agecage Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 So brought this car round about 3years ago. Found it on trade me with a blown turbo had only 88,000kms on the clock. So me and a friend flew down to wellington with parts to repair it if need be and a dealers plate to drive it back to auckland.Disscusion thread: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/41757-agecage-1983-nissan-exa/page-2Pics from when i picked it up: On the way back my mate managed to get pulled over speeding: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agecage Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 Shortly after getting the car got a few mods done. Mounted mps turbo, wastegate, blov intercooler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agecage Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 About 6months later i got some nice new evo wheels, coilovers in the front and put in evo 3 brakes at the front. look how close the calipers are to the mags!!!! Oh and on the way home from work one day some1 had go and be blond and reversed into my car as i was driving up the road. Suckfull!!! Car was written of managed to get 2k out of insurance and keep my car.I drove it for another 3months damaged. My father promised to help me repair the damage to the car. That was about two years ago. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agecage Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 Here is the car sitting in dads garage. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agecage Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 Stripped the car. Sat for another 3months before dad started doing some work on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agecage Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 Bit of rust removal. Side of the car all pulled out. My new rear window. Hoping to have it painted and back on the road by feb for a track day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agecage Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 Finnishing of rear quater filler panel Side of car is gettin some bog work done, also removed the small black stone chip gaurd infront of rear wheel. Also the old man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agecage Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 Work from today. Deleted front indicator Much betta look down the side. Bit of repair work to front corner. Dads also going to fill the bonnet vents for a smoother look.Some of the other cars sitting in dads garage.Can any1 pic the car behind the 260z? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agecage Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 Oh some funday pics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agecage Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 Heres a pic of the coilovers i have in the front, also have evo3 rs calipers and discs fitted to standard hubs. Also have whiteline sway bars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agecage Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 Got a bit of work done on it today. Well dad did all the work i was busy building his deck. (labor swap) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agecage Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 Dad showing off that he got the guard lining up with the door. Nice straight gaurd and side of car. Will also block the how car down when we prime it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agecage Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 Next up is windscreen rust. Those little holes in top corners were leaking at one stage. Was amazing how much water they let into the car. Dad also said that most the rust along the front of the windscreen was from when the window was replaced the glass guys probably cut the paint when removing the window. Apparently they are alot better at it now, and treat those areas before installing new windscreens. Then we will attack the bonnet. Ive decided ti remove the bonnet vents at this stage. will see what it looks like once done, ive got a spare bonnet in garage which i will paint with the car and if i dnt like the smooth bonnet i can swap them over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agecage Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 These are the wheels ive got sitting waiting to go on the car. I bought them about 3years ago for 400bucks, theyve been waiting in the garage all this time. Only thing im a bit guttered there 14s would have liked 15s. I will also look at getting them widened at some stage as they are only 6inch wide. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agecage Posted January 28, 2014 Author Share Posted January 28, 2014 So when i brought this car. It was badged with 50th anniversary badges, also it was badged nissandatsun.So with that in mind i thought i could get away with a classic datsun colour scheme. Sorry to whoever i stole this pic of its just from googleie. Thoughts? I prob continue the red bonnet all the way to the bumper and paint both head light covers. So that paint scheme and the widened advan a3a's is what ive got in mind. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agecage Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 Did a bit more work last weekend. Strated removing vents in bonnet New panel sitting in place Welded in 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agecage Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 We also stripped the bonnet as there were a few stone chips and dad suspected there might be some spider rust underneath. Good thing we did 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agecage Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 Bonnet etch primed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agecage Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 bonnet filled and primed Started repairing drivers side gaurd today. And back on car waiting to be bogged up. Dads gotta shrink some of the metal around the indicator, apparently metal is really thin and is making it really hard to weld. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agecage Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 Little more progress today. Dad did some shrinking on the guard after welding up the indicator holes. Grinding back some of the rust, around the windscreen. Its a bot of a pain in the ass. Prob happened at some stage when windscreen got replaced. Then we decided to do some modification to the vents.Before: After: Just gotta weld it in next week. I was wondering whats the legality's behind windscreen wipers. Could i weld of the drivers side and only have 1 doing the whole windscreen? Will take a bit of custom work, but to be honest i don't think ill drive this car in the rain once its done. Ill probably be to precious. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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