New 720 Owner

Post by **Kira-Hachi** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 4:13 pm

Thought I'd give a hello to all the old Nissan pickup owners out there. I just purchased a 1985 720 2WD with the Z24 motor and auto transmission. Motor has 103,000 KM's on it (approx 55,000 Miles) for $750 Canadian. Body is in bad shape though, nothing a little hard work won't clean up!

I'll post some pictures tomorrow (or later tonight) so you can see what I am up against

I don't think it will be a mint shape restoration as it's only meant to be a parts truck while I fix up my Sileighty but knowing me.....

If anyone could give me some tips I'd appreciate it! Especially in the "parts distributors" department.

Post by **PEZi** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 5:47 pm

hey welcome

good to see another '85!

for mine i used autopartswarehouse.com for a lot of stuff... its one of the cheapest for body parts for sure! good luck man!

Post by **breadbox** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 7:15 am

Welcome. low miles.

Post by **Kira-Hachi** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 6:45 pm

Thanks for the source PEZ.

Got a small amount done today at ripping it apart. The bumper bolts are fastened with lock nuts that are rusted together and I didn't have my good tools with me, so the disgrace is still there. This thing is a little more rough than I thought, so it looks like I'll have to order more sheet metal than anticipated. As promised, some pictures:

And one of my car:(there should be at least one respectable picture in this thread XD )

Post by **breadbox** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:47 am

AHHHH cancer. where do you live? I may be able to send you parts off my parts 720, if its worth doing.

Nice 240sx.

Post by **breadbox** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:51 am

zeroforum/44Just in case you didn't know about this part of the site.

Post by **Kira-Hachi** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:29 pm

Yeah, I'm familiar with the 240sx side of things, if it weren't for this site I don't think I could have accomplished my SR swap haha.

As for the cancer, it is very much an ugly sight. I live in Saskatchewan Canada and we get a lot of snow and crappy weather. Parts would be handy indeed. I'm looking for two doors, two front fenders and two rear taillights atm if you have.

I have phoned every auto wrecker in the area and had no luck Aftermarket taillights are 50 each plus shipping :/

I'm also wondering if there are any parts that are transferable among similar models. For example, the Hardbody taillights or doors etc.
Modified by Kira-Hachi at 11:10 PM 7/13/2009

Post by **PEZi** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:08 pm

pretty much nothin from the hardbody will work body wise... tail lights are different... doors are different.. pretty sure fenders are different too

Post by **breadbox** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 7:58 am

Any one know the best way to ship doors or bulky items in general?

Post by **Kira-Hachi** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:00 pm

If UPS won't do it, it may have to go by truck, the only company I can think of off hand is TST overland Express or maybe Bison Transport, but I think Bison only deals with corporations.

Post by **moredunes720** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 7:08 pm

I have an old driver side windshield and a carb with a sticky choke.also found an 85 720 at my local junkyard in oregon. for a small fee I might be able to yard the parts you need. The doors were banged up but i couldnt see through them like yours. lol i believe all the taillight assy were there. My 720 has cancer, but not near as bad as yours haha. I might be able to ship it usf reddaway, or you can call shinglehouse wreckers @ 1-877-544-1975. they have a website but it sux. as for interchanging years, 83-85 pretty much matches up, but after that nissan went with efi and changed to the hardbody.

Post by **breadbox** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:45 am

Good to see some 720 support going out.

Kira-Hachi, make a "build thread" then you can document the truck.

Make a needed parts list, I will see what I have in stock.

Post by **Kira-Hachi** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:59 am

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