240260280z Posted September 11, 2015 Share #25 Posted September 11, 2015 Hi Charles, We have a huge pile of 510 parts in or Zbarn. PM me with what you need and I'll have a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patcon Posted September 11, 2015 Author Share #26 Posted September 11, 2015 Thanks Philip.I have a lead on a parts car. If we don't pick that up I will definitely be in touch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patcon Posted November 30, 2015 Author Share #27 Posted November 30, 2015 I need some help sourcing a radiator support...I have emailed with Dave Patten from Futofab, I have emailed Rod with Rods Datsun Parts. I will have to call Courtesy but am not hopeful there. The one we have was stretched badly in a collision, I don't think I have the skills to salvage it. Anyone have a source for a 510 radiator support? TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJ Posted November 30, 2015 Share #28 Posted November 30, 2015 I messaged a 510 friend on FB. I'll let you know if he gives me a lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJ Posted November 30, 2015 Share #29 Posted November 30, 2015 And he says he has one. I thought he might. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patcon Posted November 30, 2015 Author Share #30 Posted November 30, 2015 Thanks Steve,That is great! I will get in touch with him. I was hopeful someone on here had a source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patcon Posted January 23, 2016 Author Share #31 Posted January 23, 2016 I thought I would post this here, since I would only clutter up my own thread. Cody and I worked on his wagon today. We found a new hood with SteveJ's help as well as the radiator support I needed. The hood had some rust bubbles along the front so I knew it was rusted through. So I drilled out the edge of the hood and the places where the structure was welded. The rear edge of the hood where it is pinched over doesn't have any spot welds. I used a putty knife and open the pinch up a little to get it open enough to get the support structure out. I took the structure out of the hood. Then we used Eastwood rust dissolver to get the rust out of the inside of the hood. It worked pretty good, just kept brushing it on to keep it wet. The shiny metal is where the rust has already been removed. The process slows down when a lot of rust get into solution The structure of the hood had big globs of black stuff, sort of like silicone to bond it to the hood skin. I cut those with a putty knife This is what it looked like after we were done with "Rust Dissolver" Razor blade off the remainder of the black goo This is it with the structure laid back in it... I will take the structure to the media blaster to get him to strip it for us. We stripped the hood with aircraft stripper today. works great but don't get it on ya' Treated it with "After blast" and started dollying out the dents. Next we will prep the radiator support we picked up. Then I will reassemble the hood. If I decided to salvage a Z hood with rust bubbles on the front edge I would go at it the same way. The only way to get it clean and deal with the rust is to disassemble them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfa.series1 Posted January 23, 2016 Share #32 Posted January 23, 2016 That's a great photo series! I suspect the more Cody finds himself in the pics, the more his project ownership will continue to ratchet right up. He's a very fortunate young man to have this guidance. Good job, Dad!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patcon Posted January 23, 2016 Author Share #33 Posted January 23, 2016 2 hours ago, jfa.series1 said: That's a great photo series! I suspect the more Cody finds himself in the pics, the more his project ownership will continue to ratchet right up. He's a very fortunate young man to have this guidance. Good job, Dad!!! Thanks, I hope putting the hours in will help him make good decisions. "Dime" parts are very hard to find on the East coast. If he crunches that hood we will have a hard time finding a replacement. It is our quality time, we have had a hard time relating, the car is a good connection point... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteunseen Posted January 23, 2016 Share #34 Posted January 23, 2016 It's nice to see a young man OUTSIDE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVZEE Posted January 23, 2016 Share #35 Posted January 23, 2016 To add to your list of 510 resources: Riley at Lynchburg Nissan :http://www.lynchburgnissan.com/ Unlike a lot of Nissan parts guys these days, Riley speaks fluent Datsun and is very helpful. Other references here show he's a frequent go-to source for parts questions. Also, the Dime Quarterly was likely the last printed newsletter in a succession of 510 enthusiast publications. Not the usual "club" format, it was loaded with tech articles. The archive site has these available as pdf's, along with related publications, manuals, etc. An index is in the first file, DQ Appendix.xls https://drive.google.com/folderview?ddrp=1&id=0ByCvxnHNk90SYzc4N2E1MWEtMzg0MC00YTE4LTkxZGQtM2RjODA5ODA1YjU1# https://drive.google.com/folderview?ddrp=1&id=0ByCvxnHNk90SMzIxZWIwYWYtYzljNy00ZGU2LWI3ODctYzRjMmE0MGY3NTA1# http://datsun510.com/manuals/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patcon Posted January 23, 2016 Author Share #36 Posted January 23, 2016 (edited) NVZEE Thanks for that. I have a lot of the dime quarterly articles tagged in my favorites. Very good info there... It is amazing how hard some parts are to find. Stock wagon tail lights are $100-200 each. Some of the trim is almost unobtainable. Factory wagon gas cap - unobtainium The flip side is it makes you appreciate the support the Z has commercially. Some parts can be expensive but pretty much everything is available one way or another Edited January 23, 2016 by Patcon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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