so i am doin one of many datsun 1200 ute projects on here, ive never thought about putting my ute up on here but ive always loved to read about other peoples projects, im not a datsun nut but love any car that is insane and appreciate all the work gone into them. im not sure how to use this site yet properly but hope this works. will try to put up pics later this arvo if i get time.

just a tril run to see if pics work. if so this was taken awhile ago maybe a year when i got the ute and chopped it up, removed tray and unstiched all panels that can be replaced, to everyone who has done this then what a prick of a job to die grind or drill out every spot.

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Holy sh!t! You've massacred that thing! I thought I cut out a lot at once!!
Big balls but good on ya for ripping into it!

haha for sure shoota ive been watching everyone elses builds and yours on here but never worried to put mine up, yea wasnt much left of it. i was abit like #OOPS# what the #OOPS# am i goin to do now with it haha. im just resizing most of the pics now so i can put them up.

got a pic of the dirty old r31 diff that i got and started to cut it up, to shorten it. and a pic of when i finished it, i just got a mate to respline the 28spline axles, i rebuilt it with new bearings etc and wacked a lsd in her, set up the tooth contact and presto a diff for the ute.

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With that much missing from rear end you could have built the car around the diff lol.

Good luck and keep it going. Easy cars to work on

some pics when replaced the floors thanks to hermit on ebay still had to trim and bash them with a precision tool to make them fit , but had to make those bits for the inner sill etc, as it was rusted out and i wasnt sure how it was meant to look so just did what i thought. also made some new sills up that run under the floor pans and actually used a plank of timber 50mm wide and shaped with a grinder till the old sills fitted perfectly then screwed a bit of sheet steel to it and bent over with a hammer, i reckon its the best way to make a sill with that nice rolled edge and tappered too like original. i must patent that bit of tooling haha.

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oh yea unfamilia i actually have done the rear end and that pic of the diff finished was after rear end was done, but just putting old pics up of it to fast track the build to were im up to at the moment with it but just to give you guys a idea of how it all started. i think that makes sense haha

It's good to see the different ways people attack the same problem- rust!

I can smell another four link setup!

I just sent you a PM re a better way to do the photos.

good old maddat tunnel in.

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