68 CDN going to be all like JDM yo!

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with elbows grease running low I shifted gears, made a list, checked it twice and packaged up all my fasteners brackets and light pots. I just hope Santa can work his magic.

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over the weekend I got the rear sub frame out and striped apart. now it needs to be cleaned up then I will be calling on Byron to help get it sorted Image
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Looks great Robyn! :mrgreen: Keep the good work dude!

Found this pic somewhere and thought of your rig.

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I love the look of clean metal. just clearcoat it :D
not the same but here is my "just sold powerwagon.
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thanks james. I love the look of the wc's. just wish I fit, the cab on those trucks are so small. that is close to the paint scheme I want on my 51 b1 powerwagon.

dodgydan that is one clean looking truck what did you replace it with ?

its tempting to clear coat the bare metal it would make repairs easy and any rust would show up immediately. Its just so hard to polish all the curves and creases to give it an even finish
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RMS wrote: its tempting to clear coat the bare metal it would make repairs easy and any rust would show up immediately. Its just so hard to polish all the curves and creases to give it an even finish
If you do wanna go with the bare metal look, the hot rod guys use Gibbs oil.

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'72 2dr. 510 Turbo
'73 240Z all stock
'71 2dr. 510 stock......for now
'91 Nissan truck *SOLD*
'02 TOYOTA Tacoma
'78 Kawasaki Z1-R
'84 Kawasaki GPZ750 Turbo
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Name it! :mrgreen:
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'72 2dr. 510 Turbo
'73 240Z all stock
'71 2dr. 510 stock......for now
'91 Nissan truck *SOLD*
'02 TOYOTA Tacoma
'78 Kawasaki Z1-R
'84 Kawasaki GPZ750 Turbo
'99 Kawasaki ZRX1100
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looks like a dodge carryall built by legacy powerwagon. those guys do nice work but I hate the spindly look of the dana 60 front and the $90,000 to $130,000 price tag. :shock: ...well it would be nice to get that kind of money for my B1 :arrow: 1951 B1 powerwagon this truck was part of the king collection the majority of the collection is at the transportation museum. Mr Aubrey Lisle king was a mover and shaker back in the day. Mr king had a fleet of trucks leased out to BC tel. there was a labour dispute and Mr king repo'ed his trucks and locked them away in a warehouse were they sat till his death in 1974. the truck shows 22,000 on the odometer.Image I hope to start the restoration once my 68 4dr is on the road and my latest m37 265 resto is complete
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hey Mcshagger I just noticed you have two 510s "71 2dr. 510 stock......for now" what car is this ? and can you be prompted to make it into a rally 510? there are a lot of good roads made of gravel :mrgreen:
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RMS wrote:hey Mcshagger I just noticed you have two 510s "71 2dr. 510 stock......for now" what car is this ? and can you be prompted to make it into a rally 510? there are a lot of good roads made of gravel :mrgreen:
Nope. Got different plans for that one! Thats the one under the blue car cover out back at Jason's house.

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'72 2dr. 510 Turbo
'73 240Z all stock
'71 2dr. 510 stock......for now
'91 Nissan truck *SOLD*
'02 TOYOTA Tacoma
'78 Kawasaki Z1-R
'84 Kawasaki GPZ750 Turbo
'99 Kawasaki ZRX1100
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McShagger510 wrote:Nope. Got different plans for that one! Thats the one under the blue car cover out back at Jason's house.

James
I always forget that someone may own a car sitting at jasons. the problem is I see the uninsured cars in his yard as future projects for myself as all the 510s I have came from him :mrgreen: :lol: :lol:

Im getting board of scraping at the por15, I've removed 98% of it from the front end but that last 2% is a killer. with cramping hands and an ever depleting box of razors I moved onto rust repair

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im having a hard time deciding what colour I want to paint the suspension. I'm keeping with the stock 546 green on the body, stock trim with extra garnish, 13in libras and shinny bits and bolts in gold cad and silver.Image

I was thinking it would be nifty to paint the wheels and suspension so it looks like a galaxy or nebula.
I was thinking this could be achieved with a metallic silver base then lay on layer after layer of differently tinted clear some in patters till it looks black from a distance but when you get up close it looks more like :arrow: ImageImageImage

thoughts?
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I did all my suspension in a bright and contrasting orange. My car was such a dark colour, I wanted some kind of bright colour under there just so I could see things easily if something was not correct. Since everyone my car is a copper colour, there wasnt alot thatbwas bright but didn't look too little of place. With you grey green colour, I think you have more latitude, and can go just about any direction. But I warn you, these are the bits that take the most beating, so pick a colour that is easily obtainable and easy to match in the future. I'm glad I did with all the changes I've made since I originally did the paint on the car and the suspension.

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Yeah and put in some hobby glitter as metal flake & then clear the funk out of it! :shock: :lol:

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'72 2dr. 510 Turbo
'73 240Z all stock
'71 2dr. 510 stock......for now
'91 Nissan truck *SOLD*
'02 TOYOTA Tacoma
'78 Kawasaki Z1-R
'84 Kawasaki GPZ750 Turbo
'99 Kawasaki ZRX1100
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I hear ya Byron. I wanted norm to gold cad the front and rear xmembers to get the bright effect but due to the beating he said it would not last :cry: . I was thinking that the red inlay thats on the 68 grill badge would be a good choice and work well with the silver zinc hardware but when I close my eyes its too much against the almost pastel green and morphs into a xmas tree. :? :lol: so working with the colours all ready on the car Im left with black and white.....hmm a off white like on the deluxe fender badge may work and would be a good dirt minder....but white seems a little boring. any colour ideas? hear is a bad pic of the green in question :arrow: Image a bit better rep Image

ya thats funky james and along the lines I was thinking but as byron mentioned maintenance becomes an issue
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Found another cool Power Wagon for ya.
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'72 2dr. 510 Turbo
'73 240Z all stock
'71 2dr. 510 stock......for now
'91 Nissan truck *SOLD*
'02 TOYOTA Tacoma
'78 Kawasaki Z1-R
'84 Kawasaki GPZ750 Turbo
'99 Kawasaki ZRX1100
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