Popular Post - i5oogt - Posted July 16, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2017 Discussion Thread Hi my name is Karl and I have an issue. People keep offering me lush cars. so instead of working on something I already have, I end up buying another and working on that instead. this viscious cycle leaves me with heaps of unfinished projects.... I might learn to say no one day. so one day at work I was minding my own business when @datto_610 flicks me a text out of the blue, "I know of a turbo ld28 h230 in chch you keen? (H230 is the chassis code for a 260c sedan btw) Its pretty hard to ignore a text like that. So went and had a look and took it for a spin around the block (no reg, no wof, no worries spec) came back grinning from ear to ear, such a hilarious car to drive. I had a chat to the owner found out his price. paid a deposit, said I would be back in the next couple of weeks with the rest of the money. easy right. sort of, unfortunately lots of projects leaves the cash flow a little tight at times. this was one of these times. luckily I have a very understanding younger brother @azzar. He agreed to finance the purchase while I sold one of the other cars I had recently finished (MK5 Cortina sedan). The car itself is a 1975 Datsun 260c Sedan, came out originally as a 2.6 petrol, 3 on the tree with a bench seat. The guy who I got it off had owned it since 1981. so it has had a fair few mods over time. these include but are not limited to LD28 +turbo an extensively sound deadened engine bay complete with old bits of tin pop rivited over the holes in the engine bay and covered in sound deadener column 5 speed gearbox with custom "short shift" style linkages power steering from a later model 260c twin intercoolers with custom pipework that fits snugly behind the front bumper sweet rust repairs that involve hammering the rust hole in a little then smearing bog over the top pretty safe to say the previous owner was a Barry. in his defense slightly, The car is certified for the mods so he can't have done too bad a job (minus the rust repairs) anyway, thats probably enough of a wall of text. you guys all came here to see pictures right? 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post - i5oogt - Posted July 16, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2017 don't worry those hideous rims are long gone. The first job was the gearbox, it had a noisy input shaft bearing so was a bit rumbly. @fletch the nissan gearbox whisperer was in Christchurch a few months ago, so along with @RUNAMUCK the gearbox was removed, new bearings and seals installed then put back into the car, no pictures of that but here is a sweet pic of the custom intercooler piping... 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- i5oogt - Posted July 17, 2017 Author Share Posted July 17, 2017 next up... every datsun owner will make a post about this at some point in their datsun ownership ..... RUST. as you can see there are a few holes that have been hammer in a bit and filled with bog. becuase this car deserves to be saved all the crap is getting chopped out and replaced with new steel 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- i5oogt - Posted July 17, 2017 Author Share Posted July 17, 2017 underneath seems solid. so a quick coat of rustkill stuff before the new bits are welded in. The A pillar will need a little more surgery as it has gone right through the inner pillar. this is only the passenger side, the drivers side seems alot better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post - i5oogt - Posted July 17, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 17, 2017 heres one of the nutech rebuilt scuttle and the made of filler passengers front guard 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- i5oogt - Posted August 1, 2017 Author Share Posted August 1, 2017 Progress, thanks to the amazing @governorsam one very rust rear passengers door... fixed 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post - i5oogt - Posted August 2, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2017 passenger side is pretty much done / just the guard to go also thinking about welding up the sill trim holes to keep the water out long term 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- i5oogt - Posted August 7, 2017 Author Share Posted August 7, 2017 a few more progress pics. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post - i5oogt - Posted August 7, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2017 up close pics of Previous guard "repairs" drivers side next.... 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- i5oogt - Posted August 10, 2017 Author Share Posted August 10, 2017 I pulled the guard off so we had access to the windscreen pillar. no suprise that the a pillar needed a few patches and the bottom of the guard was full of bog.... 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- i5oogt - Posted August 10, 2017 Author Share Posted August 10, 2017 the doors off the parts car were heaps better so they went on. the green doors look a bit funny with the blue interior but meh no rust wins. deleted the mirror mounts off the drivers door too 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post - i5oogt - Posted August 10, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2017 last update for tonight gearbox filled with fresh oil taxi sign for hanmer meet pickups. 240k skyline steering wheel. os.Co.ng sticker 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post - i5oogt - Posted August 22, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2017 update time. out in the daylight and re assembled. with a new sticker 33 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post - i5oogt - Posted August 23, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 23, 2017 I tried out its towing capabilities today... 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Carsnz123 Posted November 2, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted November 2, 2017 @- i5oogt - has been kind enough to lend me his rolling coal Cedric for the week to use as a guinea pig for my apprenticeship and do a little servicing work. So I've changed the brake fluid and bleed the air out of the system - Yes Karl there was air in them -, replaced the diesel filter, worked out the headlight wiring and started to clean the corrosion off the terminals, and made new headlight wiring harnesses out of some fancy cotton covered wire out of the scraps draw. Due to the hoist at work shitting itself today I'll have to finish the service in the weekend on a friends hoist. And I took the car for a little cruise Also I plumbed the boost gauge in at lunch today. Karl doesn't know the boost figure yet. So here it is Its a little poos. More work to be done, Don't worry mate your car is in good hands. And you're never late with an LD28. 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Carsnz123 Posted November 9, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted November 9, 2017 For some reason I've still got this and I finally found time to put it on the hoist. now time to change the oil. err how the fuck does this work? Hang on I've got an idea Almost got the fucking thing out 15 minutes later and the fucker is out. The new filter is a little shorter an went in without fuss. 14000k between changes... seems legit. Shit in the radiator seems a little rough too I had to get some coolant and fell prey to the $1 stand next to the counter. Now your car smells like Skyline? But its all class on the street 18 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Because I'm such a great guy, I whipped up some of these for the black smoke.machine. @Carsnz123 will have to swap the gearbox and do the floor change conversion before we can fit these. Also please ignore the horrible welding on the end caps. They're not pretty, but they are glued.on. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustHarry Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 New wheels??? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- i5oogt - Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 4 hours ago, JustHarry said: Temporary New wheels Fixed 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post - i5oogt - Posted August 19, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 19, 2018 Update time, took this to hanmer at the begining of the month. all was going well until on the way back... pulled off the road to adjust one of the kids seatbelts. went to pull away and had no gear selection. turns out the box was jammed in 5th and had snapped a selector fork.... fuck... managed to drive it back from just outside of Hanmer to Christchurch in 5th, there were a few dicey moments like the big hill out of waikari and the turn back onto sh1 but made it back. fast forward to the weekend just gone and its fix it time, man i need a hoist for myself. it made the job a hundred times easier. because of the lack of good gearboxes in stock we converted the car from short case r30 gearbox to long case box out of a 280zx. that did unfortunately mean loosing the bench seat thanks to @JustHarry the total GC for sorting the use of the hoist helping to get her done 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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