New (to me) 80 720, not new to Nissan

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Just bought a 1980 Datsun 720 pickup with 140,000 milesfrom a guy at work for $750. Runs good, looked a little rough. But I am fixing that. So far I have done:

Lowered 3" with Torsion bar adjustment, 2" blocks, removal of overload leaf spring.
Removal of rust and body dents.
Shaved passenger mirror, rear bumper, side moldings, side Datsun emblems, bed hooks, bed body lines.
Painted grille, driver mirror, stock wheels, and cab vents gloss black. Hand painted Datsun emblem on grille.

Next will be to paint truck flat black with gloss black racing stripes and trim. 17" black steel wheels and 225/45/17 tires. Roll pan. Cadillac tail lights in NORMAL taillamp position. Interior and audio work. Eventually I want to build it into a custom show truck with air suspension.

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Took those pictures last weekend, have since sanded down Bondo. Will post more pics this weekend after sanding whole truck and primer.
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Nice man! Welcome!

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Welcome! Meh on the Caddy lights but I'm a snobby purist so don't listen to me.

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Reverend D21 wrote:Welcome! Meh on the Caddy lights but I'm a snobby purist so don't listen to me.
The tail lights on his '80 are hard to find. Besides, they're in the bumper. If he's gonna delete the bumper, then he's gotta do something!

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fastboatman29212 wrote:
Reverend D21 wrote:Welcome! Meh on the Caddy lights but I'm a snobby purist so don't listen to me.
The tail lights on his '80 are hard to find. Besides, they're in the bumper. If he's gonna delete the bumper, then he's gotta do something!
Exactly!

Oh and I forgot the before picture:

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The truck will be flat black with gloss black striping and trim. All "blacked out, "murdered"," blackened", etc... For now. When I get the money later I plan on reversing that. Gloss black paint with flat trim and stripes.

I am calling it "THE SHADOW" after the old radio show, comic books, and movies. Most recent was in 1994 With Alec Baldwin playing the part.

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My CarDomain page: http://www.cardomain.com/id/JoeCool6972

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Figured I would do a new topic on my progress on the truck, so see part two here: what-i-did-today-on-my-1980-720-lots-of ... 37563.html


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