ive been tearin progress
since last post;
made temp wheel guards, taillight mount, fuel tank cover and filler mount
sorted out door locks and shaved passenger side lock
worked on the insides of the doors, aligned doors nice (ish
)
little more rust patching, i got the front end looking better
shaved the front indicator/park lights from the front valance, smoothed it up and painted it
worked on the cowl and painted it, also remade the little baffle thing underneath the cowl
fitted the fresh door trims with bolts
fitted fresh door seals (werent bad)
made radiator reducer to suit new radiator outlet
turned a few little bits, door lock knob and trim
made door handles
i sound deadened underneath the cowl and inside the wheel arches
fitted fresh door window seals (fair sh*t quality but im over it hah)
made a battery box to relocate it under the tub, bought a drycell and wired it in
repaired and bogged and painted the front quarters
painted and cleaned up the new front grille, ended up cable tying the trim rights (dont want em falling off
)
repaired (kinda) front bumper, welded up all the holes then welded the brackets to it then refitted it
made kick panels, fitted some new 6" speakers (will trim it in vinyl when i get around to it, they look a bit rough at mo)
messed about with wiring trying to remove the volt reg since ive fitted an SR alternator with internal reg, manage to figure it out in the end. tried tidying wiring a little, still messy but its better hah
finished the sills
made a bracket for the radio antenna since i shaved the exterior one, ive got it in the cab and it works ok
made some fresh step facia panels out of some aluminium
painted the rearview mirror black, and found a 200B black steering wheel to suit interior
fixed the bonnet latch which was a bit sticky, also painted wipers and refitted em
fixed rear hubs, got the handbrake working too
made a new airbox
got the J alive again, sorted out timing after some messing around
welded a few exhaust hangers
fixed blinkers and hazard lights
fitted a new temp sensor and guage
sorted out a fresh thermostat, i managed to figure out they're actually quite useful things lol
aligned headlights
made a braket for a rad overflow bottle (got one from one of my N13's)
got a new windscreen and seal, removed rust while it was out and gave it a quick paint
made a front numberplate holder ready for rego
then went for RWC, and failed but with just 7 little things to fix
which was alll winnnn;
fixed wiper jets
fitted urethane castor, swaybar link, and d bushes
fixed an exhaust leak and a mount that was busted
turned a new window winder knob since i broke mine
fitted a new interior light and got it working good (pulled it from a ford ranger)
RWC passed, full rego bought and now its all mine and legally tearin up the roads!
since then ive got the tub up ready for some work, now i'm working on an L20B ive got. just waiting to see what a leakdown test will tell me about it, if its good it's getting some seals, a clutch, leads and whatever else it needs to get it in and running
cant wait. with tub on ill be able to lower it too which ive been itching to do
ive done a fair lot more in between, ratsun thread has a lot more detail and pics
now its looking a little like this;
project is practically successful, now im just onto things i actually want to do rather than stuff i had to do for RWC. the fun really begins
...14 months on since starting the project