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I agree Jim, we seem to be loosing the really knowledgeable people. I guess this is bound to happen as time goes on but that doesn't really help much. Make the most of everyday and let the people around you know you care. By the way guys, I care....you all have a great day!

Not surprising...

OOOOOOOOOkayyyy, I love dogs, but as a canine I am not sure they are the most discriminating when it comes to taste. One of my Danes likes to walk around the house with a dirty sock from my teenager... The other one is always licking some hidden spot, well you know...Just saying I am not sure I want my dog picking my flavor of beer

Ahhhh the perfect food, I mean luggage, beer...

I wonder if those pistons were in a properly sized hole? Maybe too tight, maybe too small...got jambed up or tight and cracked off the ear on the skirt. Anyway mystery solved. For what its worth, cracked piston skirts and rings will make your Datsun smoke...

I understand...your best bet is craigslist in the south west. Look in Arizona, California, Nevada. The rubber will be shot but the metal will be better

Is ITM it's own manufacturer or are they made by someone else?

Good luck, that is still a tall order even for a rolling shell...

or here http://www.311s.org/

What is the VIN number? what is the month and year of production? Is the original engine in it and match the numbers on the shock tower data plate?

Do they not make a copper exhaust nut or a copper coated nut that would work for our cars. Correct thread and pitch... Would eliminate some of the broken studs issues I believe...

I don't know on the fan. I suspect metal was original but plastic is safer On the bolts most are yellow zinc but not all. Some are bright zinc like the door strike bolts and screws and the hatch screws. The member here with the user name "careless" has meticulously done a car and has good documentation in his thread. Look through it. It will answer a lot of your questions

Michigan, you're right next door...roll that race car out of the way

@Mike Geoff's user name? @Mark Marascan you hit him up for me...

@Mark Maras too far?

Love an easy fix...

I haven't totally ruled it out yet. It will depend a lot on my work load. I would love to drive Cody' 510 wagon...

I agree with the others. If the buyer won't supply the deposit through PayPal then I would move on. PayPal protects both parties and documents the transaction really well. If he doesn't know how to use PayPal he needs to ask a friend or a Gen X'er for help...

I have tried ABS glue on other brand interior parts and MEK as well as melting SS mesh into the part from the back. All with mixed results. If the part has to deal with a lot of stress I have found they don't usually hold. If the repair is more cosmetic then it tends to work really good

Way too many projects!!! The 510 probably won't get this treatment at least for a while. I really want to get it running so Cody can enjoy it. If he wants to take it off the road for a while later and do it "nuts and bolts" we can, but even if you do it really fast, it takes a year of weekends and nights. I'm 7 years in and just put the first part back onto the car yesterday There are 2 - 66 Thunderbirds in the yard that were gonna be a project. Sold the fastback when my older son lost interest. Another 71 Z to be done if it doesn't rust apart first and a 56 VW bug that is next on the "nuts and bolts" list It is amazing how fast the shop fills up when you disassemble a car. They basically double in size maybe more. In some of these earlier pictures, we have the fastback and the Z torn all the way down. There is also a 56 bug tucked into the other corner of the shop that is out of frame, bead blasting cabinet, tool boxes, welder, plasma cutter, engine hoist. Get's full quick. The shop is about 26' x 27' inside dimensions and has a structural concrete floor above it. So I also have a beam trollie if I want to use it to move things around... There is also more storage. The wall of shelves is not all of the parts the Blue or Tourquoise Z in the driveway was "the shark" from my signature line. I traded it plus some cash to get the Datsun 510 for Cody. We had it running off and on. I had replaced one floor board but it still had a lot of rust. It had rust in weird places too. I am not sure I would have really known what to do with it. Significant rust in the windshield pillars, door jambs and stuff. Hadn't seen that before Land is great. Those young'uns aren't so young any more but they still help me on the cars. The blond chipping the sound mat out is almost 16 now and getting his license. He has the 510 Wagon we're trying to get back on the road. We're getting close...I have considered doing a build thread for that but not sure the reception I would get considering the forum never really got expanded to some other Datsun vehicles. I figured some of the work we have been doing would be applicable to all Datsun cars. We just deconstructed and repaired his hood then reassembled it

Shot the interior with Lizard Skin insulator then sound deadener. Then shot the bottom with undercoater

Some initial filler All dressed in epoxy primer

Even on this car Arizona or Nevada there was rust in the wheel wells. These patches came from Tabco panels too this car has had affront end collision. I should have replace the nose but I didn't have the skills at the time the radiator support has been replaced to a later style radiator support

Lights hung around the outside of the booth. Six vertical lights around Patched the floor rust with a piece from one of Charlie's excellent floor boards there was a big crease through the drivers side wheel well. I couldn't remove it so I made some patches from a Tabco panel... this was June of 2013..

2013 the booth is up .4 mil poly and a few 2x4's all media blasted. You can see the internal frame coating that dripped out before I primed the car... Built a box in the corner to hold a filter so the fan exhaust was screened...