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Agecage 1983 Nissan Exa


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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-2

Pics from when i picked it up:
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On the way back my mate managed to get pulled over speeding:
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About 6months later i got some nice new evo wheels, coilovers in the front and put in evo 3 brakes at the front.
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look how close the calipers are to the mags!!!!
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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!!!
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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.
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Work from today.
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Deleted front indicator
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Much betta look down the side.
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Bit of repair work to front corner. Dads also going to fill the bonnet vents for a smoother look.

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Some of the other cars sitting in dads garage.
Can any1 pic the car behind the 260z?

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Next up is windscreen rust.
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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.

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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.

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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.

 

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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.

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bonnet filled and primed
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Started repairing drivers side gaurd today.
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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.

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Little more progress today. Dad did some shrinking on the guard after welding up the indicator holes.

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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.

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Then we decided to do some modification to the vents.
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After:
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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.

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