**bracktherons pics**

[bracktheron720]

started as a wrecked brown Seattle parks and recreations truck..this is what iv got done so far..let me know what you think!!and the flat black is temporary just had it layin around and was better than three colors cuz i got fenders off two different rigs..

[bracktheron720]

[pejsa s-13]

nice not feelin the hood scoop though but nice progress

[86 720]

very nice... Not feeling the scoop either, but nice...

[breadbox]

I liked the oem hood with the two vents.

The bed needs some love but the black looks good.

[PEZi]

regarding the hood scoop... it would be sweet if it was on the carb side with a hole cut in the hood to get air to it

[pejsa s-13]

^^^^truth function > form

[bracktheron720]

oh its very functional..there was a hole cut in the hood already..im not sure why but i had to put sumthin over it...i fabbed up a small metal box that i attached to the end of the metal tube coming off the stock air filter rite under the scoop so its fully functional you can actually feel it pulling air threw it when you rev the truck..now the bed.......thats a nother story im just gettin into it and the more i dig the more rust yay!!thats what i get for buyin a truck from the coast...couple people here our in washington and on that side and can tell you it sucks im sure...but i pulled the bed liner today and of course the back half of the floor of the bed is rusted out but ill get to it..and lots of surface crap to fix and sum pain.. ill get a couple pics of the intake stuff

[bracktheron720]

im not sure why the hole was there..maybe rust cut out........no idea...but i couldnt stand the rain all over one side of my motor...so this works for now!!untill my 38/38 gets here and then this is useless..but im workin on buying a new hood and hopefully new fenders!not old used ones..anybody know where i can find a tailgate??

[pejsa s-13]

oh very nice way to make me look like an a** lol

[bracktheron720]

lol sorry not my intentions!!but function is my number one priority...i just found an 80 720 here in town for a nice deal that i might pick up to go full out mini truck with..but this for now is my get around town toy..anyways the scoop....like i said better than rain and we all know engines run better with colder air it helps with fuel breakdown and stuff..so i figured it probably would hurt it pullin cool air from outside the truck instead of hot air strait off the exhaust manifold...sounds rite to me??lol

[PEZi]

well it looks to be fine for what you have under the hood thus far.... but if you ever go with a weber carb you'll need the scoop on the other side of the hood

[bracktheron720]

oh yeah i found a place on line that makes new hoods and fenders for the 720...well pretty much the hole front clip can be bought brand new..when i get the weber and my header ill hopefully be pullin the front clip and replacing it also..

this ones for pezi in particular but anybody that knows feel free to throw sumthin out there!! does the bed off your 85 fit my 84????i like the front end i put on it i like the later model beds better and mines shot..

[PEZi]

as far as i know the bed fits... the frames are the same for all 720's of the same length (KC = KC and single cab = single cab) for all years... so it should bolt up just the same

[turbojunker]

this ones for pezi in particular but anybody that knows feel free to throw sumthin out there!! does the bed off your 85 fit my 84????i like the front end i put on it i like the later model beds better and mines shot..

Since you have a king cab you're okay.

The only time there's a problem switching early and late stuff is on a single cab. The later cabs on a single cab truck are a bit longer.

Your bed looks a hell of a lot better than mine does.

[bracktheron720]

very nice thats what i wanted to hear!now i just gotta find one!lol ill take a couple pictures of the floor of the bed in the AM the sides arent to bad just a little surface rust and a couple little dings here and there..the floor of the bed is pretty bad and the tail gate is hardly holdin on...

[bracktheron720]

well iv been doin sum work and havnt updated in a while so here goes!!got alot done the bed!!



I decided to practice my sewing skills on sumthing other than motorcycle seats...so i made a new head liner wich turned out to be a pain beacause from factory the headliner is wraped around the window edges befor they put the glass in so the sides were easy but front and back the glass had to come out so instead of doin that we made a few trim pieces outta panel boared and i just screwd them in until i can get a new windshield and pulll the old one out and do it rite.. oh and while i was tearin the interior apart i started blacking everything out...to match the new red headliner better!!

heres the original color..i like it way way better black!!

and the last thing i did was the dash...no more glove box,ashtray,or the little change thing or whatever it was with the flip down door that looked like S**t...just waiting on my vinyl dye to get here to do the top part...

thats it for now..workin on gettin a manual transmission for it...if anybody knows where i can score one let me know!!

