well i spose i probably should start a thread about my dattos so far ive only got 1k's but soon i should have a 320 ute
well back when i was at the young ripe age of 15 [in 2006] i was given my first datsun a 68 1000 wagon which was bought by my cousin who also loves his dattos. he had the intentions of a drag car but never got around to it so it ended up in my hands
first thing i had done was got it going when i did i thrashed it and and heaps of fun in it till my brother fried all the wiring so then i decided to strip it completly and got it sandblasted and sat around as i intended to do the body work this was going to be a bog job and quickly done it but i couldnt do that to it so after a lot of mucking around i took it into a family freind who happens to be a talented panelbeater and painter and slowly being beated and welded back to it former glory while i source parts for it.

basic plan for this wagon is an "orginal" looking wagon but will have slight modifications but not over the top with so that when the untrained eye looks at it they will think it is restored to it original condition
higlights will be

power plant, g,box, diff:
turbo a14 motor fuel injected, megasquirt computer, ford EDIS ignition system, slightly worked gx head, forged pistons,everything balanced and all this will be mated to a t50 toyota 5 speed gear box then into a h165

body:
shaved tailgate, large single rear window, coupe dash, no rear seat, custom grille, hidden intercooler, battery relocated and a few other mods

2nd wagon is being given a quick respray and getting ready for rego after it has had its duty as a daily it will be taken off the road and restored as an original granny spec wagon with a slightly higher powered a10

will post up pics asap

heres some pics of the bits going onto the turbo wagon
intercooler


my mags


heres a plug for the distributer as i wont be using one


my disc brake h165


front end still needs mods had been banged up a little on this side but was repaired using a side i cut of a parts wagon


and a pic of the side notice there is no support for the rear window 1k wagon owner will be able to tell whats going on

Ive been thinking for a while in removing the front stone tray and grille support setup as you have, drilling and taping a few holes to allow the front section to bolt on. Even in FRP to preserve my original. I remember having a 4wd reverse into me and I was driving a 543cc suzuki hatch then unbolting the whole front end apart and putting on another one. I thought what a revelation to have every little support and panel just bolt off and on. The thing is that itll make it too easy for the home repairer then wouldnt it so they stopped this practise by the release of the swift.

great age to get into the best datto of all youre a legend!
Like I said to you earlier I wished I went straight to datsuns from your age if I could go back 24 years.

Do you mean slightly worked a10 as having twin 40mm dellortos ?

i have been thinking of something like that! but most likley a gx head or a14 or a15 mild cam full balance job and then a single sidedraft dellorto or webber and extractors should be a bit of fun!

The strength of our small Datsuns is in the structure. This means that if it's welded in, then it's a structural member, including the welded dash panels in our B10's

If we start removing some previously welded panel, then bolt it in, we compromise the structure overall as we now rely on the friction between the bolted components to hold it all in place. When you realise just how thin some of those chassis members are, it becomes apparent that every part is a contributing element to the overall rigidity of the bodyshell.

In my case, instead of bolting bits in, I had the whole chassis seam welded, like they do in racecars, to maximise the structural ijntegrity & rigidity.

dodgeman i am having it so the coupe dash can bolt in and out but after you have said that i may weld a bar under there and out the way just to strengthen it back up

and more pics
gx head pics acid dipped for awhile in my acid dip needs a bit longer....








the tailights ill be using brand new lenses to!


part of my coupe dash

heres a small update for now, i have started making my inlet manifold and my surge tank arrived today and i may soon be joining the kb10 owners club with the purchase of a datsun 1000 coupe if everything goes well
also have given the daily wagon a coat of paint it looks alright now needs to be sanded back and a few imperfections fixed then the final will be on

also will try get some more pic of the wagon in at the panel shop












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and im tired so off to bed i go

ok guys another update got my disc brake h165 diff trial fitted after i made up the mounts by using a tape measure and another 1000 diff i had lying around well it went in perfectly
and i had a play with my turbo manifold for half an hour and got it mocked up but ran out of bends heres some pics

ok been a whiles since an update so heres one
recent addition to my collection of 1000's
a 4 door sedan completly shagged was sitting out in a paddock for over 10 years had a few good bits so i brought it home took me and j-dat a bit of effort to get it out cause it had been sitting without wheels for that 10 years and well corrosion is a bitch managed to get some wheels on it and drag it out the lower control arm snapped completly and it was intresting watching the trail of sparks down the 2km road from the leaf spring dragging

now im soon to pick up a local 1k coupe in the next week and hopefully another from canberra within a month
plans for these 2 gems is the local coupe to be a rally car sporting a twin sidedraught a15
the canberra coupe will have an a10 with gx head and su's then put on club rego hopefully
i have to much time
will edit the post with pics of the 4 dr when putfile stops screwing me around

have you gone for a wider track with that
diff??