History
I'm the third owner of the vehicle, I purchased it as an unfinished project from the son of the original owner, who'd inherited the car on his father's passing.
Upon discovering a stuck valve, his father had completely torn down the original engine. An engineer by trade; he was a perfectionist. Unfortunately his son did not have the same mechanical gift, the car sat garaged for ten or more years before he eventually advertised it.
I was there about two days later with a trailer. Time had not treated it well, the chrome was starting to rot and it had copped quite a few knocks while it was waiting for me. Still it had a genuine 116,000 kilometres on the clock and was reasonably rust free.
I brought it home and began the restoration. This was around eight years ago. I had kept the ISO flat top SU carbs from my first car and picked up a Bluebird L20 somewhere along the way. I've had around eight Datsuns over the years and I've loved them all.
Everything got cleaned, tidied up or replaced. Engine, bodywork, detailing is all my own work, only the exhaust was done with the help of my best mate and my father helped with some of the paint as I was recovering from shoulder surgery when I painted it!
It's very original, apart from the wheels and it gives me a silly grin every time I drive it. There's just something about a datto...
Modifications
Engine, wheels, suspension, exhaust...
Too much to mention, making a set of ISOs work requires some old school knowledge and a stethoscope for tuning. The mix of parts used to make it work is similar to the recipe most Datsun rally cars used back in the early 90's when these were common, cheap, transport.
Basically it's tight, light and loves to rev.
