Hi everybody!!!

This is my first post, I'm from Portugal and I'm very proud to have a Datsun!!!
I hope I can learn and teach some stuff with you!!!

Now the story of my RENEW B110!!!

My 1200 was bought on November 2004, and after that it broke 3 differentials!!!
The car apparently looks very good, but the true is that he was not that good!!! Some paint problems, engine troubles, rust problems and many other things!

I painted for new, but after some years I understood that I've nada a big mistake, so I will give Him a second chance, eternal life, as you can see by the photos...

My project is for renew the old parts, fix him from about the problems and of course, lead it to the closest possible to the original!!!

I hope you enjoy it as I...

Today I'll put the photos from the other day and then I'll keep ths post updated!!!

Datsun Rules...
Mário


This is the only I'have got from where the car was...




Engine repair, yet with the original paint!

























Then I painted like this!!!
In the beginning it looked vry well, but...
The interiors were not the correct ones, and now they are being restored!!!




















This is a front view with some parts gone...reday to go to the bone...sorry, screw!!!



One little thing to repair, the car was crashed in this place!!!



No problem here...





This seat support was broken...now corrected...



In the back!!!





Some holes...soon will be fixed





And the problem that originate the differential to broke, from side to side, the wheels were 2 cm's different itselves!!! here a sign of crash!!!

But look, all the bodywork shrinked...





And again...



More holes...









This one is nerar the front window...



This was the worst part, look at my B110 without lamps...all had been cutted off!!!







The handbrake support was broken too!!!



On the back window, only rust, nothing to worry about!!!


And now, one rebuilt part!!!








And the doors...it seems nothig bad...but you will see...you won't believe it!!!








And a side view!!!




Now look at the amazing ton of fibre I took from the car...







These are new parts!!! Ready to substitute the older ones!!!



The interior was brand new!!!



Do you remember this?



And now??? Looks gvrey good!!! The mechanic made the parts handmade!!! As yuo will see futurely!!! It's one of the best doing restorations on bodyworks!!!



And inside?



The part finished!!!



And a final image!!! The door ready to be protected wtih some primary paint!!!



This was rusty...and Sr. Vitorino substitute it again!!!

First...



Then...



The back is almost ready...just a few porminors and it be brand new!!!



The shape to aply!!!



And on the other side, the part ready to "glue" in the car...



And here is "the doctor" the master, Sr. Vitorino!!!
There are no longer men like this!!!



I'll hope you enjoy it as much as me!!!

Datsun Rulles
Mário

Looks like it is coming along nicely, workmanship looks to be of excellent quality!

Hope to see future updates.

-Ryan

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i love ground up restorations!

best of luck with it all and i cant wait to see the finished result

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http://www.healingchambers.com.au

As the others have said - well done!

I can see that a lot of work has gone into this, I hope to see it fixed up soon!

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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

Hello Everybody!!!
Thank you for the comments!!!
Today I’ll show you the car in the stretch machine!!! It was very bent from the left wheels to right whells!!!




This zone stretch 2 cm’s...



And now this part all corrected!!!

Before...



Then...



Now a good news, the right side of the back was rebuilt...and look at the perfection...all handmade...the man is art!!!
But look at the imagens…

Before...


Then....







The interior...






At the end, the right side new...




And now the left side...





The left side almost complete!!!
It is visible some union points because this part was made outside the car. Firs was cut and then rebuilt!!!








This is a middle stage, when the new part is founded with another...sooner we will see the results!!!





The interior already treated with gravel to avoid the bodywork affected with rocks and mud…








And now one of the worst parts, the wings!!! You Will see…

Fibre was covering the wing...and I mean a lot!!!



The bak, not bad...only rust, nothing to worry about



Well, this is critical...but no problem...



Another crash covered with fibre...



And these are the áreas that will be reconstructed...



In this one, the rust consuming all the body…



And that’s all for today!!!
I hope finish the project on the next November, because it started on the previous November…I think one year is enough to rebuilt a car!!!

Wow!

That's so much work, great job, it looks like the car will be fanastic when its done.

Keep up the good work!

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Hi everybody!!!

Thanks for the comments!!!
Today I’ll show you some more advances…
We start to renew some more parts and the result is awesome…
Here are the pics…

Cumps.
Mário

nswdatsun - It's true, it's a hell of a work...the workmanship is a very professional guy...I'm very happy to choose a old school bodie...I'm also expectable to see the final result!!!

When I arrived Sr. Vitorino garage thye car was like this...



The back side almost ready...but it still needed some work to be tottaly repaired...


Sr. Vitorino making the crease...



And here the Job almost done...


Finishing this part...







Inside the trunk, the part has the anti-corrosive treatment...



Finally the crease done...



A curious thing...no rust in the ceiling after taked the curtain (I don’t know the name, I suppose it’s curtain)


Now let’s move to the trunk...it’s plenty of rust…









Let’s return to the front wings, and here the parts are all “naked, no paint and no fibre...ready to be repaired...


The left wing has some rust...







While on the right wing a metal part is separated to be rapired. It’s the back os the structure…




And now guess what is this???
A mice nest…they travel long miles with me driving…eh eh eh !!! Perhaps they had a casket or something…

Hi again!

Returning to work, we have rebuilt the trunk door!!!
We separated the structure from the panel and it was all treated and metalized to prevent rust!!!
Here are the photos




The darkest part of the panel is some kind of a product to prevent rust, and just when it desapear both parts are putted together!









Now the car with new trunk!!!



The lowest part of the trunk almost ready...



The trunk inside!!!

Left side...





Right side...





And now the trunk ready...look at the white glue...its essential to avoid rust on the interior of the panel.



