Part of a package I purchased several months ago. Car was languishing behind a bodyshop under pile of parts.
Shop cleared out the trash, aired up the tires and away it goes.
Under cover for now. Need to wire in a new ignition switch & install a battery. Car actually looks fairly complete. Will try to crank the engine over during the winter holidays.
Don't know the long term plans on this one, yet. Haven't owned a high windshield roadster for quite a long time
Ralph: Not sure what rims are on the car, but I've seen the style before. Need to do a bit of sleuthing.
Did a little excavation on the 1600 today. Found the registration and paperwork in the glovebox!
Vehicle was previously from Florida and had work done to it by Bill Harvey back in 2007. The keys were stuck in the ignition, and I found the whole steering column was disconnected. So I pulled the steering column (Steering wheel & All) and will atempt to extract the key.
datsun65 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 6:27 pm
Ralph: Not sure what rims are on the car, but I've seen the style before. Need to do a bit of sleuthing.
Did a little excavation on the 1600 today. Found the registration and paperwork in the glovebox!
Vehicle was previously from Florida and had work done to it by Bill Harvey back in 2007. The keys were stuck in the ignition, and I found the whole steering column was disconnected. So I pulled the steering column (Steering wheel & All) and will atempt to extract the key.
Seafoam Deep Creep did wonders for my original locking gas cap. The key had been in that cap for 40 years, granted it was a garaged car, yet still. I couldn't budge the key and had to bend one of the tabs to get the cap off. Literally 5 minutes of soak to get the key out and another shot of penetrant in the key slot and it now works like butter.
1967 1600 in waiting SPL311-09002 / R-28178
2018 Hyundai Elantra GT Sport Ultimate
In the glove box of the car, I found an old faded receipt that the car had been serviced by Bill Harvey (Datsun Roadster Racer), way back in 2007. Spoke with Bill last week and he remembered the car & provided a little bit of the service details.
On the receipt was the name of a Previous Owner, but it was a fairly common name.
Yesterday was checking out facebook and saw a post in a 240Z group. The post was from the same name as had owned the roadster.
We connected, and sure enough it was the previous owner! Excited to be finding out more history & background on this old project.
Bit of progress today on the 1600. Picked up a fresh coil and ignition parts. Bypassed a poor connection (+) and she started up, albeit for only a few seconds.
Next up a round of fresh electrical connections and new fuel hose throughout the engine bay.
