So i aquired this a 1970 datsun 1200 coupe off a good mate and is my new project to keep the wife pissed at me spending all my spare time and concentration thinking about and searching for parts and ideas I have already done a small amount of work on this car from when I got it but won't take long to get up to date.

It's been awhile and on phone so need to work out how to put photos up again

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Hi DD I done that but still won't it says in red up top invalid submission, you have succeeded your session time. something like that, just so you know what I do, I'm on a iPhone and I have resize app, so I resize the pic I want then I search in reply and upload it and it comes up under as a file name but when I tick the box or not and hit submit the screen just doesn't load and I have to click the return button as it doesn't automatically reload. Give me some more ideas to fix it mate

Bloody work. Awesome so it worked I'm guessing I have to write something to add pic anyway this is the poor old girl 47 year old. Just as I wanted it anyway cos will be cutting it a little

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So photos are up and working so can now put a little story together with pics as a book without pictures is boring, so I threw some rolling stuff back in her to get it out the back shed to do some repairs, the whole front was missing, wouldn't believe it a mate had a datto coupe wreck that I cut the front out to get the lower radiator support which made fit and welding in, and using a repo front radiator headlight section made it fit and welded in. Just trying to get it sort of a car again.

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So the car is in the back shed, and now the ideas are going around of what to do as in suspension and brake setup etc. i aquired some sr20 brakes and rotors, with adapter plate to suit these 120y struts I had and run the diff that had disc brake conversion, but I put that stuff aside as really wanted to go 5 stud and a EL falcon xr8 lsd diff come up real cheap so that's a start, but what to do with the rear end, thinking do I leave it or tub it, I did tell myself I wasn't going to get myself into this mess again with cutting the ass out of a car but as I don't have many interior parts I thought #OOPS# it might aswell try something different and it all helps with learning and improving my skills with these builds, took awhile just thinking how will I approach this rear end, and on the cheap aswell as don't have spare cash to throw some rear coils at it and triangleated 4 link which is what I wanted instead I measured and outlined where I can cut the rear floor out and unstitch the chassis from each end so I can just narrow the whole rear floor and join it all back in again giving huge tubs 100mm each side to be exact but also keeping the rear to look original as I could and using original leafs and shocks saving money.

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So here's the idea of removing 200mm from centre of floor pan between the shock mounts to allow the 100mm each side, this gives 330mm of room for a decent tyre for the future. Photos just to see each area where I just bought some 1mm sheet metal and used what skills I got to fit it and shape it and weld in to make the rear whole again, I fully welded it inside first but turned the amps up and gave under the car a good full weld under so can weld inside fully smooth as under is neat enough to just paint over and barely see the welds. Still have to do some finishing touches to it all but just getting stuff done to get back on wheels and move on to other stuff.

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WOW

looks factory, but wider!

Thanks and that's what I was after is original look, keeps it clean.
So working on the diff now and I've narrowed the bw78 falcon diff, and was going to get axles resplined but found some forged ones from ATRacingWorld for $328 delivered, got a 24in and 30in long axle but with 8inch of spline on them so will cut to suit mine and room in future to narrow more depending what I want to do which is awesome as respline was more. Will get some pics when turn up to see how it all fits