My 1972 two door Datsun 510

[JPE16]

The isolator is a piece of a roller from a boat trailer.

I finally got around to replacing the sheet metal screws that were holding the brake lines on with nut-serts







Next up, was something else rather exciting. I buttoned up the engine mounts, put the cross member in, and then stuck the motor in. Turns out I can measure, and stick metal together. Crank was dead nuts centered, and the motor was straight and exactly where I wanted it. I was pretty happy after it was all tightened down.









Next up, Ryan from Ryan Maxwell Racing came by and finished up the wiring on the trunk




And he also finished the center console:







And then he stuck it all together, and turned the key, annnnnnndddd....







We have electricity! From the light on the ecu and fuse box to the tail lights, everything fired right up and worked. I tell you it was a majorly uplifting feeling to see that car sitting there with the motor in and the hazards flashing away.

And this is all after we had a major party to celebrate my cousin heading to Sochi to represent Canada on the women's Snowboard team, competing in slope style! Everyone send good vibes Jenna Blasman's way!

[Chasen88]

Coming along nicely

[Teeson1111]

haven't checked in here a while, looks good man! keep it going

and Go Canada Go! represent!

[Wyatt Lay]

Woah

[JPE16]

Small update:

So We had the engine in and out, and in and out, and it's looking like the tranny tunnel needs to be remade to accommodate the S2000 six speed. So I did a little cutting, and bam, it fits.









I'm hoping to build the new tunnel tonight.

Some other less significant things happened:
The walbro found its way into the tank:



I made my lexan rear quarter windows:





and my dash face finally showed up from laser cutting:



The body work is coming along as well, but who wants to look at pictures of sanding.

[C.Johnston]

i want to look at pictures of sanding... so long as you are in them sweet cheeks.

[JPE16]

This car hasn't been forgotten about!

It went away for some things and came back a running, turning, stopping, moving car...on the back of our resident bad-ass car-hauler of course:


It's also no longer yellow:


And way more complete:


I will update accordingly with the full story and way more pics when I have time

[JPE16]

So, some things have happened since I last updated this.

I drove the car the other night, and to my delight, found very few issues that need addressing (besides working on my driving...). I'll just go through and let the pictures and captions do the talking.

Oscar primed the car:







I then finished up the underside, including the exhaust:







Next, I finished up the heat shield, made a coil pack cover, and finished up some odds and ends in the engine bay:







H at Spec-Auto sourced a second set of wheels for me on short notice:



Finished up the trunk:



The gauges went in their home and got wired up



The front of the car got assembled:



Brake and clutch set up:



And finally, off to paint:















That's all for now!

[CubbyChowder]

Oh man, this keeps getting better

[montgomery]

Wonderful build

[forgotten]

Awesome built man, Love it !!!!

[drifte]

Woah, hope to see some video soon!

[M.Doban]

Not quite sure how I missed all the updates on this. I love anything that rolls out of Works Garage! This is no exception. Can't wait to see it ripping around a track!

[JPE16]

Ask and ye shall receive

SO, we took the car out to to TMP for a shakedown run on sunday, and I couldn't be happier. The car did nine sessions, and only encountered a couple small issues, with no mechanical failures. IT just wanted more. It definitely requires ALOT of work still to make it work well. Because of how poorly it was handling under braking, cornering, and accel we only times one session, and the fastest lap from that session was a 1:26.3

At any rate, my parents surprised me at the track, and I took both my mom and dad out for a few laps. It was pretty surreal to be bombing around tmp in the car with them on board. It was a great day, I'm still on a high, and can't wait to go back on Friday and start to get the car dialled in.

Anyway, Papa Ellis snapped a few photos:



















I will get some video friday if i remember.

[anth]

Great work mate