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Re: Datsun 1200 ute restoration and sale

Subject: Re: Datsun 1200 ute restoration and sale
by evilbetty on 2006/11/18 15:25:16

so in they go ,and after they were fitted i filled the diff up with oil ,but quick storey here
the oil i got didnt ccome with the hose thingy in the bottle,doh!!!
so i had to make my own dodgy set up as you can see from the pics below!!!!!
i used a funnel and a small adaptor for the funel to fitt a piece of oil cooler hose that i had lying around!!!! haha go go gadget hose

anyway it worked took a few mins to fill but yeah,

so after the diff was filled i went around touched up a few bolts and the hand brake cable was fitted and then i also fitted the spare tyre frame with nice new clips ,so thats just waiting on a new tyre and wheel to go back under there,,,,,,,

after all that i wanted to have a break from rolling around on my back for hours and hours so i had a quick look at the interior,

pretty messy surprise surprise,

so a quick strip of the remaining parts and wiring got alot of it cleared out,
also had to remove the old steering wheel,
awfull thing it was and the steering coloum,
possibly shortly going to shart sanding the interior and prep for priming and get it all tyded,few small rust repairs here and there ,actually quite surprised about the little amount of rust in this thing,after all it is a 1972 ute and hasnt been treated too well from the looks of things ,but not to worry,

also the small board thingy with sound proofing that goes on the inner firewall behind the heater was totaly stuft so i will be rebuilding a nice fresh one with nice fresh materials,

so any way heres a few more........

heres my dodgy oil filled set up !!

and the spare tyre frame.....