[captainzeros]

I have a spare 1981 hood (with the two fake plastic vents on it) in good shape if you're interested. I'm in Oregon, but drive up to the Seattle area to visit family fairly often. Spare front clip too if you want, but it's in crap shape, that's why I replaced it

[bracktheron720]

hmm...the hood i might be interested my fenders are pretty dang strait...but my hoods pretty beat up.....actually my fenders,grill and valance all came off an 81..

[captainzeros]

It's a good hood, the driver side vent is JB welded on, and there is a little bondo under those primer spots, but you'd be hard pressed to tell.

[DylanM]

Yea that scoop is bad but i could understand why its there considering a big empty hole. If you decide to keep using vents or scoops for the hood the best kind of hood scoop for an intake is the one in this link, it has been used in the past and still is used. (280z/zx)

http://cache.jalopnik.com/asse...p.jpg Now for letting air out (over the exhaust mani) a vent is your best bet but you could use a b****in' 300zx hood scoop reversed. (hole pointing towards driver/passenger) A pic will do better than my explanation.



I'd use the 280z to let air to the carb and the 300z the let air out over the header or ex mani.

[bracktheron720]

yeah the scoop is really just there to cover the hole...i hade a gift card layin around with like only 4 bucks on it so i ordered the one i have off ebay..lol dont get me wrong its not the most bad a$$ lookin set up but its not half bad for 5 bucks.....i have sum pretty crazy plans in store for this baby so in a few months i might be cutting a much bigger hole.....i wanna section it like three inches chop and rake the hell outta the roof and probably body drop also..but NO airbags...my buddy drives a b2200 on bags and its the most uncomfortable ride iv ever been in.....im also ookin for a 1ton rear end for it iv seen a couple 720 duellies in town and i think one slammed would look pretty cool especially with all the other mods....let me know what you think..

[flinterman2000]

Think it will be real cool. The only on of its kind I'm sure. Can't wait to see it.

[bracktheron720]

haha no kidding i cant wait to see it too!!lol its all about the money as im sure you know....the roof wont be very hard iv chopped a top once and it turned out really nice im thinkin about three inches outta the roof!!now the sectioning iv never done anything that hard befor but im just gunna take my time and get er done with about two inches outta the hole truck!!and another couple inches in body drop!!the b***h about it all is gunna be finding custom glass for the windshield....and i gotta find one of those rear ends!!!

[bracktheron720]

Sooo i was lookin through the classifieds on nico and found a guy lookin for steering wheel for a 720....i shot him an email and he still needed it so we got down to buisness..and about an hour ago i got an email from paypal saying 80.00 bucks had been deposited onto my account!!!!!i almost Sh*t my pants i never thought somebody would pay that much for an almost thirty year old nissan steering wheel!!so monday im gunna go ship it off and pic up a new Grant wheel and adapter!!!!

[flinterman2000]

If you keep looking through the classifieds, nico might repair your whole truck through sales ha ha ha.

[bracktheron720]

heck yeah!!its funny cuz im addicted to craigslist and ebay but iv never looked at the classifieds there and first time on made 80 bucks!!i love selling and buying old junk!!ya never know what you can get for sumthin till you try!!!

[bracktheron720]

Got the rear end lowered!!!It wasnt to much work really...it was nice havin a buddy to help me get everything lined up for sure..i had to cut my old U-Bolts off because they were really really rusty so i didnt even mess with un bolting them tried once and went strait for the cut off wheel lol...i love the blocks because i got three inches outta the hight but didnt change the ride quality at all...still gotta do a little fine tuning in the front to get it down just a bit...but here she is with three inch blocks in the back!!





ill get sum good day shots later today so you can see it a little better

[bracktheron720]

heres a little clip of the exhaust sorry my little brothers not the best camera man and were using a cell phone so the quality is really bad...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAPIf9P9SNg

[flinterman2000]

Clip was done by a professional. ha ha. Its good enough for what it was meant to do. Keep it coming.