Yeah, a friend has one in his 1200.
They are the go.
 
Strangely I am not after it for the temp control.
Im chasing millimeters.
 
Wanting to try and see if i can squeeze a thermo fan between radiator and engine.

I am jealous of you Neil.
 
I think my A12 must be further foward than your A15 or the supercheap auto fan that I tried was thicker than your Fan.
I wanted to use a single 10 inch and didnt have the space.
(But it was a super cheap auto fan, so probably not the thinnest fan ever made)
 
I also wanted to buy a water cut plate from ebay or somewhere similar, but came up empty handed.
So had no option other than to sort out my own plate.
A stainless one will definatley last for ever.

I cut the nose off a 2 dr sedan yrs ago for someone... who never came thru.... still wrapped up in the shed I think

I have received my blasted and primed panel.

 
I have also been making some adapter plates for an AC pump and my Davies Craig EWP80 Water pump.
 
AC Bracket and Adapter Plate.
  
 
 
Electric Water pump Bracket.
  
 
Both mounted to my A14.
 
 
Slow going, but I am making progress.

I decided that i wanted to have my water temp sensor for my davies craig water pump and controller in my thermostat housing instead of having an adapter in my top radiator hose.
 

the attention to detail is second to none... awesome work... again...

I've got the time to put in the attention to detail because Im still slowly saving up the required bits and pieces to do my A14 swap how i want it done... and im not rich enough to just buy all the bits in one hit.
 
Plus I absolutley love the process of trying to figure out how I can do the best job I can on anything I fiddle about with.
 
For me I find having the goal of making a part that will be ignored by anyone that dosnt know what it should have been in its unmodified state helps to keep me on track.
 
 
In a couple of weeks ill get a thermo fan.
Looking at a Spal brand one as it is only 51mm at its thickest point.
Will be quite spendy for a fan @ approx $166 for the cheapest 11 inch,12v, puller type one I can find on ebay.
 
Next week its a road trip to Sydney with a mate, so no buying Datsun parts till we are back.
 
On another note...
I never thought Id be so interested in a hose clamp catalogue.
As well as the shrink clamps they also do some very clever clamping solutions.
Thanks for the link Dundee.

Yeah thinnest i could find.
 
On another note...
While this isnt so much a part of my car build, I thought the info was relevant to any of you thinking of trying my bolt texture idea.
 
I Made up a holder for some screwdrivers at home and thought id texture the Philips side and brush the flat blade side.
 

 
I noticed when texturing the flat faces of the aluminum angle that my texture had longer marks than when I did my thermostat housing.
 
After some thinking... here is my theory on why.
 
The thermostat housing is a convex shape so there is very little contact area between bolt corners and thermostst housing... so small marks no matter what bolt size is used.
 
My aluminium angle on my screw driver holder has flat surfaces creating a greater contact area... so longer marks.
 
i would guess a smaller bolt diameter would resolve this issue and make a great pattern again.
 
And in theory id assume a concave shape would require a ridiculously small bolt for my texturing method.
 
Just thought id put this up here for any of you guys thinking of using this technique on your own bits and pieces, hopefully this bit of info can help you to achieve better results on flat and concave shapes.

Just a tiny update on the car.
 
3D-printed metal centre-cap emblems for my super-shark wheels.
 

I have also attached a MK1 VW Golf front lip to my car.
 
I ended up shortening the distance that it protrudes foward on the car by almost half of its original size in an attempt to make its size proportional to the car.
 
I also mounted it underneath the front valance panel rather than directly onto it.
 
Again Im happy with this mod.
It cover over those ugly castor rod nuts on the front.
 
To me they really caught my eye when viewing my car from the front.
 
 
Photo isnt mine, (found it on a facebook gallery for a local car meet)
But for now its the only pic I have with the lip mounted on the car.