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Well its not a skyline but since its a classic datsun I think it deserves a thread in here too :cheers:

Old does mean classic, right?

I'll put up some photos later today, but basically she's a gorgeous 1980 200b with some small patches of rust. We might get round to cutting them out one day.

So far its made it home to the garage after a quick tune (thanks Nathan!) Everything is running as well as can be expected for an old car.

Rust...yep, plenty of that....doesn't look like anything's going to fall off any time soon but theres plenty of holes in the bottom of the panels and sills.

The car is just going to be attacking motorkhanas in Kel and Tosh's hands so it doesnt need to be roadworthy (lucky that). The seats except drivers are gone so the interior is ready.

Future plans.

First thing is welding the diff up, the rear axle is finally off so it will be done in the next day or two. Then chuck it all back on including those complicated looking drum brakes :(

After that....it depends how it runs next sunday, possible plans include:

Needs a new steering wheel

Swapping to a bluebird trx rear axle so we get some nice disc brakes

New springs and shocks....the ones in there look pretty bad....not sure which ones to go for yet

mmmm engine mods, or just whack a ca18det in there

maybe front caliper upgrade if the are having trouble, but probably not necessary.

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duncan good stuff mate.

looks like the silho will be made into an events car as well. i dont wanna part with her but cant afford to insure and register her either hehe.

go the datto.

but yeh, as pete said. get a 31. world's fastest car

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duncan good stuff mate.

looks like the silho will be made into an events car as well. i dont wanna part with her but cant afford to insure and register her either hehe.

go the datto.

but yeh, as pete said. get a 31. world's fastest car

rofl

if you say so Mark, Go the 31s :headbang:

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duncan good stuff mate.

looks like the silho will be made into an events car as well. i dont wanna part with her but cant afford to insure and register her either hehe.

go the datto.

but yeh, as pete said. get a 31. world's fastest car

rofl

If you say so Mark, go the 31s :headbang: Even if everyone else hates them

V8skylineMAN Grand Master

V8skylineMAN

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Can any one say 4th gear on the brakes???

My datto 1600 used to do that.....quite often too. l20 stroked to 2.1 and stanza sss 5 speed. with nissan 720 diff.....(BULK SMOKE):burnout:

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diff got welded tonight, back in tomorrow, looks like it will be a goer.

[Jedi Mind trick]

There is no story about my finger

/Pete

There is no story about your finger

[/end Jedi Mind Trick]

:)

any excuse to avoid taking that diff out I say

Duncan Grand Master

Duncan

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/ignores pete and hopes everyone else does too

Nathan welded up the diff for us last night, and we threw it back in today....thanks to Chris for his help, especially with the jigsaw puzzle that is drum brakes...

Everything was looking good......until we undid the gearbox drain plug.

Now of course you never remove a drain plug without opening the filler plug first to make sure there is no problem right? right.

So we took the gearstick off, no worries just lob the fluid in there and everything is sweet.

Undid the gearbox drain plug and out comes 2l of mud (almost as bad as the diff oil, amazing how bad oil looks after 25 years)

Did it up again and started pouring fluid in the hole where the gearstick goes. Realise *very* quickly that the fluid doesn't drain from there to the rest of the gearbox.

Curse

Swear

Have a look at the gearbox and find a filler plug with an allen key hole (which I didn't have either) which will require an oil pump

Give up for the day.....

Duncan Grand Master

Duncan

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well, the 200b debuted today, and while it went OK some mods are required, steering wheel, proper suspension, new seat....

....oh, and the smoke got out of the engine...... http://www.hgeconsulting.com.au/dontletthesmokeout.wmv ....guess we'll do a compression test in the morning then look out for a cheap second hand one :)

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