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mowhawk731
03-23-2014, 05:31 PM
Getting started on my first ever project build. I've had this truck for 7 years, always wanted to do something with it but never got around to it. So here we go.
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the sam
03-23-2014, 08:25 PM
So what are your plans for this cool bit of gear?
mowhawk731
03-24-2014, 06:51 AM
Chris Alston front suspension moved forward, 5.0, open wheel step side bed. Clean reliable scare dahellouttaya fun.
Dave B
03-24-2014, 09:55 AM
Such a cool little truck, I haven't seen one around here for years, let alone any Datsun, of any type..
mowhawk731
03-25-2014, 11:15 AM
Thanks Dave. I'm on another forum for datsuns and they seem to be abundant on the west coast, but in the south they are as rare as hens teeth.
Dave B
03-25-2014, 03:47 PM
In the north, they don't exist. Last one I can remember seeing was a tubbed one in the late 80s, that was in a shop across from the Ford dealership I worked at.
mowhawk731
03-25-2014, 04:17 PM
The man that had this one had 7-8 around in a field but was bad rough. The cab on this one has a pinhole rust through spot, but the bed was toast from him hauling fertilize in it.
mowhawk731
04-23-2014, 06:44 PM
Finally got my cross member tacked in...https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2014/04/cutout_zps19f5574f-1.jpg (http://s347.photobucket.com/user/mowhawk731/media/cutout_zps19f5574f.jpg.html)
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RMMiller
04-23-2014, 07:21 PM
I had a 72 Toyota Hilux I considered doing this to but ended up selling it off. Wish I still had it.
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