lol you can't stop someone else from bidding on them, but there's no point in making them super expensive for someone else just because they have a higher budget etc. Or maybe they would separate stuff and they just want one particular part etc. Not sure what the other lights are, I'm thinking 430 indicators?

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

Only joking Heath.

Alistair said you got your front seats recovered for a reasonable price may i ask where? Mine are slightly buggered.

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Callan
fleet:
78 200B
78 ZH Fairlane 500 Bluesmobile
86 ZL Fairlane ZLane
78 ZH Fairlane 500 Barn find
85 Troopy 2H Turbo

Brown sedan is gone from Centre Rd. Crushed FFS.

I took today off and did the front end with some lowered HQ V8 springs. Nice and stiff. Did the balljoint spacing mod too. Had to remove some material from the complete balljoints that sit above. New high tensile bolts and nyloc nuts. I need to adjust the springs a bit to get the height ride again but it rides a lot better.



I won the auction on the tail lights too. Stoked!

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

hey Heath,

heres a colum shift box. 4 speed from a 330. same linkage setup as the 3 speed




edit: and its from a 330 so it will bolt to L series, unfortunatley its in nz and wont fit in my luggage

and heres one from a sd22 diseaseal 720. the sd22 was an option in the 230 so maybe it will fit? i dont know about the bellhousing compatibility



its not that cheap tho

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Datsun-Nissa ... 2c6c550b69

Any idea about the Nissan Urvan 5spd column-shift gearboxes?

That diesel motor was available in Europe etc in the 230 I take it?

If I knew that for $280 I could bolt that in and it would work, I'd probably buy it. But without knowing, I'm very hesitant to spend that cash.

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

both of those boxes pictured are from the sd22 diesel and ive just realised the starter is on the passenger side so the bellhousing wont fit. (unless the bellhousings can be swapped, but im not sure the 3 speed housing will fit the 4 speed internals, i have some drawings at home but wont be there for a month)
othe urvan came with 2 boxes r4w71 and r4w63. the 63 is the smaller box and i think the only 71 box was the sd22. so maybe no chance there.

Couldn't you get an Urvan with an L-series and 5spd on the column?

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

yea, L18. are they the same bellhousing as L6 motor?

got the microfiche for 73-81 urvans. seems they were only 4 speeds.



edit: just realised it dosent show the L18. must have been after 1981.

Ozconnection had a good point about changing from 3 to 4 speed. It wont affect top speed as top gear is 1:1 in both boxes.

Hi Heath - Ive just joined up on here - taking lots of inspiration from your wagon.

Im from Christchurch NZ - ill start a thread soon but this is my Barn find 230 Van

The day we got it home


Bit of wash down


no worries on the dash - still got the mint black one from the 230 260C derby car.


Cool dickey seat in the back - you need short legs.

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Currently own...

B210 120Y Sedan - FJ20ET Race Car Build
H230 Wagon / Van - LD28 Turbo powered - restoration to start

Ah fantastic. Did you have the Jap Cop painted 230 sedan?

I realise that there's a 1:1 top gear in both cars, but I can go to a 3.9:1 diff instead of 4.11:1 if I have the extra gears. And it would just make driving nicer in general.

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

[quote="Hezath"]Ah fantastic. Did you have the Jap Cop painted 230 sedan?
quote]

Yep sure did - was a derby car - absolutely full of rust lol - kept all the good bits - yours is looking awseome though

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Currently own...

B210 120Y Sedan - FJ20ET Race Car Build
H230 Wagon / Van - LD28 Turbo powered - restoration to start

just in case Hezath your wags needs a partner, she would look mad with just a polish by the looks of it
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/st-alban ... 1014723412

Ah I bought this last week...

Five cars ATM, definitely no more projects!

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

Interesting! I swapped the 4speed gearbox for a 5speed one from a 280ZX, it will make any difference if I use a 4.11:1 differential? What Datsun belongs that diff?

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1980 Datsun 280ZX 2+2
1982 Megasquirted Datsun Bluebird 1.8SSS
1973 Datsun 260C, Hardtop.