G'day,
Jason here. Purchased a Datsun 1600 recently and finding it needs more work then I had anticipated, I have chosen to keep the car and restore it.
Worse than I expected, I need a driver's door urgently (with everything included) and when the time comes, I will worry about the other 3. The bonnet is in putty ready to be sanded back and painted, but I fear that it was repaired too dodgily to be used. I plan to get good panels and fix up any dents or blemishes, especially any rust. When the body is completely straight, I will be giving the car a full bare-metal paintjob.
As for running gear, it sports a pretty worked L20B with twin side draught Solex carbies and a 5spd gearbox which has close ratio 1,2,3 and 4th gears. An LSD of some kind is fitted to the car, and it has genuine 13 inch datsun rims of some kind. The dash is dead, the interior needs work. It keeps getting jammed in 2nd gear, so I'm guessing I need a new gearbox
I am not sure about the engine exactly, but I'm pretty sure it has been rebuilt using strong parts and has a cam of some kind.
It has disc brakes on the rear, not sure about suspension, I think just some crappy shocks and springs. The tacho is jumpy and the speedometer is in MPH so I am getting an aftermarket KPH speedo and a new tacho if possible.
If anyone wants to be a part of this project, give me a yell as I am just learning and I am not the most mechanically qualified at the moment. I am a pre-apprentice mechanic at the moment so hopefully I will pick up some handy tips.
Anyway, enough of this. Here are some current photos.
Thanks for listening to my story -
Regards,
Jason