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Re: Shoota's "Datty" 1200 Ute with SR20DET - Warning- will possibly be the slowest build ever!
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The latest news as of today is that I have just bought "a few" little extras for the ute from a guy who was going to do the exact same thing as me but again life got in the way for him! He sold his Datto ute a few weeks ago and just wanted to be rid of everything he had bought for it. My win!! He was the brother of a guy I work with so you've gotta pipe up about being a Datto fan as you never know who might have something for you!
This is what I bought-

-S14 SR20DET with 58000kms on it (oil in the rocker cover is as clear as honey!)
-5 speed manual transmission (out of an even younger car ~30000kms, looks new)
-All wiring, computer, maf sensor, emissions goodies, dump pipe, engine mounts, etc.
-R31 LSD Diff with disc setup (needs to be resized still)not sure of ration yet.
-New (reproduction) front and rear guards, front apron, tailights, drivers window reg (new genuine)
-1200 Coupe 3 dial dash facia with working guages (may turf them though)
-2 1600 sedan seats in very good condition (probably won't use them though).
-S14 trans tunnel (which I may or may not use, see how it looks).

The only thing he wasn't selling was spare time. Anyone know where to buy some?

I think that's it. All in all a sh1t load of searching around avoided by buying it all in one spot.

Now all I need are the tools to do the job. I sold my $15000 worth of tools not long after I got out of the workshop so I'm in the process of trying to rebuild some sort of collection again.
Anyone got a goodish engine crane they don't need anymore?
I'll post some piccies of my treasure trove tomorrow if I get a chance.

Posted on: 2011/1/19 5:23
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Re: Shoota's "Datty" 1200 Ute with SR20DET - Warning- will possibly be the slowest build ever!
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Yeah life's a bastard! In a good way of course but it has a habit of throwing stuff at you when you don't think you could possibly handle another thing.
You're having a boy? We're not sure what we're having yet. Hopefully a boy. The final catalyst of me finally doing this is to have Datty in tadem with the baby so hopefully he/she can inherit the thing in 18 years and be the maddest kid in year 12 doing power slides out through the school gates!

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Hey shoota77 u sound like you're in the same boat as me Mate my ute is all stripped and ready to go but so many things goin on with work and my fiancée due in 10 weeks can't wait for the lil fella to come. Then when I'm on holidays my utes going in to the panel shop to b all fixed up. I'm lucky with mine only rust in her is the bottom sill panels and passenger floor and bottom right corner of drivers door, then the engine transplant begins 13bt.

Posted on: 2011/1/19 5:03
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Re: Shoota's "Datty" 1200 Ute with SR20DET - Warning- will possibly be the slowest build ever!
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Ok. With only having the ute a few weeks and being too busy putting together baby furniture and other cr@p I haven't done much yet.

I did get the die grinder out just to get a feel for what the rear quarters were like. I started in the most common place they would get damaged (behind rear wheel) and let's just say that it's no wonder I could barely even chirp a rear wheel, there's gotta be another 50 kgs of bog just in the drivers side alone! Here are the results (I've done sections to get an idea if the bog is localised or widespread. You be the judge)-

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Posted on: 2011/1/19 4:57
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Shoota's "Datty" 1200 Ute with SR20DET - Warning- will possibly be the slowest build ever!
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Ok, I've been a Datto 1200 ute fan for about 15 years but put it off due to all the other s#$t that life throws at you! I've only ever owned pretty straight forward cars with minimal mods (wheels, exhausts, brake upgrades, computer mods, etc).
I'm a qualified mechanic but haven't been in the workshop for 7-8 years so my mechanical skills are shall we say 'lying dormant!'

I bought my little "Datty" as she will be named and registered a few weeks ago from a guy in Portland (4.5 hours drive from Melbourne) who was moving up to Brisbane for work. The photos looked ok but on inspection it was a slightly different story! All Datto owners are accustomed to this no doubt! It has a fair bit of surface rust due to living near the ocean for the last few years. Nothing like some of you legends are tackling in other build blogs! Some of you guys have got bigger balls than I can muster up!
Anyway, I was happy to pay the money as I knew there was never going to be a perfect one out there for the sort of dollars I wanted to spend.

As the name of my blog suggests, this may be a very, very slow build. My wife is due to give birth to our first child in 2 weeks and I'm about to build a new house with builing starting in about 6 weeks. In other words my plate for the next year is slightly full! Stick with me, we'll get there!

So this is her (just remember, she "looks good" in the photos)-

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Posted on: 2011/1/19 4:21
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Re: 1400 UTE Rebuild
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I knew I wouldn't be too far off the mark! I thought I'd read somewhere that the Datto 1200 utes continued on as the Bakkie (I think?) or the Datsun 1400 over there.
Keep it up.

Posted on: 2011/1/19 1:36
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Re: 1400 UTE Rebuild
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Looks like you have your hands full there! Some nice patches of ferous tinea to contend with!
What country are you from? Based on picture #3 with the plastic igloo I'd say........... Namibia?

Posted on: 2011/1/18 7:39
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Re: aido's 1200 ute
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Hey Aidan, mate my hats off to you, there's some big balls work there!! You and your mate clearly have some mad skills with the welder! Not only that but you haven't been fazed by "a bit of rust!"
Great work folding up the tray floor, looks factory!
Keep up the good work, you'll have to take a trip to Melbourne once it's finished, I'd love to see it. Good to see another Victorian having a crack at a build too, all the others seems to be Adelaide, Sydney and mainly Queensland!
Go the Mexicans!

Posted on: 2011/1/16 4:08
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Re: PROJECT. Mradtee23's sunny truck.
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Great build (and blogging), it's inspiring to see someone having a crack at something that you intend to do so they find out all the problems first and hopefully helps us avoid them!!
Good luck with the rest of the build and I look forward to seeing it hit the road.
It looks pretty close now.
My newly aquired baby attached.

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Posted on: 2011/1/14 6:48

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