John- Rat Rod? Maybe. Rat? Definately!

Mik- I've put the calipers to the front. They would have hit on the steering arms. These are Stanza struts by the way.
I won't be able to pull up at lights Coburg, the wheels will be gone in a second!
My jack stands are currently being used by another rusty, currently unloved Datsun! Wheels were the next best thing.

Mine always been at back and never hit. I always remember there's some reason why nned to swap left to right and right to left for stanza/200b syrups to put brakes at back. Can't remember specific now.

lookin good! John- Rat Rod? Maybe. Rat? Definately!

Mik- I've put the calipers to the front. They would have hit on the steering arms. These are Stanza struts by the way.
I won't be able to pull up at lights Coburg, the wheels will be gone in a second!
My jack stands are currently being used by another rusty, currently unloved Datsun! Wheels were the next best thing.

Re: Fergus, the daily dunga!
how do you get that space for the new sentance

yea i realized what i done but couldn't be stuffed editing it my bad, definitely looks sweet the way it is

Day time shot-

You not gangster enough for fiddys in a datsun

Here's how pimp you are

Yo! I aint got $17 but at least I've got 17 inches!
God that's gunna open a can of worms......

Little worm only needs little hook for a nibble.

Wow, time flies by. I've done jack $hit on Fergus or the other beast lately, too busy preparing for my 80 metres of retaining walls I have to put on my block prior to building.

I had my first opportunity the other day to finally do something so I attacked the guards with the angle grinder so they don't get ripped off. I (roughly) folded the entire guard lip in as well so it looks pretty neat considering.
The next problem was the inner wheel well. To fix that (this might be common knowledge for all I know!) I got the angle grinder out and made a cut in the section of panel that the firewall butts up to. I then changed the blade over to the grinding blade and opened up the slot so it was about 10mm wide. I then got the hammer out and carefully (not) belted the cr@p out of each side to move the firewall back. It made it pretty easy having the free space to collapse the panel onto. I now just need to pull the inner panels off and weld up the now collapsed slot. The wheels now move through pretty much a full arc. It might be a diiferent story under heavy cornering but I've got no brakes on it at the moment so I'll have to wait and see.
I'll try to take some photos tomorow. It looks a bit $hit as the paint is cracked from folding the lip in. Doesn't worry me as I'll paint it at some stage anyway.

I cleaned up my calipers on the wire wheel so if the weather is good tomorrow I'll paint them up and have them ready for installation next week.

I've ordered a weld on lower control arm kit (designed for an AE86 Corolla so hopefully it fits!) that I'll make up to give me a bit of adjustability for track.




Has anyone tried to make one of these up before??

Good to get some progress in- I'm jealous. I have to wait for the warm nights but noticed a lot if spiders again this year already locally.

Haven't seen this castor rods, someone was nice enough just to thread mine a bit longer for the same effect. Makes the steering heavy but more stable for sure. Pics or ban