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i bought another project
Saturday, May 16, 2009 11:16 PM
so i did have the rx-7 then i realized it was a little more work than i wanted to put in it. so i got it sold today and found this piece of magic for a steal on craigslist. 1978 datsun 210, 45k actual original miles, 4 speed manual. its pretty clean and rust free (lovin arizona) the bondo looking stuff on the ends of the skirts is crappy but its the only bondo on the car. i put about 40 miles through the city today and never had a problem so im pretty stoked right now. here are some bad pics of it ill get it cleaned up in the morning and post up some good pictures tomorrow.



so what do ya'll think?




Re: i bought another project
Sunday, May 17, 2009 3:38 AM
nice find !!

i like the 510's better , though the bumble bee 210's were kinda cool







Re: i bought another project
Sunday, May 17, 2009 11:45 PM
got some pictures today after giving it a quick wash. there are spots all over it thanks to washing it while it was 105 outside. o well i think they turned out ok still trying to learn how to use my dslr. i also bought some sand paper and a few rattle cans of primer to go ahead and stop the surface rust while i work on getting the dings out of the body... :S there are billions of little imperfections in the soda can metal they a body. at least it runs and runs extremely well. still havent decided on what to do with it. i keep thinking that bagging it would be cool but so would some flares and a strong suspension and trans rebuild, or even a ca18det :o i guess ill figure that out while i straighten out the body and get to cracking on redoing the entire interior.
















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Re: i bought another project
Monday, May 18, 2009 12:01 AM
looks like someone added side skirts to it

how come your location says new mexico , and them pics were taken here in phx ? i still laugh at the name of the cardinals stadium , unniversity of phoenix stadium and its in the city of glendale , LMAO









Re: i bought another project
Monday, May 18, 2009 7:27 AM
lol the reason i used that as a backdrop is that miracles happen there lol. i havent changed my profile in a long time, i live in ghettodale right now im looking at moving to litchfield park. i am stationed at luke so i guess im an honarary phonecian.

the sideskirts are pretty trashy i am going to get to work on them pretty soon.



Re: i bought another project
Monday, May 18, 2009 8:31 AM
Thats pretty pimp.. i remeber riding around in one when i was a kid



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Re: i bought another project
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 1:38 PM
[quote=97cavie24ls(™)]looks like someone TRIED to add some side skirts to it

fixed
Re: i bought another project
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 1:39 PM
Awesome little car. I bet with some good suspension mods and a stronger transmission...that car would be a BLAST to drive.
Re: i bought another project
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 3:52 PM
why?


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Re: i bought another project
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 4:02 PM
ScottaWhite wrote:why?


Why not?

Cool project.





Re: i bought another project
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 7:04 PM
The saying goes...... One mans trash is another mans treasure. I guess it would be pretty cool with a lot of work put into it.

My dad had a 210 for a parts delivery car. First car I learned to drive a manual on.




Re: i bought another project
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 9:24 PM
I like it. Buddy of mine had one in high school shot out a little flame out the tailpipe when shifting gears. Fun little car.




Re: i bought another project
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:12 AM
I can't get past those side skirts.... can they be removed or are they holding the car together lol?
I think this would be a fun car with a clean resto/ hp bump.




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Re: i bought another project
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 9:04 AM
the cars actually in pretty good shape nothing is taped or glued together except the skirts. a little well alot of glassing will take care of it, or i may try to track down a very mild styled side skirt that will blend into some fender flares either way there is an extensive amount of body work left on this little guy.



Re: i bought another project
Friday, May 22, 2009 9:54 PM
bored and its raining so cant really get anything else done on the car other than a little photodreaming. here is a rough copy of what i came up with




Re: i bought another project
Saturday, May 23, 2009 12:30 AM
not bad i like it. Is this the kinda car that on monster garage they made into a drift car? They did something like droped in a turbo 240 drivetrain and a bunch of other crap. I remember someting about a bee and the guy couldn't get it tuned right.
Re: i bought another project
Saturday, May 23, 2009 1:00 AM
its possible, i am not sure. alot of people have taken these things pretty far. a ca18det will fit which is from the s13 and makes around 160hp stock. the economy model was called a bee or something and was targeted at young first time buyers. i dont know where im going to take this car ive thought about a ca18 swap in here lol i can imagine going from about 75hp to the ground to putting down 145 to the ground. i also thought about a 13b two rotor but after dealing with my rx7 im kind of over trying to bring rotaries back to life parts are just to hard to come by and tuning them is a bish. right now im mainly worried restoring the interior and getting the dings out. i am afraid to get too invested i would drop this car like a bad habit if i could get my hands on a clean notched and bagged hardbody.



Re: i bought another project
Saturday, May 23, 2009 2:12 AM


i like this one a little more



Re: i bought another project
Saturday, May 23, 2009 2:42 AM

ok ok last one for the night lol and totally not feasable but pretty cool, body dropped



Re: i bought another project
Saturday, May 23, 2009 7:15 PM
haha toss a sr20det in there =) now that wuld be fun to drive



Re: i bought another project
Sunday, May 24, 2009 9:09 AM
I like the last one with the drop,cool project car



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Re: i bought another project
Monday, May 25, 2009 4:55 AM
Meh - props for the uniqueness factor, but i liked the rx-7 better.



Re: i bought another project
Monday, May 25, 2009 2:38 PM
the rx7 needed a little too much for what it was, it was a fire waiting to happen after i got into the wirining a little it went away as parts. i still have a little part of it sitting in storage and may just find its way into this project maybe.



Re: i bought another project
Sunday, July 26, 2009 12:56 AM
well im bringing this back from the grave, lol i finally started working on the little datsun. i post on ratsun net a little more than here lately but i figure a few of you guys may get a kick.

well i shaved of the front and rear bumpers, got rid of the skirts and got rid of some surface rust on the roof and re did the grill. here are some pictures







and o the after math of 10 lbs of body filler used to "mold" the so called sideskirts




Re: i bought another project
Sunday, July 26, 2009 1:01 AM
it already looks 100x better without those sideskirts and bumpers





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