I'm gonna be coming to get that from you VERYYY soon sir
Yessir, Autozone on Austell RD is my home.
Funny thing, my buddy George came in and we were talking about his rotary Corolla and puled out his phone to show me a picture of your blue one. Glad to hear there are more old school folks close to home.
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
- John F. Kennedy
Thanks man! I try... just kicks my ass every once in a while.
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
- John F. Kennedy
Yesterday washed the truck...
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Today hung out with some buddies at the Vintage class meet today, had a blast and went home.
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Never made it home under her own power.
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Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
- John F. Kennedy
damn dude I feel bad!
Thanks for coming out given the circumstances with the car- that's dedication.
Lmk if I can do anything for you
She's a damn trooper! Drove over 2 hours yesterday on the busted U joint and had no idea. 4 miles from home it exploded. Datsun ftmfw!!
Rear U-joint fell to pieces and all the bearings fell out of the cup. Then promptly exploded when I eased off the clutch into 2nd.
Fucked ERRYTHANG up
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
- John F. Kennedy
Alright, so my trucks not the lowest thing ever, but I'm not doing TOO bad am I?
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The paint job is gonna be like this ALL winter. First few weeks of spring i'm going to finish up straightening the last few parts out, and it's going off to a resto shop for the finishing touches.
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
- John F. Kennedy
QD, I like those mirrors, and almost bought them. only thing holding me back is the absence of CHROME. I know, chrome is meh... but i really like the way it accents the front end.
Been meaning to ask, what mirrors are on the Honda? I saw them at the meet and loveeee them.
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
- John F. Kennedy
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
- John F. Kennedy
Vintage oversized camper shell YES!!!!!
holy shet dude.. the damn thing looks like a hermit crab!
i fuggin LOVE it..
doing a good job mate a lot of respect from folks on here well done.
Help out at Import garage so get to play in great rides and handle car parts could it get better than this.
i dont like the camper top
Keep it up though matt!
Thanks Josh, all about personal taste to be honest. I just find it different, and different is cool.
I think the most enjoyable thing about it is the old school nature of it. It just looks so old, and fits the truck so good. It will come off eventually in the summer or sometime through winter (it's heavy and kills my gas milage and cheap clutch.)
Thanks man! Just doin it the way I like
haha for sure man!!
When are we gonna get you behind the wheel of a truck?? With your bitchin stable of steeds, I feel like the only thing missing is a minitruck!
might I suggest finding a JDM 1200 UTE next time you're overseas?
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
- John F. Kennedy
Got a Cobb County 1976 plate to match the year of the truck. Can't register it, but it's pretty cool to have.
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
- John F. Kennedy
Need flares for sure. Just thinking... early Z car (S30) flares, with a little more low = epic. Torsion bars won't take me much lower, and I can only go aboit 1/2 lower on these shocks before I'm on the stops. (They're about an inch shorter then stock)
Gonna probably end up raising the shock mounts and making some coilovers or looking for some short coilover options.
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Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
- John F. Kennedy
OR instead of flares, pull the fenders? Like my buddies...
PULLED
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FLARED
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Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
- John F. Kennedy
I've taken off the camper... for now....... I also rolled the fenders with a bat to get a little less tire rub, and moar lower of course... but first:
So I went to an antique shop just walking around (been in and out of there a lot. They're huge) and walked past these...
They're old twin trumpet horns, aging somewhere between 1920-50. Everything I've seen suggests around the 30's, but there's a possibility its later then that. The low tone works great. The high tone trumpet has an internal short and works, but very intermittent. I don't want to burn it up so I'm thinking of dissecting it to see how it looks inside. The wire jacketing has fallen apart on both trumpets so I peeled it all off and covered the wireing in nice heat shrink tubing.*
After cleaning them up with a wire brush, they came out VERY nice.
I need to find a diagram for the 6V GM relay that it came with. I don't want to blow it up if it's any good. If I can get them both working 100%, I'll wire them in a series and run them on the truck. If not, I'll donate them to a rat rod project that's starting up.*
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I also have finished repainting one of my two fender badges.
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
- John F. Kennedy
Not much new to report....
Except I've spent about $2000 in parts in the last few weeks on a datto stroker and some parts
New motor/trans rebuild coming soon! Before IA if I'm lucky.
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Just a bunch of random pictures here for the most part.L
She got me one of my favorite pictures blown up for Christmas. I love it!
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About a week or so ago, I was having oil PSI issues. (Oil light came on at idle) I was about ready to condemn the bearings and pull the motor after replacing the oil pump with a high volume pump which had no effect. After changing the oil and PSI sender (again) it's all fine. Dodged a bullet there. Best part about this oil pump is that it's external, and easy to remove. Driven by the distributor shaft, so I pulled the dizzy and used a set of vice grips to hold the shaft in place. 10 min later and I have a brand new oil pump in. I'm using a KA-E oil pump, since it's a higher volume pump.L
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Visited a friend around the corner and used his fender roller to play around.
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We only pulled the rear, since my fronts cleared with my current camber after doing some adjustments with a baseball bat a week before.L
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There is NO more lower the front can go though.
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We took a TON of pictures out at a closed parking lot. Enjoy. This shows about how stretched my fenders have gotten now.L
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Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
- John F. Kennedy