Had this 1600 for about 6 months now and have finally made room to bring it in out of the weather
-71 model
-L20b twin 45mm webers and dogleg 5speed box
-sh*t wheels, lowered suspension, dodgy interior, venetian
-plenty of rust in the rear qtrs, sills, and the occasional spot here and there/ everywhere (previous owner had a go at fixing it up, but gave up

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1971 B110
1971 P510
1974 H230
1974 B120

if you're going to do nanna spec, i think you should stick with the original colour (engine bay?)

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rides:
'76 180b wagon - cruiser project
'93 Skyline Gts-t sedan

'72 1600 ground up rebuild - Sold/parted
'89 VN Calais 5L - Sold
'83 VH SLE ground up rebuild - Sold (further built and featured in Street Commodores)
'01 Subaru Liberty B4, 160kW at all four - Sold

yea it appears to be a green, the blue they painted the engine bay in is falling/flaking off...

the colour code is 12330 cant find the name of it on the net though

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1971 B110
1971 P510
1974 H230
1974 B120

The front apron is fairly banged up, do many people replace these with fibreglass items?

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1971 B110
1971 P510
1974 H230
1974 B120

funny looking bottom radiator hose. but liking the plans

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My garage:
180b sedan daily (needs some TLC)
180B sss (under restoration)
180b Wagon daily
http://ozdat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f= ... 9&start=30

The rust don't look that bad mate. Good luck with it. Keep tem pics comin!

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1928 Model A CC Pickup

Hahaha one of those generic ones aye!

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1979 Datsun Stanza Coupe
1979 Datsun Stanza Coupe Project
1979 Datsun Stanza GX
1982 Datsun Stanza GX
1966 Nissan Cedric Custom Six
1972 Volkswagen Beetle
1974 Toyota Landcruiser Stallion (SWB)
EziAutoParts

Plenty of work ahead of you with that one. That front panel looks fine. Mine was worse.

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Ongoing Project: 1972 Datsun 510 S13 SR20Det. http://ozdat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=17898
New Daily: D22 Navara (The new workhorse)
Retired 12/2016: MY98 Subaru Impreza RX
Previous Car: Restored Green 1972 Datsun 510, Hot L18

yea i started repairing the front panel this arv, still undecided whether or not to source a fibreglass one but

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1971 B110
1971 P510
1974 H230
1974 B120

Dont bother, in my opinion

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1979 Datsun Stanza Coupe
1979 Datsun Stanza Coupe Project
1979 Datsun Stanza GX
1982 Datsun Stanza GX
1966 Nissan Cedric Custom Six
1972 Volkswagen Beetle
1974 Toyota Landcruiser Stallion (SWB)
EziAutoParts

A fibreglass one will still require paint and of the overall weight of the normal front valance, which is next to negligible, why would you bother!?

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Ongoing Project: 1972 Datsun 510 S13 SR20Det. http://ozdat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=17898
New Daily: D22 Navara (The new workhorse)
Retired 12/2016: MY98 Subaru Impreza RX
Previous Car: Restored Green 1972 Datsun 510, Hot L18

I was just being lazy as there would be less bodywork to be done on the new fibreglass item, couldnt give a rats arse about trying to save weight...

original: would need to be stripped, shaped, filled, blocked, etch primed, highfill primed, rubbed down & painted

Fibreglass: 800 wet sanded & painted or primed then painted

I suppose i would save $$$ by repairing original so thats what will be done lol

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1971 B110
1971 P510
1974 H230
1974 B120

found some lovely rust in the channel that runs up the inside of the rear qtrs where next to the boot seal that was covered up with bog
-one nissco rust panel lined up ready to be welded in

-attack the otherside tommorrow, will take some pics when i get them welded in

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1971 B110
1971 P510
1974 H230
1974 B120

fixed this to find the other side was worse


Hmm lovely




Been on uni holidays a week and have got into the 1600

so far i have
-welded up the bonnet pin holes in the bonnet
-welded a patch into the firewall
-welded up the radiator support where bonnet pins were mounted
-welded patches into the bottom of front guards
-welded nissco rear qtr patches both sides
-welded up the gl side trim holes and sill trim holes
-welded a replacement panel in one sill
-stripped the sill on the other side and found some previous rust repairs
-paint stripped one door
-welded a patch in the rear under the windscreen
-welded up excess window mirror holes
-welded a patch in the top on the RH front guard

next plan of attack is to
-prep the next sill for replacement and replace it
-paint strip the insides and outsides of all panels
-pull the motor out and do the engine bay
-prep and paint inside the boot
-spray epoxy primer and do minor repairs
-hoping to at least have it all in epoxy by march next year when i go back to uni any more than that then its a bonus

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1971 B110
1971 P510
1974 H230
1974 B120

Were they rivet holes that was used to hole a "textbook" backyard panel beating effort previously? This build is reminiscent of my own! Nice work, I would have replaced the entire sill however. If you can be bothered i'd still do it as the middle is probably thinning out also.
Otherwise, good work so far!

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Ongoing Project: 1972 Datsun 510 S13 SR20Det. http://ozdat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=17898
New Daily: D22 Navara (The new workhorse)
Retired 12/2016: MY98 Subaru Impreza RX
Previous Car: Restored Green 1972 Datsun 510, Hot L18