Yeh for sure, need some datto's in the sims.
Might be able to whip up a few, no dramas.

I want to get this Ute modelled first so I can start sussing out what colour and mods I want to do to my real ute.

Any ideas where I can get hold of some good plans / schematics / technical drawings of a datsun ute??

S**t i forgot to mention my rig is a b120 ute, but i'm pretty sure they share the same front end?

Hey mate, not sure if this will help, but...

Got the TRX style rims on, with low, square profile BF Goodrich tyres on. they are 15's 195x50x15

They have magnesium wheel spacers, and I just drove the ute 2100 km without a worry with the wheels. I wouldnt worry too much about spacers being dangerous.

I took mine for a wheel balance and they used a bit of cardboard to centre the spacers after balancing the rims...
pretty technical stuff

The wheel nuts I am using are a long cylindrical type where half of the nut goes through the rim.

Sweet, thats a 3ds model?

Yeh I'd have to say I'm addicted to lightwave. I made a model of a 1977 Toyota Celica DRM GT4.
It's a mm accurate model (although i smoothed and modified some areas)

A German company took the '77 celica and modded the f**k outta the celica engine, ended up being 560 bhp from a SOHC and 860kg body wieght.

I'll upload a few pics soon.
Hopefully if I can get a few good reference images I'll be able to whip up the datto and upload some nice 3d images.

Nah mate I use Lightwave.
I started 3d modelling the same way though, making cars for gta3, i just couldnt bloody get used to 3ds max.

I tried taking photos of the datsun and using them as references, the problem is the FOV of the camera distorts the ratios...

You'd need to get about 50m away and use a good zoom lens to remove the depth of field.

Done any datsun models other then GTA3?

I would have to agree that the penrite HPR 15 & 30 are very good oils. Although I am speaking from motorbike experience, I use it in my enduro bike which cops a HAMMERING for upto 8 hours a day in an ambient temperature of 40 degrees plus.

If you are going to go the full synthetic option, use a mineral or semi-synth until your engine is worn in. If you use fully synthetic on a new engine, it may work so well your engine will remain 'tight' and take a long time to reach its optimum tolerances, and therefore maximum horses.

Yeh mate I've already trauled all the 3d modelling resources but no datto 1200 utes.

I'm hoping somebody in the datsun community maybe has a hard copy of some dimensions... maybe from a manual of some sort??

Your .3ds model looks pretty sweet for GTA but im after some blueprints (or technical drawings) so i can make a really accurate model (to the mm), this is because after I make the model, I can use it to help me actually make the body kit.

I'd use your .3ds but going from experience it is easier to start from scratch then convert all the 3point poly's to 4 point poly's. Did you use 3ds max?

Hey fellas, anyone know where I can get hold of some datsun 1200 ute blue prints?

Been looking on the net but theres bugger all around for the utes. A few good ones for the coupes and sedans though.

Looking for any form of (to scale) Top Front Side views. I want to get hold of them so that I can whip up a ute in 3D to experiment with a few body modifications, colour combos, wheel combos etc.

Would really appreciate any leads

Cheers

Dingdang, cheers mate that helps a lot.
Hopefully I'll get a chance to fix it sometime these next couple of days, I'll rewire those wires mentioned in your post as the old wires are getting a bit dodgy and corroded anyway.

I also should have mentioned that somehow the battery is getting drained flat (maybe a short?) I have tried another battery that I know is good, same problems, and it too was dead flat the next morning.

Cheers for the feedback

haven't had a chance to check the alt. yet,

the charge light usually comes on when ive just started it, it usually clears when i rev it up a bit, however it comes on whilst im driving down the highway as well...

Most noticable when using headlights, the charge light comes on, the headlights light up extra bright....
the charge light goes back off, and the headlights dull back down...

sometimes it stays on for a long time, sometimes it flashes erratically...
sometimes it doesnt come on at all??

I'm not 100% sure but i think also when its really bad (constantly coming on & flashing, and headlights constantly flashing) it feels as though the spark plugs arent getting enough voltage and it starts to stutter a bit

cheers for any help fellas