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Get a mould of the front spoiler made before your mum breaks it!
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| Author: | James May [ Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Alistair's 1979 Datsun 200B SX restoration project |
Get a mould of the front spoiler made before your mum breaks it! |
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| Author: | MYDATO [ Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:52 pm ] | |
| Post subject: | Re: Alistair's 1979 Datsun 200B SX restoration project | |
Get a mould of the front spoiler made before your mum breaks it!
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| Author: | Rat Dat [ Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Alistair's 1979 Datsun 200B SX restoration project |
Yeah for sure. I didn't spend 7 days watching it on ebay only to have yr mum break it.... |
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| Author: | green200b [ Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:24 pm ] | |||
| Post subject: | Re: Alistair's 1979 Datsun 200B SX restoration project | |||
Get a mould of the front spoiler made before your mum breaks it!
Don't worry, if she does break it, she'll never walk again.
Haha, this car will probably end up being the most disliked car on Ozdat. Not only is it a 200B, but it is being kept original, and even de-modified!!!
I've actually got a soft spot for 200B's as well. I learnt to drive in my old man's beigy-tan coloured '77 model, complete with IRS. Funny how times change, back then when I got my licence and started looking round for a Datsun of my own, I couldn't afford a 200B, so I got a 1600 instead as they were much cheaper  |
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| Author: | Dave [ Fri Jun 26, 2009 7:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Alistair's 1979 Datsun 200B SX restoration project |
I bought my first 1600 in 1981, so 2nd hand 200B's were pretty much only a year or two old at the time. I suppose they wold have been only a grand or so less than the new price, so maybe $4000 - $5000 ?? My 1600 cost (very appropriately) $1600. My old man traded his in not long after I learnt in it on a brand new 2.6l, top of the range Sigma "SE". By that time, the 200B was maybe 4 years or so old and already had rust in the bonnet and a few other spots even though it was garaged all its short life 
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| Author: | green200b [ Sat Jun 27, 2009 12:12 am ] | |
| Post subject: | Re: Alistair's 1979 Datsun 200B SX restoration project | |
I bought my first 1600 in 1981, so 2nd hand 200B's were pretty much only a year or two old at the time. I suppose they wold have been only a grand or so less than the new price, so maybe $4000 - $5000 ??
This 200B has some surface rust on the bonnet but I don't think it has anything terminal yet. Having said that all Datsuns came with rust from factory. My green one has been a seaside dweller for pretty much all of its life as far as I can tell, so all things considered it was pretty rust-free. This one did have some rust when I got it but has more now as it has been parked outside and we are about a ten minute drive from the beach.....Interesting he got a Sigma, the 200B was the best-selling four-cylinder car until ousted by the Sigma. My 1600 cost (very appropriately) $1600. My old man traded his in not long after I learnt in it on a brand new 2.6l, top of the range Sigma "SE". By that time, the 200B was maybe 4 years or so old and already had rust in the bonnet and a few other spots even though it was garaged all its short life Interesting the sorts of prices the cars were going for. I guess the SX would have cost a little more, maybe $6,200 or something new? I'm not sure if mine would have cost anymore being yellow, but since it didn't have the SX mirrors maybe it evened out. |
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| Author: | douglasamills [ Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Alistair's 1979 Datsun 200B SX restoration project |
lucky bugger you have the grille i been searching for since i was 16 thats actualy in one piece hey and the front spoiler top job scoring that mines exact replica of that right on alistair |
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| Author: | Shexy Chester [ Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:58 pm ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: Alistair's 1979 Datsun 200B SX restoration project | ||
why dont you put the motor from the green machine in here?
Funnily enough that's the plan so in theory this one should have a motor fitted, a gearbox on the back of it and possibly even be running and driving in three months. It all depends on how strange the wiring in this car is, and how much of my spare time I decide to use making cars go  u proabaly like me and only like the wiring o your green car or my main car |
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| Author: | James May [ Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:58 pm ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: Alistair's 1979 Datsun 200B SX restoration project | ||
Funnily enough that's the plan
wiring is always a pain isnt it lol so in theory this one should have a motor fitted, a gearbox on the back of it and possibly even be running and driving in three months. It all depends on how strange the wiring in this car is, and how much of my spare time I decide to use making cars go u proabaly like me and only like the wiring o your green car or my main car |
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| Author: | DattoA10 [ Thu Jul 02, 2009 9:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Alistair's 1979 Datsun 200B SX restoration project |
Gremlins buddy... Thats why I keep mine in a shed undercover
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| Author: | green200b [ Thu Jul 02, 2009 11:27 am ] | |
| Post subject: | Re: Alistair's 1979 Datsun 200B SX restoration project | |
cars seem to acquire faults from just sitting around, and no one really knows why....
This one has been sitting around, but also the engine bay at least has been re-wired. Everything is a different colour and there are wires all over the place. It may have been done properly and just look messy. Let's hope so....
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| Author: | datdrift [ Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Alistair's 1979 Datsun 200B SX restoration project |
probaly dont want to here this but, When i was 14,I used to work at the wreckers in nambour,they had 3 or 4 200b sx in there being wrecked,still were mostly complete when they would of got crushed,I notice spoilers on a couple. but back then i didnt really know anything on datsuns,was a holden man back then  from memory there was a few blue ones and 1 white |
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| Author: | douglasamills [ Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Alistair's 1979 Datsun 200B SX restoration project |
i got laughed at when i was 16 9 yrs ago just about when i asked for a sx spoiler and or grille for series 1 200bsx also got told i could of got a sr20 det conversion done for 3 g inc motor then  budget style but was a mate in my network how times have changed
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| Author: | green200b [ Tue Aug 11, 2009 7:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Alistair's 1979 Datsun 200B SX restoration project |
So on the weekend I removed the engine from the green 200B which, despite being rather down on power due mainly to an unhappy standard carbie, is still a strong and reliable little engine, so it seemed fitting to put it into the SX as I know it works well enough, despite leaking lots of oil. After a quick clean and the fitting of the green 200B's extractors (which incidently came from this car originally I also fitted a replacement carbie, bolted up my SSS 5 speed and then lowered the whole thing into the car. All in all it was a fairly hassle-free job. Except for the rain. ![[ img ]](http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee32/green200b/SDC105441024x768.jpg) ![[ img ]](http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee32/green200b/SDC105471024x768.jpg) It is only held in by the engine mounts at the moment but when it stops raining I'll bolt everything up underneath, connect everything necessary, find a battery and maybe, just maybe, this car will move under its own steam after years of not doing so. |
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| Author: | lunchbox [ Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Alistair's 1979 Datsun 200B SX restoration project |
fingers are crossed!!! |
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