sheepers buys a 4wd Datsun.

[rusty360]

Looks alot less kitset now!

[Beaver]

When you paint the engine bay, don't forget step one, paint the shed floor.

[sheepers]

Painted floors are for people who don't do any work in their sheds.

[Beaver]

You say that but I know plenty of people who do work in their sheds with painted floors. 

You can lead a man to water but you can't make him drink.

I'll leave you alone to go play in your dusty stained shed.

[Raizer]

7MGTE swap.

[rusty360]

That's a very cool car in a farking big shed!

[MACKAZ]

12 hours ago, rusty360 said:

That's a very cool car in a farking big shed!

I was gonna say that

[kiwi808]

Did I miss the part where you built a new massive shed? Tang and desprung immediately 

[xsspeed]

How did you miss step 1?

[GARDRB]

On 15/03/2025 at 13:33, sheepers said:

It's now in its new home

I'll need to really map out what I'm going to do with it. 

Helis in the shed right?

 

[sheepers]

well, OK.

[RXFORD]

Because you are old and blind, grab one of your fancy new workbench lights and have a good look for any swelling of seams in these areas. Could be hidden by sealer. 32s & 33s are notorious for blowing out around them. Might have to have a gander along the rail seam from the strut side, from memory they are triple layered. Top seams of strut towers, and the gusset between firewall and top guard mount area usually go at some stage too.

While you are at it, around the outside of the area infront of the A-pillars below cowl. And the bottoms seats of the front and rear windows are another common rust spot. Oh and the chassis railettes under floor pans too. 

Hopefully yours doesn't have any of these issues, but they all seem to do it at some stage. Would hate for you to spend all that time fitting the Ld28 just to have to pull it out again for more rust work. 

 

 

[GARDRB]

Here I was reading through thinking "I hope he's put a picture of the sandblaster in" and you did. Thank you good sir

[Truenotch]

On 01/02/2025 at 06:26, Roman said:

Now we're on to "Is my car oldschool if it has Advanced Total Traction Engineering System with Electronic Torque Split - But only the early version?"

I guess this means Gnarlydude's EE80 is oldschool now.

[xsspeed]

3 hours ago, Truenotch said:

I guess this means Gnarlydude's EE80 is oldschool now.

You mean ee80s weren't?

[Truenotch]

2 hours ago, xsspeed said:

You mean ee80s weren't?

Haha, it was always the car that came up in discussion back in the early 2010s. "People will start turning up in bloody EE80 Corollas and they don't have chrome bumpers".

Now R32s and S13s are genuinely old and Sheepers is chauffeuring in the next era of OS. I reckon it's great cause there are loads of good 90s cars appearing at events now.

[igor]

Realistically pretty much anything pre 2000 is probably OS now. Even the VCC has a rolling thirty year rule.

[anglia4]

Oooh that blaster looks like a good piece of kit. I’ve got some little bits to tickle up in awkward corners in the Galaxie as well.

[yoeddynz]

Good heads up on grinders - especially for the folks on here with face rugs..

[Bearded Baldy]

Amateur, if it is long enough to tuck into your collar, you tuck it in!

When i rocked a goatee i had a very very close call with my lathe one night. Started tucking my earmuff band under my chin after that.