It's good to see someone getting stuck in to all that hard work...from the comfort of my Computer chair. Where in Melbourne is your workshop?

What timeframe have you given yourself to get this thing finished and are you sure you'll really want to sell it once you've finished?

yeah thats a bloody good question...
i dont see the point in doing all that hard work and then selling it without enjoying it for a few years or so....

hahahaha yes call me crazy if you like but this is what i do,i do cars up and sell them,at present im driving a ke55 toyota corolla that serves its purpose ,but ive always wanted a datsun ute with a rotary in it,so maybe one day ill get round to doing that ,
so maybe you could call this a learning curve to gain a bit of knoledge on the old datsuns before i build my own personal one???what ever ,im building this to sell and the way things are going at the moment its gona me an awsum ute well worthy of a datsun fan,so keep watching for all the details maybe you would like to buy it?????????

time frame to do this is ::there is no time frame!!! it will be done when its done pretty much ,or tho i work pretty hard core,none of this ill do a few hours on a saturday ####,i go hard so expect to see every week end more postings !!!!

ive started to pull down the engine and its getting treated to a rebuild,and tidy up,starting with the alternator this week

may post some pics up if i can find a good one,if you seen the pics of my bonnet hinges then this will be pretty much the same as that but it takes a hell of a lot longer,never mind it will get done,

as a reference heres the alternator off the engine and half apart see how dirty looking and old it looks????well believe me it looks reall bad but wait for it .....

This is a great thread mate. I love watching a project come along. Especially painfully detailed ones with heaps of pics of before and after pics :)

Keep it going!

thanks rainz no worrys i enjoy doing this stuff ,and i agree seeing the before and after shots are great ,they also help to keep things going along ,as you can see your progress ,keep watching mate got a heap more to come yet!!!!

this looks like its coming along nicely i also want to polish up a few bits on my ute like your doing. good luck with the rest of it and the sale.

well heres a shot of the front part of the alternator after it has been cleaned and then sanded with 180,240,320,and 400,

i stil have to sand with 800 1200 and 1500 but you can see that it is cleaning upo well and should come up reasonable espesicaly if you consider the original condition of the casing!!!

ive got a bit of panel work todo tomorrow so i will post a few pics up when they are available ,so there maybe a bit of jumping back and forth between bits and pieces,please bear with me on this as i have that many different things to do and i really wont to post as much as i can

but heres a shot of the other half of the alternator as i was just starting the sanding,i removed the mitsi sign as you can see in the next shot