scoooby slayer

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thanks guys im loving it its looking even better now ......

got the steering wheel in the original was massive lol, and the bonnet pull handle was missing but they arent available anymore so i ordered a chrome kitchen cupboard handle from china for 99p, drilled it out and araldyted it on the shaft job done




been busy painting spoilers and arches and the under arches black aswell, il update on that later with pics.
ive now got the back seats and trim out waiting on some static rear seat belts to come.

scoooby slayer

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over the last week we have made the front spoiler fit on some custom mounts, fitted 35mm rear wheel spacers and 10mm front spacers.
removed and prepped and painted front and rear spoilers and arch extensions, the arches have come out good but the spoilers are a bit patchy but it will do for now.

now i didnt want to cut out the front arch lip as it holds the arch inner liner in place and theres just enough clearance so it doesnt hit the tyre, so what ive done is prep and paint the arch lip and all the inner arch in black it looks much better now as it isnt visible, the blue arch pertruding from beneath the black overarch looked wank so thats sorted that out.
the paint all peeled off where the crappy sidetrims where so for now ive found a very close colour match datsun 305 blue and just touched up all the areas with that, i may get the car blown over in the same colour im not sure yet or plasti dip it matt white maybe......

anyways so i hung the panels up as best i could and painted them gloss black with aerosols





then painted the underarches





fitted the wheel spacers




and last picture i took all ready for arches to be fitted again

RichieST

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Very nice, is that a new set of wheels I see in the 3rd pic down?

scoooby slayer

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there the originals off the car i sold them along with some other stuff i found, im haveing a clear out at the minute and selling all the surplus.

zippyobrien

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Spacer on a spacer. Tut tut.

If you need some custom ones making send me a message. Lol.

scoooby slayer

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lol makes no odds to me mate it will be fine 100%.
its only about 110 whp, now on my 600 whp gtr i wouldnt use any spacers bolt on or not.

zippyobrien

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Phew lol.

Love the project though mate. Well retro.

scoooby slayer

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thanks, its something different thats for sure.
well i have touched the old girl up and black gloss painted the extra body panels, shes far from perfect just tidyed up a little for now bearing in mind im no painter or body panels man, i may get it repainted in white im not sure yet, just tidyed up rough for now so i can use it a little as soon as the dry weather is here.
im am happy with how she looks its come together well imo considereing the budget.
its very dirty/dusty in the workshop and the car is filthy and desperately needs a wash and polish but i wont do that til its abit warmer, but took a few pics anyways.

RichieST

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Looking much better, will look great white if you ever decide to do it.

Dan16v

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stunning project, only thing i would do is have the chrome window and front grill/light trims black with maybe some crosshair headlights, especially if the paintwork ends up white

looks really well though keep up the good work

m4tt274

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My dad had a Vreg, so '82? maybe '81 mitsubuishi L200 pickup truck. Ive never seen another and i remember the front end looked very much like this. Looks great!

Paul_RS

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That is a fucking cool looking car

fezzajsy

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very nice

scoooby slayer

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thanks everyone im glad you like it, the only area that looks abit naff is the sills, ive just roughed it and touched up with touch up brush, the paint all peeled off where the crappy trim was, i didnt want to spend alot of time and try and paint it as i dont have an oven and its -3 in the barn today not exactly perfect painting temperature at the moment lol

im looking out for some sideskirts if they ever did any for these, i could just aerosol black them and cover the sills then for know.

botters

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looking very well, i presume its had different clocks fitted inside as i see it has a boost guage?

m4tt274

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Keen spot! i didnt notice that. Whats the story behind that then?
I didnt think any of them from this era had a turbo/turbos

Rob_DOHC

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Really cool project!

I've got to say (although its not my project so i shouldn't really!) The back lights and spoiler really spoil the car for me. I also hate wing mounted mirrors (got them on my viva), bullet mirrors on the doors always looks much better to me.



I know its a different car, but those rear ends look epic! Spoilers and lights. I think I have seen similar spoilers on some old Z cars that would probably be similar shapes/sizes etc.

Have you though about going to a sheet metal place? If you do like the above arse end, i think a sheet place could make up something like very well.

I'll have a think, but im sure i've seen a few classic cars with rear lights as above, perhaps use a combo of cars back lights to get the different sizes?

Any way, its looking good keep it up!

Rob,

Rob_DOHC

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PS, looks like an RB25 would fall into place nicely

scoooby slayer

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its just a vac gauge they had as stock they called it a boost gauge for some reason ?

there was a turbo 2.0 but they aonly make about the same power / torque as my 2.4 anyways.

its ok mate its a good job we dont all like the same stuff the world would be a boring place then. i do prefer the proper rear lights but the price is just ridiculous and im happy with the leds.

i think the blocks are the same or very similar and even use the same mounts, the l series will provide plenty of power though for what i want it for.

gingeRS

Cool project. If you don't mind me asking what do you do/where do you live, that affords you so much space to work on cars....your lucky

scoooby slayer

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i dont mind at all, i live on a farm i do most of the land work on the farm and i run the workshop repairs and maintainence side of all our eqiupment that we use on our farm and contract out aswell, i do as much as i can in house building engines, turbos, pumps, welding etc.

RichieST

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Any updates with this mate?

scoooby slayer

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not yet mate since the last pics i drove it up the road and the front right wheel just caught the arch on full lock
its ok it put a 1" crack in it so ive repositioned it slightly and it clears now, but all the arch trims need painting again as i didnt primer them and the paint has cracked
its currently sheeted up in my clean storage workshop along with the r32 gtr.
ive been busy with the chevy kit car which is now very close to an mot lol
and the r33 gtr is now up and running again.

tbh i want a ford now aswell, i had thought about selling the classic skyline but ive changed my mind im just gonna buy a classic ford aswell as keeping all the skylines
i am currently leading bidder on the turbo technics scorpio on ebay but im about at the max im willing to pay though.


when i get the urge though the c210 will be back round on the ramp for abit more fettling

RichieST

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Sounds good mate

smila

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I like that a lot

CrOwSoN15

Any progress mate?

gjh

Mentioning a ford eh? With the cars you've been doing it'll be very interesting to see what you end up with.

Glenn_

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Yeh get another ford matey.

Mans

I'm looking for Skyline 240 for sale ,do you have one or you know someone .
Thanks

scoooby slayer

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this car is now for sale.

CrOwSoN15

Nononononononono.

No.

Don't do it!

scoooby slayer

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doing it mate, gtr I got my eye on is nigh on £50k ! eeeeffffff lol

m4tt274

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did you ever get this looking how you wanted it to look?

scoooby slayer

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I was happy with it yeah for the budget I had, the buyer said last night I have done and excellent job and paid me the £5500 I wanted for it.