Gas 1600

[garvice]

Thanks mate, yeah had a bit of a speed bump in progress last 2 years, really just need to get it on the road.

[garvice]

Well I managed to get a couple of days in the shed. Last month a couple of mates helped me out on the datsun and we ended up with a fan mount for the radiator. Still need to weld in a boss for the water temp. switch but it's another job off the list.

I also got out to the shed today and finished off the front quarter panels. Both needed new top and sill mounts. The passenger side needed to be rebuilt at the sill section and was in pretty rough shape at the front from a previous prang and dodgy fix. Required a fair bit of work to get it to meet up with the radiator support and front valence. Now i have both front quarter panels fully mounted for the first time. The panel gaps are not the best but I just have to keep reminding myself it's a 47 year old car and if I keep working this slow on it the car is going to be 50 before it's on the road.

Only got a few quick photos for you guys of the lower sill repair on the guard, didn't take any photos of the mounts or other repairs along the way sorry.

GAS1600_055_ 01 by garvice, on Flickr

GAS1600_055_ 02 by garvice, on Flickr

GAS1600_055_ 03 by garvice, on Flickr

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GAS1600_055_ 07 by garvice, on Flickr

GAS1600_055_ 08 by garvice, on Flickr

GAS1600_055_ 09 by garvice, on Flickr

GAS1600_055_ 10 by garvice, on Flickr

GAS1600_055_ 11 by garvice, on Flickr

To keep me honest/motivated, here is the job list with more jobs struck off.
Wiring

• Headlight Wiring
  Turn Signals
  Brackets for Engine bay wiring
  Fuel Pump/Sensor
  Rear Lights/Demister
  Wipers
  Mount indicator stalks
  Radiator Temp Switch

Rust Repairs/Metal Work/Fabrication

• Roof line above rear drivers door
  Boot water channel
  Drivers Door
  Drivers Qtr Panel/Bottom Mount
  Drivers Qtr Panel Mounting Flange
  Passenger Door
  Passenger Qtr Panel/Bottom Mount
  Passenger Qtr Panel Mounting Flange
  Front Grill Brackets
  Exhaust cutout
  Hand brake mount
  Hand brake pinion lever reversed/remade
  Dashboard strip down/fabrication
  Steering Column Mount
  Exhaust outlet
  Brake line mounts, tunnel/radiator support
  Heater Install
  Air intake/filter
  Radiator Fan Install

Purchase

• Handbrake cable
  Heat shielding
  Windscreen seal
  Rear Window seal
  Door Seals
  Window Seals
  Boot Seal
  Bonnet Seal
  Seat belts

Mount

• Front Bumper
  Front Grill
  Front Light Buckets
  Front swaybar

[Lobster]

Love this car. Keep going!

[garvice]

Cheers mate

[tim510]

got a oem temp/fuel gauge handy? i need some specs from a few to test a theory. 2 mins with a multimeter

[garvice]

Yeah I think I do Tim. Send me a pm of what you need.

[garvice]

Got photos working again, dreading having to redo all those dead links for the photobucket posts though.

[garvice]

Got to work on the 1600 again.

Fixed my bent valence mount. Made a drivers side grille mount and mounted the grill/light surrounds. Not a perfect fit but again, it's an old car and it just needs to get on the road, so I'm not tweaking the mounts any further.

Fabricated drivers side grille mount on left, original Datsun passenger side grille mount on right.
GAS1600_056_ 01 by Garvice, on Flickr

GAS1600_056_ 02 by Garvice, on Flickr

GAS1600_056_ 03 by Garvice, on Flickr

GAS1600_056_ 04 by Garvice, on Flickr

To keep me honest/motivated, here is the job list. Decided to cull the jobs that are now done from the list rather than underline.
Wiring

• Headlight Wiring
  Turn Signals
  Brackets for Engine bay wiring
  Fuel Pump/Sensor
  Rear Lights/Demister
  Radiator Temp Switch

Rust Repairs/Metal Work/Fabrication

• Roof line above rear drivers door
  Boot water channel
  Drivers Door
  Passenger Door
  
  Exhaust cutout
  Dashboard strip down/fabrication
  Steering Column Mount
  Exhaust outlet
  Brake line mounts radiator support
  Heater Install
  Air intake/filter

