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looking great dave, keep the updates and work coming. have you picked a colour for it yet?

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120Y Coupe- longest build ever!

I was aiming to have it completely finished for datnats - 2007 . Now I'm just hoping to have all the bodywork done by Xmas.

I figure there's no point rushing it, plus I've managed to accumulate pretty much all the bits I need for the mechanical side of things in the couple of years I've been doing the bodywork as well as (hopefully) worked out how I'm going to do it all.
Yep, Angel Blue off a Proton Gen 2

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1970 ex Group A Rally P510
1971 P510
1972 180B SSS
1965 SP310 Fairlady
1966 SP311 Fairlady

nice choice in colour man, i like it!

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120Y Coupe- longest build ever!

Awesome stuff Dave

Nice colour choice too

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Classic Auto Fabrications:
http://www.ozdat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=31659

http://www.lescollinsracing.com/

Yes! The body on ours is done and ready to paint. Light blue like you're thinking. Luckily it sounds like we'll be done before you so technically you'll be copying us

Keep up the hard work mate, it's taken us 3 cars to make 1 good one.

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Classic Auto Fabrications:
http://www.ozdat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=31659

http://www.lescollinsracing.com/

Anymore pics of your car ? I love seeing a good restoration
I've taken one really bad car and made one good one. Would have been easier if I had another donor SSS to cut out some sections rather than having to make them up from scratch.
Actually, your dad's has been a bit of an inspiration for me. Everytime I see it I have a good look, its so neat and just the style I'm aiming for (very straight and fairly original-looking with all chrome trims and badges intact)

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1970 ex Group A Rally P510
1971 P510
1972 180B SSS
1965 SP310 Fairlady
1966 SP311 Fairlady

bodywork, kinda makes me depressed you are doing one heck of job there dave, its good when you can just plug away at it doing it to the level that you are i'm very impressed.

keep up the good work

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Nah no more pics. Just sitting there all nice and clean waiting for the cage. WHICH the design got approved by CAMS, now we're just waiting for the cage builder to come out west and welder 'er up.

Dad actually did a cross state parts run this weekend. Got front coilover kit, bushes, a couple 260z gearboxes AND put the motor in at the engine builder. 200hp here we come.

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Cleaned up the shed a bit (because I lost my good panelbeating gear and cracked it with the mess ) so I thought I'd sort out what I have.

Here's some of the gear I've accumulated for the SSS.

Selection of NOS lights - anyone have a NOS chrome surround for the left hand taillight ?? Everything else is new, but the left hand light was off a sedan so the outer trim was different to the SSS. I just need the chrome surround to make up a new set of taillights



Plenty of brake stuff, even a pair of Datsport brackets hiding in there !!


Numerous gasket sets, bearing sets, water pumps and other random engine stuff - I love a good swap meet !!



All new 200B steering components (except drag link), plus a selection of NOS shocks. Interestingly, the genuine Nissan ones are identical to the Tokico Prodra-G ones - same markings and they feel the same. Only difference is the black paint and a Nissan part number stamped into them

Anyone have a new 200B drag link ??? Can't find one anywhere.



Forged pistons, ARP bolts, stainless oversized valves, new guides, CA18 CAS, LS1 coils and an L18 efi manifold (which I probably won't use)



Water-to-air intercooler and random manifold stuff that may become part of a custom inlet manifold setup


The heart of the project - near new Eaton M45 blower, plus throttle body and genuine BMW / mini cooper S blower bypass valve

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1970 ex Group A Rally P510
1971 P510
1972 180B SSS
1965 SP310 Fairlady
1966 SP311 Fairlady

And the reason I wanted to find my good panelbeating gear. I broke two of the cheap, crappy hammers from Supercheap on just one piece of the rear guard that I was hammering to shape.

Rear guard is starting to take shape. Outer section is made up from a Repco repair section (which wasn't complete as you can see where I've had to reshape it - the back end wasn't formed at all ), the original piece that has the bumper bar recess, plus a few other bits beaten out of flat sheet.

Its a worry when a commercial rust repair section isn't big enough to repair the rust in your car I'll need to add another two inch strip above the repair panel.

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1970 ex Group A Rally P510
1971 P510
1972 180B SSS
1965 SP310 Fairlady
1966 SP311 Fairlady

Dave,

I hope you removed the rust before you weld that panel in!

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1972 Datsun 1600, S14 SR20DET Engineered (204rwkW @ 17psi.)
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wow dave, thats a nice bunch o parts you've collected there. I did a similar thing, as things came up at a reasonable price i bought them. it takes the sting out of it financially and you get lots of cool bits!

so its going to be an efi supercharged L18 then?

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LAGWAGON gracefully retired... LAG 510 - the next generation

Yep, its gunna be a blown, efi L18 with all the good gear .

Buying stuff along the way like I have helps with the budget - it spreads the cost out over a few years, plus you can afford to wait for a bargain to come up rather than having to pay whatever price is asked simply because you need a part NOW or your project will come to a halt. A good example is the ecu - group buy on datnet a year or so back saved a few hundred dollars on a Haltech E6X so I bought one and stashed it away. Its come from everywhere - eBay, swap meets, group buys, swaps with other enthusaists and even some from my long-time stash of goodies - like the NOS 180B SSS dizzy !!.

I've got a stash of stuff for my 1600 as well, and I won't be even starting work on that for years

And Nik, I'll be cleaning everything before I weld it up, then painting each piece with rust-proofing paint. I really should get a new piece of body sheetmetal that hasn't rusted for making rust replacement patches

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1970 ex Group A Rally P510
1971 P510
1972 180B SSS
1965 SP310 Fairlady
1966 SP311 Fairlady

Yeah, thought you'd be on top of it all!

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