Both sides...





A traseira completa com a tampa da mala!



And the back ready...



I hope you liked the evolution!!!

Cumps.
Mário

Some awesome work been done there, how long till it'll be ready for paint? Nice car

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this is an awesome and very impressive bare metal resto! you must love your B110 very much

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Simon,

1978 Stanza, undergoing track spec build.

will the car be sandblasted before it gets painted? to possibly find any more areas that are rusted that might have gone unseen?

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http://www.healingchambers.com.au

Hi there!!!

I just want to remember that this work is not running at the real time!!! I started all on the last November!!! That’s why I’ve got so many photos!!!
At the moment the car is already painted and I started to put the parts on it!!!

I Like Drift - The car was just sandblast on some parts...when we started to dismount it we take some parts to sandblast, and the parts were new, so, the only ones that will fo to sandblast are the panels and structures, the rest is prepared on the garage by Mr. Vitorino...he isn't that bad that needed to be all sandblast...
And one more thing, I think Sandblast retires resistence to the car...that's why I avoid it in the all car!!!!

DattoA10 - Yeah, I love my 1200...that's why I want to restore it...because in a few years they will be less and mine is completely new...I will never sell it...

chris1818 - The car is already painted...You'll have to wait...

Once again, I bring you some more photos!!!
Thanks for the comments!!!

This side almost ready...





The bumper was corrected and it’s ready to crome!!!



And now the chaufage for clean and rebuilt!!! The sponges are old, have some smell, and it needs to be clean!!!





These shock supports were bent, and we correct them...it happens because the car was crashed this side!!!







Now look what I found...the shock absorbers were not the correct ones!!!
Do you note any differences???? Maybe the problem whit the differential was Here, I don’t know bout with the supports bent, the shock absorbers wrong and the left side crashed it can be a possibility!!!

They belong right and left side...



Now take a look at the size????



They have 10 cm’s of difference among them!!
The problem was here, definitely…



Look at the new whells....they are a 1971 BWA, are Italian and aluminium compound…


When I bought them…







After they went to a repair shop...



The new centres for the wheels



All together...it looks pretty…I’ll put it the size (175\80\12)




Thae chaufage was like this:







I started to rebuit it ....

Before...


Depois...


After...








Before...


After...


The motor and the radiator were the most difficult parts...



This was just to clen the fan...



Metalic parts restored...



And the final result...








Next time you will see great advances...

I hope you are enjoying this project…

Cumps.
Mário

Simply amazing attention to detail.

Am really loving the photos

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Simon,

1978 Stanza, undergoing track spec build.

Hi!!!

Once more, thanks for the comments!!!
1200 is getting stronger every day…and today the doors are the main objective!!!
All the material will be reconstructed because it has some cracks. Mr. Vitorino is incredible working with metal, you’ll see…

Now the photos…

My new tyres in new wheels…do you like it??? I think it very sportive





The wheels on the car...





Now, the left door…it is broken in every places and needs to be reforced and cared from the rust…






Interior parto f the door...



Lots of scratch marks and crashes, but by the end will be new…



Some critical points...









All the parts are marked for a better rising when complete the car…



The engine already took from the compartment...








Soon the engine will be also restored...actualy i tis with 300 km’s...






Mr. Vitorino working on the door...seems dangerous...





After the pumps retired from the compartment...look....



The oil glass was miserable...



Inside it had rubber parts and many trash...



After a cleaning turns this...



By the end it will stay like this sqaure shows...



The part was all dismantled...



It looks very bad this part, but the truth is that behind the paint there’s no rust, is just bubble paint…



The brakes circuit ready to be clean...



Some of the door structure are already restored like this little corner...



This part was cracked and now is already corrected and reinforced...



This part is the window elevator support was cracked and now it corrected and again reinforced...



Mr. Vitorino cutting the bad and rusty metal...it hurts see him cut the metal...but in the end....



This is the door with the cut made.
The yellow arrow shows how the piece Mr. Vitorino cuted was…
The blue one is the new part handmade by Mr. Vitorino, it’s ready to aply…



I hope you like it...it moves forward everyday...

Cumps.
Mário

Hi!!!

Once more, thanks for the comments!!!
1200 is getting stronger every day…and today the doors are the main objective!!!
All the material will be reconstructed because it has some cracks. Mr. Vitorino is incredible working with metal, you’ll see…

Now the photos…

My new tyres in new wheels…do you like it??? I think it very sportive





The wheels on the car...





Now, the left door…it is broken in every places and needs to be reforced and cared from the rust…






Interior parto f the door...



Lots of scratch marks and crashes, but by the end will be new…



Some critical points...









All the parts are marked for a better rising when complete the car…



The engine already took from the compartment...








Soon the engine will be also restored...actualy i tis with 300 km’s...






Mr. Vitorino working on the door...seems dangerous...





After the pumps retired from the compartment...look....



The oil glass was miserable...



Inside it had rubber parts and many trash...



After a cleaning turns this...



By the end it will stay like this sqaure shows...



The part was all dismantled...



It looks very bad this part, but the truth is that behind the paint there’s no rust, is just bubble paint…



The brakes circuit ready to be clean...



Some of the door structure are already restored like this little corner...



This part was cracked and now is already corrected and reinforced...



This part is the window elevator support was cracked and now it corrected and again reinforced...



Mr. Vitorino cutting the bad and rusty metal...it hurts see him cut the metal...but in the end....



This is the door with the cut made.
The yellow arrow shows how the piece Mr. Vitorino cuted was…
The blue one is the new part handmade by Mr. Vitorino, it’s ready to aply…



I hope you like it...it moves forward everyday...

Cumps.
Mário