hey guys, just joined up and figured i'd post some details for my ride...

81 datsun sunny
a12 enigine, fairly stock, just a custom exhaust, automatic atm ugh! but not for too much longer, severely lowered, using basically cut prings and moving everything out of the way to get it to tuck and much of the 13inch rims as possible, while still retaining a decent amout of travel, decent stero install, all hidden away in the glove box, while retaining the still working original am radio, standard 13inch rims with dress rings, centre caps and chrome nuts, interior got the fluffy dice treatment and thats about it... i wanted a fairly clean, super low cruiser... tho it's currently off the road due to the water pump pulley ripping it's self apart at high revs, took a few things out with it, including alternater, radiator, battery, and a heap of panel damage... so i figure it's time for some tlc... plans are to completely shave and clean up the body, except for the chromework, then lay on some strait red tinter with an orange pearl on top, just enough so the orange pops in the right light, hide all wiring, and go for a huge audio visual install, and custom interior, work that 1200 thats in there, possibly over cam it a bit for that lumpy idle and angry exhaust note, but nothing too severe on the engine mods,


i'd love some feedback, and any questions are also welcome, so leave some love

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'84 st141 corona wagon (daily)
'81 datsun b310 sunny (project)
'70 HG holden belmont (project)

and couple more pics

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'84 st141 corona wagon (daily)
'81 datsun b310 sunny (project)
'70 HG holden belmont (project)

by the looks of it, you've chopped her fairly low. how much did you pick it up for?

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Daily Drive: '80 200B GX Wagz
Soon to be: ... Supercharged? Can't ever decide..

If it's not broke, don't fix it.. Upgrade it!!!

yeah she's fair low... i think there's about 4or5 coils left in the back, paid $400 for it, single older lady owner, who sold it to my mate who promptly passed it onto me, with 120,000k's on the clock! the car was out in the middle of the geelong/lara away from the salt air, so it's fairly rust free...

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'84 st141 corona wagon (daily)
'81 datsun b310 sunny (project)
'70 HG holden belmont (project)

thats pretty damn good for 400 bucks!
i wish mine was in that gooder nick, my old one was the in great shape (no rust). Silly me sold him though and always regretted it so i shall redeem myself by fixing mine

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71 1200 sedan! now a a14 turbo project

yeah she wasn't in the best of shape, fairly strait panel wise, and minimal rust, but i spent weeks on the paint due to oxidisation, as it'd been parked on the farm, out in the sun for the as long as the lady could remember, had to cut it all back by hand, had to go real slow, really lightly due to how thin the paint was... there was just nothing left to cut into... plus the piston rings went about 2months after i'd got it, due to then engine just never seeing anything more than a trip to the shops every now and then... but at least it was an excuse for a new c20 head and a bit of other mild stuff... plus i kno it's got good rings now! hahaha BUT apart from that she ws a good buy

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'84 st141 corona wagon (daily)
'81 datsun b310 sunny (project)
'70 HG holden belmont (project)

i love it! low and mean, nice cruiser

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It's amazing what lowering a car can do to the way it looks. Where abouts are you on the Mornington Peninsula? I also live there but I can't decide if I recognise the scenery in some of those pictures.

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green200b - aka Alistair

The fleet:

Australia:
'80 200B GX - the green200b - hibernating
'81 RX-7 - 12A extend port - daily
'74 RX-2 - 13B bridgeport - cruiser

Europe:
'93 200SX - CA18DET - tourer

so when are you gonna tuck the front rims under the guards?

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thanks guys, those pics were taken up arthurs seat, great place for some great pics! the fronts are in the midst of getting tucked, as she's off the road having a bit of a makeover, but i'm not 100% what i'm doing as far as rims/tires... there's been a bit of thought towards larger diamater, thoughts of around 18inch at the front, 20's at the rear... along with tubs and bags... but untill that decision has been made, i'm just concentraiting on the body... any and all feed back would be MUCH appreciated...

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'84 st141 corona wagon (daily)
'81 datsun b310 sunny (project)
'70 HG holden belmont (project)

too big man...keep the wheels small 15s or 16s and run a low profile so you can really get it low, like the VW guys, scraping pinch-welds and subframes...im talking 165/50/15 on 15x8s

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yeah see thats my other idea... maybe some 15" steelies dress rings, centercaps and chrome nuts... widened on the rear for some decent dish... plus wide whites... keep a cruiser feel to it all... just want it to stand right out! hence the thought of bigger rims... but if it's tucking rims with only 13's on it... then a 15" rim will be sitting WELL up into guards!!165 on an 8" rim... i like your thinking!

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'84 st141 corona wagon (daily)
'81 datsun b310 sunny (project)
'70 HG holden belmont (project)

some inner guard mods front and back along with some correct sized and offset rims would look mad, tub the floor so the tailshaft wont hit and the diff can get raised even further

you could go all out crazy, and raise the crossmember to keep some form of suspension geometry in the front end

But cheap options would just be the right sized rims and tyres to suit, along with BIG whitewalls

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yeah, the tailshaft's tucked up about as high as it can go... been looking into raising the tunnel right at the rear for a bit more clearance, definitely leaning towards the 15" look tho... not sure what to do about the front end tho... there just isn't much room to play with under there... short of dropping some coil overs in there with some new pick up points...

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'84 st141 corona wagon (daily)
'81 datsun b310 sunny (project)
'70 HG holden belmont (project)

yeah, the tailshaft's tucked up about as high as it can go... been looking into raising the tunnel right at the rear for a bit more clearance, definitely leaning towards the 15" look tho... not sure what to do about the front end tho... there just isn't much room to play with under there... short of dropping some coil overs in there with some new pick up points...