was havin a play in the garage again tonight and thought id look at this old gilmer drive i have and see how hard it would be to adapt to the a series. Altenator looks like a direct fit, water pump just needed the centre bored out, and i need to get a old standard crank pulley off a a series to machine down and play with. any one got a old one kickin about they dont need???

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Got my new console!! Probrably paid a bit to much but wanted it as mine is trashed and havent been able to find one. Pretty happy with it. its not perfect, but is good enough!!! wish the original one wasnt butchered. also the datsun badge with the hole in it, i have a good one with out the hole

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okidoki, so i cleaned the garage PROPERLY to make room to work on the coupe. Got it up on some stands, ripped one strut out so i can order right length inserts so i can get cracking with shortening the tubes and getting the coilovers done during this week. Thought id pull a gaurd off so i could look for rust, which i quickly found, and it only got worse from there. So 15 mins later, the windscreen, dash etc is all out, and theres more rust than what i was hopin for. This is really going to test my sheety/panel beater skills, considering im a mechanic lol. Heres some not so happy snaps

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And heres the rust. anyone know of rust repair sections available for around this area, or if there available at all?? Otherwise this may take me a while lol

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ok, so i done a lil bit more this arvo. I removed the top of the plenum i think its called. I drilled out all the spot welds and removed the shiety plates someone dodgy welded in to cover the rest of the rust up. so in the next few days i can get in there and start welding in some plates.

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wow i though my coupe was bad but this is deffinitly worse ,but if you can fix it ,it should turn out good and my coupe has gone in the same spot around the vin plate :)

yeh its bad, but ive fixed worse. If you have rust near ya vin plate, ull have rust under it too. Check in the corners under the dash. if its rusty there, itll be the same as this.

ok, so its been a while since my last post. I have been busy sellin motos and gettin a new one, flat out with work so the coupes been neglected. Anyways what i did happen to acheive in the last month and a half is repairing the rust in the plenum. In my last photos i showed how bad it was underneath. i have repaired one side and geez it was a mission!! ill post some pics up shortly

still goin with the coupe. been collecting bits, and busy with work, but hopefully should hit it on the weekend. Oh and been busy organising a coversion of a ls1 into my mitsubishi work van. stay tuned for pics of that too soon.

hells yeah ls1 in a van sounds sweet! picks for sure. there should be a forum for other rides