I had it on a trailer and hauled it to my grandfather's backyard where it sat for 10 more years as life events happen. He passed away and it then migrated to my aunt's backyard while I was up in Washington 2 years ago. Thank goodness for family and their willingness to help out. I recently returned to New Mexico and plan to stay for the foreseeable future so figured it's time to get the ball rolling on this guy, which brings me to my first initiative: titling it... The lady I purchased the vehicle from did not have a title for it since it was her father's truck and he had passed away long ago. I did get a bill of sale but that has long since vanished so I'm left with the arduous process of applying for a bonded title. I've gone to the DMV and I have the necessary form. I still need to get a surety bond and a VIN inspection, which brings me to a question that you all might be able to answer. Upon speaking with the state stolen vehicle department (it's not stolen, I've had the VIN checked already) they informed me that it should have a VIN tag on the dash. From my research on here, it appears there are only 3 VIN locations: door jam, engine bay and frame. I have checked all these and they all match and are intact. I just want to confirm that there shouldn't be a dash tag so I can properly educate them when they come to do the inspection. Is my information correct? That's all for now but I will update this thread as progress continues, albeit rather slowly I'm sure. Thanks in advance for the help and advice as I try to bring this awesome rig to proper glory!

Nice acquisition! Welcome.

Looks great! Nice paint job. The low roof does make me claustrophobic just looking at it though >.< As cool as it is I could never drive one.

Looks great! What kind of bikes do you ride?

I'm sorry to hear about your truck. My father's truck of similar year was stolen and they got in through the slider window. Trucks are really easy to steal. Luckily I saw the ahole driving it and chased him down and got it back. Good luck and I'll cross my fingers for you.

Great project and amazing work and imagination! Subscribed.

Great work!