hey every body. im derrick from three hills alberta canada. i got a 69 datsun 1000 deluxe 2 door. i bought it for $200 knowing it was a datsun and thats it. have had 2 280zxs and 4 300zx currently have a 87 and 88 and a 94 pathfinder im a bit of a nissan/datsun nut all i own now. not much has been done to the 1000 new wheel cyls. out of pure luck i got an original datsun dealer a10 short block for $400 just need a gasket kit. 
plans are to do a resto as there are very few here. hood and fenders are pretty beat up but everything elts is ok. needs some int tlc love the little car cant wait to drive it. would like some side draft carbs aswell. 
as of now cars just sitting as there is way to much snow to do anything its just a blob of white snow right now
ill post some pics as soon as i can.

got her in the shop and finding unwanted rust











if any one has any tips for fixing the rust it would be great

As ThouUte said, Cut out ALL rust and replace it with new metal. anything else will lead to more repairs in the future

Here is what worked for me...

I bought a big sheet of steel for around $30 at my local metal shop, I told the guy what I was doing and he reccomended a thickness suitable for my car.

I bought a panel beating set for around $30 from my local automotive shop (Super cheap auto).
With absolutly no experience of panel beating I made my own rust repair section, It is not hard but it requires patience to make things line up correctly.
It is best to make your part from a thin sheet of cardboard first, once you are happy with your shape you can transfer it over to your metal sheet.
The section in the pic below was around an hour of work,I used a panel beating set, bench vice, Vice grips and some flat blocks of metal to make this part.



I made my repair section a little larger than it needed to be and placed it behind the hole so I had around 5mm of overlap.

Once you have cut out the rust and made your repair sections, it is time to weld.
(I am a complete novice on the welder but here is what has worked for me).

• Remove all rust and clean off any paint, grease or oil. (This is extremely important).
  
• Make all joints to be welded as close as you can. (They should fit like a glove if possible).
  
• Use a scrap piece of sheet metal to set your welder.
  
• Have a good clean earthing point to your car. (This should be as clean as your repair if you can).
  
• Only weld small ammounts at a time.
  
• Use a damp cloth to remove heat from the panel around your welds.
  
• If you are filling small holes, I have used a block of copper behind the sheet to stop the weld from blowing a hole in the sheet metal. (The weld will not stick to the copper).
  

 
This is more of a motivation thing, but just attack one repair at a time.
If you cut out all the rust in one go you will find yourself looking at a car full of holes and wondering if you will ever finish it.
If you attack one repair at a time you should see finished repairs each time you work on your 1000.

I used a gasless M.I.G. It is frustrating to use at times because I bought the cheapest one avaliable, so it has very little adjustment. (and I am still not great at it).
If I was to do it again I would save up and buy a better M.I.G. welder.
I would look for more adjustment in the power settings, Gas and the ability to use smaller wire sizes.
All the forums I read suggested 0.6mm wire for car panels.

o ya tones of work took of drivers fender alot worse ( pass side for you guys) i got pics just adding a link to my photobucket album will be updated aften.
http://s245.photobucket.com/albums/gg43/derrick719/

i my not be able to get the blasting done due to funds i was just going to strip the body and cut out an replace every bit of rust.

so i will not be driving it this summer prob so sorry to subwoffer i wont be coming in the datsun

so i little update on the car i have taken it to a datsun meet got alot of attention. i won a little award for the rattiest ratsun. 
i have moved into a nice big shop today and its now sits there and should progress better now that i have the space. so i hope to post more up.

last week i picked up a car i have alwats wanted needs more work then the 1000 but still sweet. its a 1965 datsun 1600 roadster. 

so here are some pics of the new shop with the b10 and 311 in the new place.
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moving the cars.


moved in

i could do that but you may have a problem with shipping from canada. this is what  want to do with the shop is find intersting cars that are different and fix them/modify them for customers and stuff. 
i know its bad i have an addiction for datsuns and old imports i found a 411 in good shape i want

Got some new parts the other day. 2 1200 4 SPD trans a lightened flywheel 13lbs and a random head. Then thanks alot to Beetwenty for the head light trim

Also stopped at a fellow 1000 owner place to check out his ride.

Yep it sure did. I have not made it out to the shop yet.
Do u happen to have the silver trim that goes around the windshield and rear window. That's one thing he red cars needs

He is also looking for a clock that goes up on the dash does any one have one I never knew about it just seen the hole