kp60nick Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 Introduction For those of you I do know, hello. For those of you I dont know, hello here is an up to speed on my car life on oldschool.co.nz My first build thread was started exactly 10 years ago on my old Nissan navara. Previous D21 kingcab build thread At the same time I was building my kp60 and had a build thread on oldschool. My KP61 starlet which i have since sold. I sold the navara shortly after that. I then focused my time into the kp it was going good but lost interest in it when family, home and work became first priority. Put it in storage for 4 years. Meanwhile in August 2020 I purchased another project. This particular 1990 Nissan d21 king cab. (Different from the first one) With the kp60 still in storage I started a second project. Earlier this year my free storage came to an end and I had to make the decision on which vehicle to carry on with. I have my reasons for making the decision that I did and to be honest I thought I would feel different to how I actually feel about it but I'm really happy with my decision. About the car/ute/pick up. I picked this up really cheap from chch it looked pretty ruff in the photos but I knew the interior was pretty good everything I can fix myself 295000km 2.4L 5 speed manual My intention is to minitruck it. But make it very classy and classic so hopefully I can pull it off. This will be a quick fire build thread till we get up to date then progress will be slow. I found oldschool forum a good way to keep me motivated. Thanks for looking. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kp60nick Posted December 24, 2022 Author Share Posted December 24, 2022 Started by taking the tray off and just generally cleaning and water blasting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kp60nick Posted December 24, 2022 Author Share Posted December 24, 2022 Paint stripped the tray as it looked as if it had a few repairs. I stripped it with paint stripper on the outside panels and eventually had the inside sandblasted. It doesn't seem as bad but still what you would expect of a 30 year old pickup. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kp60nick Posted December 24, 2022 Author Share Posted December 24, 2022 I epoxy primed the tray. I think the following week I found on trademe I wrecker with one of these and I phoned them and brought the tray to see if it was any better. Only difference was this one hadn't had the clips drilled into the sides. I've since given this tray the same treatment sandblast and epoxy primer. I still have both as they are pretty hard to come by. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kp60nick Posted December 24, 2022 Author Share Posted December 24, 2022 Bolted tray up and brought some wheels for $60 with good tyres just needed a good steel wool to get rid of surface rust. I have bought a few goodies for this. I have got a brand new repo tailgate. Brand new usa spec rear bumper. Just a whole bunch of other chrome goodies. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kp60nick Posted December 24, 2022 Author Share Posted December 24, 2022 I bolted up the wheels and also did a terrano/pathfinder headlight grille front swap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kp60nick Posted December 24, 2022 Author Share Posted December 24, 2022 Here is something that was pretty funny. Top ute is my previous ute. (Which is not actually my first. I had one when was 16) Bottom is current ute. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kp60nick Posted December 24, 2022 Author Share Posted December 24, 2022 I started cleaning the engine bay up and found under the battery tray is rusty but cant drill out spot weld with the engine still in. Will get back to that later. Lowered it 4 inches reset leaf springs in the back by bob in glen eden and wound down torsion bars in front. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kp60nick Posted December 24, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2022 Painted the grille and brought the later model bonnet and lower valance panel stripped them back and epoxy primed them. Brought the later model chrome bumper too. Went and got a wof and went for one drive up to orewa. It did well, it was my big drive in it as I got it transported up from chch. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kp60nick Posted December 24, 2022 Author Share Posted December 24, 2022 Then I started to strip interior and found some rust around the rear vision mirror and found a couple of rust patches above the windscreen. They look like they done pretty well but they just didn't realize it had got to inside the roof. Other than that its pretty good condition. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kp60nick Posted December 24, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2022 I got a couple of sets of wheels. First set is Cadillac Escalade 17x7.5 that I brought from japan. Chrome is in really good condition just needed to get the center bored out to fit over the hubs. The inside condition is not very good. Second set is a factory nissan wheel 15x6.5. I had seen them on an old boys ute and had to twist his arm to give them up. But we made a deal and got them. steel wool and repainted the inside barrel. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kp60nick Posted December 24, 2022 Author Share Posted December 24, 2022 Here is photos of my first ute from 2008. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kp60nick Posted December 24, 2022 Author Share Posted December 24, 2022 Brought the ute home and some more bits arrived from japan. SE spec tailgate garnish from an USA hardbody and other genuine Nissan bits. Cleaned up the inside of the Cadillac rims. And had the center bored out to 100mm to fit the hub. Painted them a fine silver with matt clear. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kp60nick Posted December 24, 2022 Author Share Posted December 24, 2022 Got the caddy wheels on with new bridgestone re003. I always remember minitrucks having super directional tyres and big chromes. Started cleaning chassis up for notch. Worked out how much clearance I need to get it laying frame on the 17s added a little more and made clearance for bumps tops on the underside of notch. Made a template out of MDF as I have an abundance of the stuff. My little brother luke is doing engineering at uni so got him to draw the cad file and sent it to one stop cut shop. 4mm steel and stays the same thickness as the chassis rail the whole way over. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kp60nick Posted December 24, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2022 This brings us up to date. I'm just waiting for the top and bottom of the notch to be folded up then I'll get it welded in. Also moved fuel tank to the back of the chassis it fits surprisingly well so I think I will use it there but just move it bit further forward once notch is done and another crossmember is added. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kp60nick Posted January 9, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 9, 2023 Over the break I got it running again. Extended the fuel lines and wires to tank. Took it up and down my street. Out of the 3 I've owned it's been such a good vehicle starts first pop, drives really well for a 33 year old car. I guess its fairly modern compared to most on this site. Got my c notch pieces back from being folded. Now just need to drill and tap the bump stop hole in the lower piece. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kp60nick Posted February 12, 2023 Author Share Posted February 12, 2023 Haven't done any big progress still waiting for the c notch to get done. But in the meantime I've been working on my 4 link design. Thanks to the help of a few GC's on this site they have been steering me in the right direction . I've been trying out 4 link calculators and doing lots of of drawings and measurements. @RXFORD gave me some information from another bagged d21 that was bag on diff and put the top trailing arm to under the chassis rail which was super helpful and super helpful that I designed my c notch to be 100mm higher than it need to be. Once the notch is done I will start drawing up more brackets to get lazer cut. Thanks for reading. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kp60nick Posted February 12, 2023 Author Share Posted February 12, 2023 My bits for the air ride are all together now so that's something I dont have to worry about later. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kp60nick Posted April 18, 2023 Author Share Posted April 18, 2023 Been slacking on this but.... I had seen a king cab at pick a part down in tauranga so Kieran and I headed over on the weekend and picked up some treasures. Some cool bits like the stainless wipers 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kp60nick Posted April 18, 2023 Author Share Posted April 18, 2023 Wipers came up mint. Sometimes I feel I may be building this backwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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