My dat rebuild

Post by **matti** » Wed Dec 31, 1969 5:00 pm

A couple of months back I bought a lil dat 64/6? off ebay for $800 aus. The ad read "no rust bare metal respray" so far I have found enough rust to warrant a sill, floorpan and kick panel replacement. All the wiring had been sprayed black with enamel, the brake and clutch cylinders were ceased and the carbie is missing links. So far I have got all the electrics working and have cut some rather obsene looking parts out of the car. I will post pictures soon and I will describe in great detail how to remove the sill sections to anyone thats game. It has a j15 engine in it which i have no idea about but I found an old toyota corolla carbie that bolts straight on.

Post by **Pac. coast Datsun** » Wed Dec 31, 1969 5:00 pm

[font="georgia"]Welcome to the site! We now have several members from Australia on the board. Id love to see pics of your project truck. Good luck & keep us posted.
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Post by **71-521** » Wed Dec 31, 1969 5:00 pm

Yes, Welcome Matti...

enjoy the site and post up as many pictures as you can!

Post by **matti** » Wed Dec 31, 1969 5:00 pm

When I opened up the sill section I found a lovely lil home. What the?

Post by **matti** » Wed Dec 31, 1969 5:00 pm

These are the chop photos. Tomorrow I will post The Repair photos.

Post by **matti** » Wed Dec 31, 1969 5:00 pm

front left a post curved section

Post by **matti** » Wed Dec 31, 1969 5:00 pm

rear left b post curved section

Post by **matti** » Wed Dec 31, 1969 5:00 pm

left front floor pan section removed

Post by **matti** » Wed Dec 31, 1969 5:00 pm

left floor pan and sill removed

Post by **71-521** » Wed Dec 31, 1969 5:00 pm

wow...you really have some work ahead of you on that one...hopefully you paid via paypal and can file a complaint...no rust huh? wow!

Post by **matti** » Wed Dec 31, 1969 5:00 pm

I have never heard of an $800 ute with no rust so I knew what I was up against. The good thing is these utes are made so simply. You can access every piece of steel in them from both sides easily.(A few nip and tucks) Here are the replace ment sill sections. The flat plate and brackets are made from 1.6mm gal m/s and the sill itself is made from 1.2mm gal m/s.

Post by **matti** » Wed Dec 31, 1969 5:00 pm

brackets for cab mount

Post by **matti** » Wed Dec 31, 1969 5:00 pm

brackets for floor pan sub chassis

Post by **odpl_Razor** » Wed Dec 31, 1969 5:00 pm

Hey I'm glad someone in australia like me has a 320 ute!!!

and also kinda close to me, Im from brisbane.

Would like to see more photos of your ute or pickup for other people on this forum.

Post by **matti** » Wed Dec 31, 1969 5:00 pm

here is the old tray

Post by **matti** » Wed Dec 31, 1969 5:00 pm

here is the new tray. I had to cut 1' out of it in length so now it needs the floor boards put in and a coat of paint. Colour choice for the inside of the cab and the tray is "Ontario Violet"

Post by **matti** » Wed Dec 31, 1969 5:00 pm

This is the rear cab mount bracket which should be joined to the floor and the sill section. Mine were not due to rust. Now that I have finally got around to making all the pieces I can start welding them together. Let the games begin!

Post by **matti** » Wed Dec 31, 1969 5:00 pm

Today on my way home from work I dropped in on this guy who has a lot of old holdens in his yard and inquired about FJ and FX head light rims as I'm looking for a set for the ute. He told me that Smorgans Steel (a scrap metal yard) had picked up a Vauxhal this morning and he thinks the lights would be similar. When I got to the yard I saw this poor old Vauxhal lying under a couple of other cars with the head lights still intact. The yardy let me borrow his screw driver and wahla I had 2 complete headlight units for free. I took them home and this is what I found!

Post by **matti** » Wed Dec 31, 1969 5:00 pm

These are the two headlight assemblies from the Vauxhal (Rest her soul)

Post by **matti** » Wed Dec 31, 1969 5:00 pm

I've been busy on my morrie so this is all I have done to the ute so far. The speedo was almost unreadable so a little bit of steady hand work and a white paint pen prooved beneficial.

Post by **matti** » Wed Dec 31, 1969 5:00 pm

Bloody typos. Any way the end result

Post by **matti** » Wed Dec 31, 1969 5:00 pm

Had the dash sand blasted I then primed it and put a little fill over two small holes. Spray putty up next

Post by **matti** » Wed Dec 31, 1969 5:00 pm

sand blasted the glove box and again primed and puttied it. Added a little fill over a small hole.

Post by **matti** » Wed Dec 31, 1969 5:00 pm

The instrument panelhas been glass bead blasted. I will be leaving this one as is and painting my spare.

Post by **matti** » Wed Dec 31, 1969 5:00 pm

welded in the new sill section. I now have to do the finishing plates to create the shape for the lower rear section of the cab and the A post. once this is done I will weld in the floor pan and then sand blast all the welds.

Post by **matti** » Wed Dec 31, 1969 5:00 pm

This is a 120y carby. It's sitting on a 12mm adaption plate I made and it has a machined air filter adaption so a K&N filter or DRIFT filter etc can be fitted no worries. The Idle solenoid has been removed and plugged for clearance. The throat diameters are the same as the original carby so it should run fine. I haven't fired it up yet. This carby is only temporary as it belongs to my morrie. I'm rebuilding a toyota carby at the moment which will become a permanent resident on the j15.

Post by **odpl_Razor** » Wed Dec 31, 1969 5:00 pm

the carby adaptation plate looks good!

did you make this yourself?

What engine are you planning to drop in your 320?

Post by **matti** » Wed Dec 31, 1969 5:00 pm

Yes I made the carby gear myself. For now the J15 engine will stay. Once I have finished the morrie and the ute is on the road I will start looking at a V6 engine but that is a fair way off. I'm on the look out for a disc brake conversion. I just need the time to measure hubs off other utes so I can work out what needs to be machined and where to place the holes for the adaption plate. Oh well back to what I have done. I made this in my lunch break today. I say out with the old and in with the new!

Post by **matti** » Wed Dec 31, 1969 5:00 pm

I tried to attach a non compressed image. Shame on me! The real deal

Post by **odpl_Razor** » Wed Dec 31, 1969 5:00 pm

have you read some thread regarding break conversion in North West Datsun Enthusiasts Forum? might help...

My dat rebuild

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