Sparkle Posted February 21, 2009 Posted February 21, 2009 Disco thread; //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/24918-sparkles-datsun-620/page__hl__sparkle Check out this MMMEEAAANN ute. Apparently 55 thou kms. Sweet condition, other than a lil bit of rust. Filthy J15 powered. 4 on the tree. Which rules. I heart column change. Anyway Sweetest part of the whole ute, love this line Worst part of rust Quote
Sparkle Posted March 11, 2009 Author Posted March 11, 2009 couple of blurry photos from last night, pretty happy with the way its looking atm. Quote
Goat Posted May 3, 2009 Posted May 3, 2009 I have been repairing the rust on this sweet whip... It has been quite rusty, with each repair leading to the discovery of more rust. But, seeing its so lush, its worth doing! And fortunately, its not really cosmetic rust either, mainly firewall stz. So yea, here are some pics of rust removal and patches being welded in. There are some before shots, but they are on another camera. So will update when i get to that camera. It has had true fielding spec repairs in the past, had builders paper over all the rust, and then underseal over that. As yuck as it sounds, its actually pretty good at hiding the rust as it didn't look very rusty at initial glance. Anyway, here's how it went/is going: As you can see, there is rust in both layers.... Can really see the extent of the rust. There was rust under rust behind rust.... But now theres NONE!!! win Welds just need cleaning up, then nobody will ever know they were there... hah Quote
Goat Posted May 17, 2009 Posted May 17, 2009 So yea, been hacking away at this. Not as much as i had hoped due to unfortunate circumstances with my own vehicles. But have been knocking a bit away each weekend. By hector is this rusty though! Nothing i cant fix So here is some progress: Rust in a door (cant remember which one) Nasty, potentially window out rust: Passenger guard: Door finished: Other door finished: Firewall finished: Rust cut out of guard: For both of the doors i had to make up the inner frame too as well as the outer skin. Because it had all rusted away. Luckily only in small isolated areas. Back of drivers door (making the folded lip was satisfying): Back of passenger door: Will post more pics when i have time (aka next weekend) gotta hoon back to wellintron now.... Quote
Sparkle Posted July 13, 2009 Author Posted July 13, 2009 well had it back for a few weeks. Big ups to joe for his lush panel work. Took some pics yesterday. Quote
Sparkle Posted August 9, 2009 Author Posted August 9, 2009 so a couple of lil sweet bits I picked up from the swapmeet, including mexican blanket and chrome half headlight covers. A leaf has been ripped out! Zomg! Lowered it in rear very marginally, as seen in side on pic below, but made it a lot sweeter going over bumps. Which rules. Bizzo also wacked out some sweet club 33 stickers too. Che! Quote
Sparkle Posted December 30, 2010 Author Posted December 30, 2010 thin stripes and pinstripes... Quote
Sparkle Posted July 23, 2011 Author Posted July 23, 2011 Well this little sucker failed it's wof on rust. Mainly on the cheese-grater above the RHS door. I was down at a pannys down the road about a month ago and saw a guy down there I knew from school. Said he'd be keen to have a burn on it at home. Turns out he's doing a friggin sweet job. Got him to do the A pillar while he was there. Yay finally a smooth A pillar! Quote
Sparkle Posted September 23, 2011 Author Posted September 23, 2011 Couple o' pics of the tray painted up in the 'bed liner' paint. Similar finish to a tuff deck. 1 Quote
Sparkle Posted January 14, 2018 Author Posted January 14, 2018 Well, after close to 9 years of ownership, and being off the road for over half of it, this ute has been passed on to its new owner @Sinfull Hopefully he'll keep this thread updated and you Auckland guys see it at the monthly meets some time in the future. Farewell old girl! 2 1 Quote
Sinfull Posted September 11, 2018 Posted September 11, 2018 Well after owning for 8 months ive discovered the extent of the rust in the old girl. sadly the repairs in the A pillar, above the RHS door and the B Piller didn't hold although they were done in 2011 so maybe I shouldn't take anything away from the work carried out. have also found rust in the cab floor, driver side fire wall, Driver door and worst area being the driver side sill and cab mount. Â anyway pictures speak 1000 words as they say so enjoy or cry. I wont lie I may have shed a tear or two along the way. I Should add that I'm not a panel beater and this is the first time doing anything like this. All learning as I go. 4 Quote
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