1974 Datsun 260c (230 series)

Story:
This car was originally purchased from Aspley car sales in Brisbane in 1974, was purchased from my great uncle in the late 1990's by my father with only 66,000km on the clock. Body has been stripped to bare metal and repaired accordingly. Currently the exterior of the body is in Two pack primer, with the under edges of panels & engine bay painted in Mercedes Iridium silver, with 2 coats of HS clearcoat

Engine:

Nissan Rb25det from R33 gtst skyline
Standard internals
Gt3076r Turbo
38mm external wastegate
Plazmamann plenum
ebay-spec highmount turbo manifold
Microtech lt10s ECU
Nissan L20 starter motor
Custom sump
Custom engine mounts

Fuel System

Surge tank
Bosch fuel pump


Initial fit up of motor



Final fit up of motor

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1971 B110
1971 P510
1974 H230
1974 B120

sweet

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current rig's:
1970 datsun 1600 p510: 73 SPEC WITH SR SHED
prev rides:
1970 datsun 1600 wp510 project SOLD
1969 datsun 1600: SIMS metal
1984 KE70 corolla:defected/crushed
1985 KE70 corolla:SOLD
1982 KE70 4AGE drift pig SOLD
1978 120Y wagon SOLD

Nice one. What kind of gearbox and diff are you using? And what is the main function of the car going to be?

I've seen two photos of a brown 230 sedan with big chrome wheels and a turbo RB motor in it, don't know anything about it though

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1973 H230 Wagon, 'ILL-260'
1975 911S Targa
1978 Torana Hatch
1999 GXE10

Pics:

Original L26



Removal of L26



Engine Bay in Two pack primer



Bay spray



Body prior to final block sanding

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1971 B110
1971 P510
1974 H230
1974 B120

Thats scotts from Sydney, yea i borrowed his idea on the swap, first saw it a few years back.

Gearbox is stock R33 5speed, fits fine in transmission tunnel with no modification apart from custom gearbox mount, a navara speedo gear can be inserted into the R33 box to convert it back to a cable driver speedo, so the original speedo is operational

Um main function will be cruiser diff is stock H190 open wheel,

Its been about 4 years off the road now, should have left it stock and built a nice 510 lol

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1971 B110
1971 P510
1974 H230
1974 B120

Looks nice and straight, but I am sure you have put alot of work into it I love the colour you have gone with under the bonnet I think it will really suit the car. What are the carbs off the original motor from??

I don't know why but I am really surprised how much the RB fills the engine bay.

Looks great mate I can't to see it as it progresses.

thanks mate, the carbs are off a 74 260z 2+2 but are long gone. I knew i wanted a silver just took a while to find the right shade, ended up goin with a mercedes colour called iridium. Stripped the car to bare metal and 3 nice thick coats of two pack primer, blocked the primer back with a longboard and 120 grit, blocked with 240 and reprimed the car with another 3 coats. 240 block sanded.

just need to work my way through to 800 wet sanding and paint the exterior.

it will get painted one day lol

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1971 B110
1971 P510
1974 H230
1974 B120

only panel left to be wet sanded is the bootlid, been busy sanding the skin off my fingers.

Topcoat hopefully in the next month! very excited

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1971 B110
1971 P510
1974 H230
1974 B120

So is this thing nearly painted?

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1973 H230 Wagon, 'ILL-260'
1975 911S Targa
1978 Torana Hatch
1999 GXE10

I'm interested in the modified upper radiator support for ease of engine removal and installation.
Do you have any photos of how you modified this?

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The radiator support panel just bolts up to the rest of the frame. Stock setup mate, that's how they come from the factory.

Friggin awesome isn't it!

BTW, great build up piccy's, love what your doing with the donk. I've spent waaaaay too much on the L but I just had too many bits lying around to start collecting RB bits too.

Keep up the great work

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1971 240C P230 coupe L28 10.5:1 comp. N/A Haltech Elite 750. ITB's, tuned exhaust, 6 speed manual trans 4.625 LSD

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Well, i have booked the spray booth at my mates paintshop for the 2nd week of June. been a bit caught up with uni assignments to get it done sooner. The prep work is done and its just ready to be masked up and painted

the rad support is stock as a rock.

thanks ozconnection good to see people are building something other than 1600s. in saying that i own a 1600 haha

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1971 B110
1971 P510
1974 H230
1974 B120

Getting the datto towed to the paint shop on friday and spraying it on sunday, will be sure to take plenty of pics then the reassembly can begin

then get the rb25 tuned and drive it

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1971 B110
1971 P510
1974 H230
1974 B120

Excellent! The engine bay looks fantastic, can't wait to see the whole car painted that colour.

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1971 240C P230 coupe L28 10.5:1 comp. N/A Haltech Elite 750. ITB's, tuned exhaust, 6 speed manual trans 4.625 LSD

'Nissantiques - Join the Club'

thanks mate
should be nice and shiny

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1971 B110
1971 P510
1974 H230
1974 B120