Things have really gotta get kicked started..i have a knee op in a few months that will render me useless for 3-6 months, and luke is going away mid year for 4 months.

have reallly gotta get started!

ok the new intercooler arrived and i am VERY happy with it!!!

now i have a question. i am wanting to make this wagon a sleeper as you all know, and i saw THESE on ebay, and want to know if they would look ok on the wagon or if they would look shyte?

I rekon buy and fit em, they dont come up often and it would add to the authenticity and sleeper side of things.

S. . . H . .. I . . .T . . . dont do it lol

ok so far i am now leaning towards not putting them in as i dont think they are from a 1200.


so yea i guess i wont be putting them on!!

Luke and i started to do s few things to his ute since his is not working atm as he blew a head gasket, and the kids wanted to "help" so i took these pics of them today!!!

as you can see we start them young on the datto's!!!

Its official! Luke and i Changed a Head gasket by ourselves!!!!!!

well we had help from our mechanic after Luke over tightened a Rocker bolt and snapped it at the thread!! so our mechanic came over after work and drilled it out for us!!!! so we gave him a few beers!!

otherwise the car now runs..

Must say a HUGE thanks to Dattodude for supplying another rocker bolt for us!


As i was saying, it runs has a idle problem but the fact we didnt blow up the car is good enough.!!!!!!

And bar the idling issue it runs a ####load better. A lot smoother when you put your foot down and the engine isn't shakin' all over the place.

Sounds like I've got a hole in the exhaust now though, so more work still to come!

Extra special thanks to Kirstie for all of her hardwork. I'm lucky to have a wife that's more mechanically competent and patient then myself.

In regards to the wagon, i am considering either getting one of those sunshae things to go across the windscreen, and/or a weathershield to go over the driver door.

what do you all think? Keep in mind i am going for the stock look here!

Sunshade =

Weathershield thingy =

Only my opinion though.

A sunshade will add to the sleeper/original/restored look but I always have hated those weathershield things. But as with everything to do with cars, do what you want, you're the one that has to look at it everyday!