Specs

Engine/gbox

- A15 oval port
- Weber downdraught carb on standard A15 oval-port manifold with adapter, Ram-flo caged open-element foam filter
- Distributor kitted with crane XR-700 electronic ignition [LED/LDR type]
- 4-into-1 extractors [2in collector output], 2in straight-thru exhaust with two 2in by 18in hotdog mufflers, 3in tip with home-made baffle [lol]
- 56-series 4spd gearbox

Body

- Rust
- Bog
- More rust
- 6 layers of paint
- Coupe grille with '07 Navara 'Nissan' badge

Wheels

- 12in 120y steel rims and hubcaps

Suspension

- 120y struts with alloy camber tops
- 2in lowering blocks and extended U-bolts

Rear axle

- Std ute diff and axles

Brakes

- 120y discs [f]
- Std drums [r]

Interior

- Monza race seats
- Ute strip cluster [km/h]
- 4in Type-R carbon-face 11kRPM tach [pillar mounted]

Rough but 'goes hard'.

Needs

- 56-series to be swapped with 60-series g-box
- Strip and respray body, replace floors [interior and exterior]
- Remove lowering blocks, re-set springs to similar height, replace U-bolts with std items
- Rewire entire electrical system
- Polish tail-light lenses
- Install '92 Daihatsu Charade seats
- Replace gear shifter with std item
- Replace steering column with coupe one
- Replace tacho with 52mm VDO tach and install in 'D' blank of strip cluster
- Make hard-top ute lid
- Replace plastic grille with original stainless items

Dipped the stick on the engine the day after I got it home, oil only just touching the end of the stick. Pulled the spark plugs, all good except #4 which was black with small chunks. Set valve clearances, noticed it had H89 cast into the top of the head at the firewall end.

Vid of the exhaust, looks like I've got a bit of work to do *sigh*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75iYT0rya74

i dunno if anyone else is having a problem seeing the pic but i am

sounds like you got some work ahead of you that's for sure

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I deleted the photo cos the plates were too easy to read, censored the plates and uploaded it again.

Yeah its not too flash, but I've definitely seen worse, and they were asking triple what I got this one for, and they didn't even have an A15!!

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?se ... 7.1344461990&l=291cac228e

More pics here^^^^

are the leafs reset or does it have blocks? turbocharged a15 would be nice haha

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It's on 2in blocks. I hate turbos and injection. Think I'll stick to the single dowdraught Weber, enough power for me, and it's going to be a daily/work vehicle so needs to be reliable.

Apparently the engine was given to the previous owner by a friend of theirs who owned an engine shop. It definitely has some poke to it, they don't know what the engine has had done to it internally. I guess I'll probably find out soon if new valve stem seals don't fix the oil burning/plug fouling issues it has. On a full throttle run from 85 to 100k's in 4th gear, it pretty much mimics my mate's VZ SS Thunder ute in 6th gear from 85 to 100k's.

Looks Awesome dude, Congrats!

Thanks, but the phone camera makes it look about 100x better than it really is haha

not a bad ute. Similar to what I started with but mine luckily came with a 5 speed. Good luck with the build.