What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters only)

[Gregs672000]

Body and chas at is she now located with I'm am enging hoist. And covered the body l. Tomorrow who knows 2e are not quite there. Tting to find my motivation MOJO

Going to need a spell check or decoder for this one....

Ever watched the show Drunk History...?

[JohnnyB66311]

Wow I should probably slow down and use preview prior to submitting.what I was trying to get out of my thoughts was, body and chassis are separated by the engine hoist that I will use to put body back atop the chassis once I get the motor back in. Time sure does fly

[Stick]

No worries, just having fun - Best of luck with the Restoration! Time is definitely flying ... Monday Nov 4th will be the first anniversary since I bought my car.

[MattC]

Funny....today is the 6th anniversary of buying my roadster.

[JohnnyB66311]

7th for us

[TobyMan]

Cleaned up my fuse block label using the template in the tech wiki.

[MattC]

Very Nice!

[DAC21]

Got my 10 new stainless steel door handle springs, $12.41. Just slightly stiffer. Put in the size on ebay and they make them. Ordered out of China.


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Curtis do you recall the size you ordered? I have a 1967, and I don't think I have an original to measure.

TIA

[ADR]

Curtis's earlier reply:


https://www.ebay.com/itm/196114151214?var=495971409161

Qty (pcs): 10pcs
Outer diameter: 30mm
Length(mm): 25mm
Wire diameter: 1.6mm

[DAC21]

Curtis's earlier reply:


https://www.ebay.com/itm/196114151214?var=495971409161

Qty (pcs): 10pcs
Outer diameter: 30mm
Length(mm): 25mm
Wire diameter: 1.6mm

Thank you, I forgot about Curtis's link. I did use it at some point as a saved the item on eBay for a later date but when I clicked the link it brought up default measurements.

[vorpal]

Did this during the summer on the 67.5

Came to me with a set of Rocket Industries Minilite knockoff wheels:

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Not bad but not great. Wanted a 3 piece look with a little color. Was looking at some hot RS Watanabe, but at $3K+ for a set, I went the budget route.

Cleaned wheels and polished the outer rims

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Mask rims

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Several coats of an acid etching primer

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Duplicolor gold wheel enamel followed with clear coating the whole wheel

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Before, not bad:

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After, definitely gives the wheel some depth

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[notoptoy]

Looks great!

[Solex68]

Impressive work for sure.

[theunz]

Those wheels look like a spitting image of the EMPI 8 spokes which were made specifically for the Datsun’s. I’ve never seen or heard of the Rocket brand. Do you have any info on them? Size?

[vorpal]

Click on the first pic, size stamp is there: 15 X 5.5... not sure of the offset as I couldn't find a stamp.

In my research on them, Rocket Industries is an Australian manufacturer still going today.

Those wheels are an EMPI knockoff they did years ago... VW people used them a lot.

Came with the car when I bought it at auction in 2017, car was originally from Tennessee and ended up for sale up here in Canada!