jackbyo Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Yo my brother left the country a couple years ago, and his datsun has been more or less just sitting. My dad had to jump start it, but was then able to get it into a garage spot we have down the block. Tried starting it today, it clicked and then buzzed a lot but didnt start. I've got a spare battery I can try on it So what do you reckon? Theres spots were i was able to poke my finger through the rust, but not many. I've never done any kind of car restoration thing before, but I figure with the money it wouldve cost me to buy a car like this, I could get the body professionally de-rusted and primed ready for painting. Engine-wise, I'd just like to have it running for a while. I'm on a provisional license, and here in australia, until you have your full license, it's illegal to drive turbo/v8/performance engines. So I thought till then I could rebuild the current engine and in a couple years when it's legal, do a turbo swap or something. Impressions? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stationwagonguy Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 You can't drive any sort of performance car or V-8 car until a certain age? Wow, I'd never heard of that before. I've been driving V8s since I was 14... but they've all been excessively slow land yachts. I'm pretty sure there's plenty of family sedans that could have easily dusted my 360 powered Chrysler wagon. To the car at hand- it looks pretty saveable, I'd go after it. It'd be a good learning experience and probably a lot of fun and frustration, but as long as you stick to one project at a time, you'll be alright. It sure beats the living daylights out of my free 280ZX... haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woldson Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 You can't drive any sort of performance car or V-8 car until a certain age? Wow, I'd never heard of that before. I've been driving V8s since I was 14... but they've all been excessively slow land yachts. I'm pretty sure there's plenty of family sedans that could have easily dusted my 360 powered Chrysler wagon. To the car at hand- it looks pretty saveable, I'd go after it. It'd be a good learning experience and probably a lot of fun and frustration, but as long as you stick to one project at a time, you'll be alright. It sure beats the living daylights out of my free 280ZX... haha Wow lots of love needs to go into that girl;) One of those rare, rear engine models, I see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stationwagonguy Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 OH yeah, it needs more help than I can provide. Dismantling it and trading off the remainder of the shell to help repair a wrecked '79 280Z, hopefully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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