my datto has a clock.

replaced a heap of ratty old vacuum hoses with some nice new blue ones, happy that they have been replaced but thinking i should have used black lol... just waiting on the wheels spacers so i can do some more bits and pieces.

pulled out most of interior and going to try the dry ice method of removing the tar like floor covering next weekend, has anyone done this before?

Hey mate the ute sounds good
yeah mate the dry ice thing works my mate did it to his gtr it took a while though
but a little datto wont take to long

cheers mate, yeah not much flooring in the ute so with a few scotches it shouldnt be too bad.

haha yeah thats a good way to do it mate
it took my mate nearly all day to do his car

after much frustration and some wrong parts i finally have one of the front wheels back on and clear of the struts yay.

will do the other side either today or tomorrow then i can take it for its first drive.

drove the ute for the first time tonite since i bought it!!! drove about 5 metres forward out of my garage then reversed it back in and a little bit further over so i have more room lol. not much of a drive but its good to know it moves.

bad points; gearbox is sloppy, very sloppy like will be searching for another very shortly. passenger front calliper is siezed or something not really sure but definitely something wrong there, electrical/lighting issues, lol that is all for now and that little drive so apart from the rust and pretty much having to replace every panel apart from the turret there is plenty of hours of fun in this bad boy.

hey dude , did u get a caliper ?
sounds like u got some fun ahead of u mate

nah no caliper yet ive got to ring a bloke this weekend if no luck there i will search for other alternatives... i didnt want to have to do a big front brake conversion this early but maybe it will be a blessing in disguise.

havent done much lately but have replaced ignition barrel, indicator stalk, and picked up a steering wheel and boss kit cheap so all that is looking neat except indicator stalk has different wiring which will get looked at when i start sorting all the other electrical shiz out.

also the plastics covering the steering column were all kinds of messed up and all held together with black electrical tape so im looking into some kind of replacement and having the hazard switch relocated to the dash somewhere...

this is changing from a quick fix to a massive piece of work lol