Hi peoples. We are in the process of building an A12 motor for a Turbo and hoping to pick up a Fuel injection setup to go on it. Anybody point me to someone or somewhere i can pick one up ? Thanks Andrew

My experience is. If you really want to bare metal it to paint strip it Messy but in the case of a datto a lot gentler a lot less to repair compared to sand blasting. You just have to light sand it it at the end say dry 120 grade but you will need to anyway to remove excess and to do repairs. 2 things with sandblasting If you don't know the person doing it and they don't have a proven reputation Don't go there. Even if they do have a proven reputation Like the previous member said steer clear of all the Horizontals especially the roof.But i say dont go there Period. Lastly with sand blasting you have to have all the gear to go on with it Like etch primer or sealer cause that little baby will start to rust the minute it leaves the blaster. For Paint stripping Use Camstrip its in a 4 litre screw top tin and is a Gold tin mainly. You get it at Panel Shop suppliers and you can scratch up the panels a bit with a good thick blade but not to rough. Dipping never done it but its very expensive. We always either Dry sand with Orbital and start coarse say 60 or 80 grid paper and do panel by panel overlapping sos not to create more work. Same with Paint stripping but always start on the roof. The thing is with most the old cars you cant beat the old primers on there they were oxide based and we find if we don't need to go bare metal we don't only in very extreme cases like crows feet or moisture under the previous paint or repairs etc. Bare metal resprays are in my experience over rated and we try to avoid them. People have this idea that its the best way to go i beg to differ from experience not theory. Many years working in panel shops Not qualified but done a lot of the hack work for Panel shops and done a lot of my own cars. Hope that helps you. If i left anything out its because I'm Human well last time i checked.

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Cool. Find member revhead001 If nobody replies. He is really cluey about datto stuff ive noticed. If he gets precious ( Which I doubt) Tell him i told you to message him. Regards Andrew

Not the blue 1200 Coupe that was recently on ebay with Black bonnet from birsbane ?

Now Now Revhead Keep an open mind it helps deal with the D#@*Heads And Wanna Be's out there. Why dont we all just agree that its a pile of crap and leave it at That. Now Lets start a new topic that we can say something constructive about. Like when are some of us Northern NSW guys going to get together and have a counter lunch and do a bit of a cruise. I'm lookin at about 3 months to have my Dat ready for that type of thing. Anyone else from Newcastle and Northern regions e.g Coffs. Armidale, Tamworth, Wanna get together ?

Acrylic Great Pass Wind and break out in a sweat, No thanks, Looks Good I'll give it that.

Wanna sell the struts out of it With the discs and calipers (Complete)? Would need them shipped if your willing and the brake booster. Probably worth close to the car price With Shipping
Really keen Can give a deposit Straight Up. Thanks Andrew.S P.S Thanks for the Shell pics we got a going one a bit closer. Cheers Andrew 0405748798

Its a Datsun Thats its positive. But otherwise you cant polish a turd. because thats what it looks like. Overkill but a respray would fix all that. Not sure on the 2 Litre bore would think it must be stroked if possible Larger crank grinded to suit. Though no expert.

Cheers mate