GAS 1600

[Doraemon]

Thanks for the link ! The Go kart looks awesome. How fast does it goes ?

[Garvice]

Geared for 35km/hr but motor (just a 250w dc motor) isn't big enough for that without a long straight. Mate's son was only 10 months old when we finished it so doesn't need to go real quick for a while yet. Next one for my son's (all under 6) will have 2 x 500w dc motors to start them maybe a petrol 4 stroke in the future.

[OUTthere]

That's great! Love seeing that.

[Doraemon]

How's the project going ?

[Garvice]

Sorry guys. For some reason didn't get notification on the last post. Unfortunately i haven't really had anytime this year to work on the car. Work, lack of funds, other projects and general family commitments have had the car sitting lonely on the hoist for about a year now. Rest assured when I work on it with any real progress I'll update here.

[Garvice]

Well another years gone with no work on either of the datsuns. Almost finished this for the boys though.

[defdes]

Making all us dad's look bad.

[Garvice]

Almost 2 years (20.5months) since I last worked on the datsun. Got out to the shed today and did a little work, no pictures yet.
Fixed the drivers qtr panel mounting flange (welded new nuts on/fixed rust) and fixed the passengers qtr panel rust. Also noticed the owner side qtr had a lot of bog do needed sine reshaping.


Current Job list with completed jobs underlined.

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

[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

GAS1600_055_ 04 by garvice, on Flickr

GAS1600_055_ 05 by garvice, on Flickr

GAS1600_055_ 06 by garvice, on Flickr

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

[two_68_510s]

Man I don't make a list like that it would scare the shit out of me! Cool that you are moving forward, I also need to get on the stick!

[Garvice]

Thanks Joel. I needed to make the list and start ticking stuff off as the project was stalling and I was procrastinating too much every time I had a chance to work on it. P.S. underlined stuff is completed.

[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

[Byron510]

Progress is good - thanks for the updates. Yes the photo thing sucks for you and a lot of people using photo bucket. I lost a huge photo thread on my Bronze build here on the site, I put some of it back where time allowed but most of the actual initial build up to 2006 was lost as it was really just a photo thread.

I can't wait to finish working on my shed so that I can get back to working on cars! The shed has been a nearly 3 year project now...I guess I should update that thread too!

Great to see your car again, we lost you for a while.

Byron

[Garvice]

Thanks Byron, life sure does get busy hey.