Purchase

• Heat shielding
  Windscreen seal
  Rear Window seal
  Door Seals
  Window Seals
  Boot Seal
  Bonnet Seal
  Seat belts

[garvice]

Spent a couple of hours tonight fixing all the photo bucket dead images. Gave me a chance to reminisce along the way. Original goal of this car was to build a cheap car quickly, however the car required far more work than I thought and I definitely chose the hard way with most decisions. Some of the things I underestimated:
- Wasn't expecting so little steel and so much bog/rust
- Didn't expect to replace both floors/tunnel to do an engine swap
- Didn't think I'd need to build a new radiator support to offset the radiator
- Hadn't expected crash damage
- Completely forgot how anal I could be

Well my eldest who was 2 when I got this car turns 7 tomorrow so thought it fitting to remind myself of a few old naive posts.

22-09-12
Plans for this car are a quick (like to get it on the road late next year) and cheap build to give me something to enjoy while the Z sits in modification jail.

26-09-12
I'm not so sure about the "optimistic" quick and easy build statement.
Always fun nonetheless!
BP

This man had a Crystal ball!

03-02-13
Cheers mate, hope to have body work done by March/April.

Still doing body work. Ha

17-04-14
the original plan was a quick and cheap build that was going to be 12-18 months. Which if you go by my first post would put me at around October last year to March this year.

06-04-14
First engine start

Congrats bud. Downhill from here

16-05-15
Drove out of shed under own power.

Pretty much a black hole end of 2015 through early 2017 due to various other projects.

One thing I'd do differently, build in a bigger shed with another hoist as a car on your hoist for 5+ years is not cool. Ha.

[MartyRX2]

Keep up the good work Brad. I doubt I'll get around to mine until 2019. Funny that you've been working on it for as long as 1600s were in production!


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[garvice]

^ Damn. I'm going to have to stop counting the 2 year hiatus and just say it's been 3 years of work.

[garvice]

Another 3 items off the list and I think i am finished with all the rust repairs on the main body, only rust on doors to go.

Had a boot channel to fix, wasn't real happy with how this turned out as I couldn't get the mig in far enough to get a nice weld and then since the weld was a bit large couldn't grind it out nicely due to the lack of space to get a grinder in. But, it will do, must avoid rework.

GAS1600_065_01 by Garvice, on Flickr

GAS1600_065_02 by Garvice, on Flickr

GAS1600_065_03 by Garvice, on Flickr

GAS1600_065_04 by Garvice, on Flickr

GAS1600_065_05 by Garvice, on Flickr

Minor holes behind the rear light.

GAS1600_065_06 by Garvice, on Flickr

GAS1600_065_07 by Garvice, on Flickr

Rust hole above rear driver's side door

GAS1600_065_08 by Garvice, on Flickr

GAS1600_065_09 by Garvice, on Flickr

Rear valence around exhaust. Need to get a smaller sander so i can file the weld. Also need to cut and weld a turndown on the exhaust outlet.

GAS1600_065_10 by Garvice, on Flickr

And I fixed a dint in the rear quarter. Just realised while doing this post that you can't really see the fix in the photos. But it used to be a dint, now it's smooth.

GAS1600_065_11 by Garvice, on Flickr

GAS1600_065_12 by Garvice, on Flickr

To keep me honest/motivated, here is the job list. Decided to cull the jobs that are now done from the list rather than underline.
Wiring

• Headlight Wiring
  Turn Signals
  Brackets for Engine bay wiring
  Fuel Pump/Sensor
  Rear Lights/Demister
  Radiator Temp Switch

Rust Repairs/Metal Work/Fabrication

• Drivers Door
  Passenger Door
  
  Dashboard strip down/fabrication
  Steering Column Mount
  Exhaust outlet
  Brake line mounts radiator support
  Heater Install
  Air intake/filter

Purchase

• Heat shielding
  Windscreen seal
  Rear Window seal
  Door Seals
  Window Seals
  Boot Seal
  Bonnet Seal
  Seat belts

[Marv]

Awesome progress

If you need heat shielding and insulation check out Car Builders stuff (carbuilders.com.au) as it is cheaper than Dynamat anf Aussie-made

[garvice]

Thanks mate, I'll check then out. Will be looking for external barrier shielding type stuff for the exhaust on the firewall and transmission tunnel rather than the internal bitumen type stuff.

[Marv]

They have that stuff. Also have spray on ceramic liner too.