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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1189 posts
Post #221 | Wednesday, 21-Nov 2018 @ 7:08pm
"Love your work Dundee.   Made my night."
Beetwenty's B10 2 door  |  Read full post
beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1189 posts
Post #222 | Wednesday, 21-Nov 2018 @ 5:10pm
Edited by beetwenty
Wednesday, 21-Nov 2018 @ 5:14pm
"Last night a friend painted a vent cover that I have been working on.       My vent cover started life as a pair of fibreglass copies of the 1200 coupe vent covers.   I then cut each side down from 3 sections to 2. Fibreglassed the two pieces together..."
Beetwenty's B10 2 door  |  Read full post
beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1189 posts
Post #223 | Monday, 19-Nov 2018 @ 6:26pm
Edited by beetwenty
Tuesday, 20-Nov 2018 @ 6:07am
"The way I understand it. Generally, A12 rods will be the same between early and late.   Either set would need the small end bored to take your new pistons.   Finding an A12A is about as easy as finding the Loc Ness Monster, so best to use what you have in..."
my 1970 1000 ute  |  Read full post
beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1189 posts
Post #224 | Monday, 19-Nov 2018 @ 3:19pm
"Welcome to the group Rhys.   My understanding is that A12A conrods are the bolt in option for this engine mash up.   Although A12A rods are hard to source, so the more common approach is to use A12 conrods and have the small end bored out  to suit the new..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1189 posts
Post #225 | Monday, 19-Nov 2018 @ 7:40am
Edited by beetwenty
Monday, 19-Nov 2018 @ 7:48am
"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..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1189 posts
Post #226 | Monday, 19-Nov 2018 @ 7:37am
"Time for another update.   I have changed my front seat backrests from 120y sedan to 120y coupe.   The pattern in the vinyl is the same. However the coupe backrests are approx 1 inch lower than the sedan ones, which I feel makes the seats look far more..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1189 posts
Post #227 | Wednesday, 07-Nov 2018 @ 7:44pm
"Thank you.   It was a very interesting and am glad that I watched this. I came for the cars, stayed for the story."
Datsun 1000 Ute on National Television  |  Read full post
beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1189 posts
Post #228 | Tuesday, 06-Nov 2018 @ 6:35pm
Edited by beetwenty
Tuesday, 06-Nov 2018 @ 6:38pm
"Unfortunately I missed it.   Id love to see it if anyone knows of a link to a video of it.   Using the more common 1200 because a 1000 is hard to find also amuses me.   You never see 1000's on tv. Only one ive ever seen on tv is in a film called bad..."
Datsun 1000 Ute on National Television  |  Read full post
beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1189 posts
Post #229 | Sunday, 28-Oct 2018 @ 8:33am
"Thanks for the link.   I always love to see what others have done with their 1000. Car looks super clean."
Pretty Neat B10 in Japan  |  Read full post
beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1189 posts
Post #230 | Friday, 26-Oct 2018 @ 4:34pm
"Ha Ha, I actually only recently watched that. Impressive stuff.   Must have come up in my related searches or something. Ive been watching alot of "clickspring" videos on youtube.   Ive got a bit of an addiction to youtube Makers now that I..."
Lighter and more complicated than a 1K  |  Read full post
beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1189 posts
Post #231 | Wednesday, 24-Oct 2018 @ 10:27pm
"   Got my bar to fit well.   Also watched the first half of the trolley riding video.   I'll finish watching the rest tomorrow. Been an interesting video so far. Gravity is an addiction no matter what form it takes.   Bikes is my trolley equivalent for..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1189 posts
Post #232 | Wednesday, 24-Oct 2018 @ 12:33pm
Edited by beetwenty
Wednesday, 24-Oct 2018 @ 10:19pm
"Im well ontop of that.   Think I have watched all the Chris Runge videos. He does one with Jay leno givung an overview of his cars.   On a side note, i have been playing with aluminum latley D.   In the process of fitting a MK1 Golf spoiler to the 1k.  ..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1189 posts
Post #233 | Thursday, 18-Oct 2018 @ 7:52am
Edited by beetwenty
Thursday, 18-Oct 2018 @ 5:34pm
"If your talking CDO...   I like to use a washer as a guide. If I grind too much, the washer adds thickness to slow any error.   Then break the edge with a file to add the last little bit of detail.   Dosn't take long. (I made this while waiting for the..."
A15 engine swap  |  Read full post
beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1189 posts
Post #234 | Wednesday, 17-Oct 2018 @ 10:15am
Edited by beetwenty
Wednesday, 17-Oct 2018 @ 10:15am
"Drivers side will still be as D suggested.   If you can, I would suggest rounding off the corners on your plate. The asthetics of it will far exceed the effort ."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1189 posts
Post #235 | Tuesday, 16-Oct 2018 @ 4:37pm
Edited by beetwenty
Tuesday, 16-Oct 2018 @ 6:28pm
"    Pics of what I am talking about.   Never saw it mounted, was just on an A14 that I bought a few years ago.   The other side isnt worth showing, It looks like the previous owner wanted to modify the bracket... but got confused and then added a long..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1189 posts
Post #236 | Tuesday, 16-Oct 2018 @ 4:34pm
Edited by beetwenty
Tuesday, 16-Oct 2018 @ 6:25pm
"For easy flat plate engine mount relocation...I have an example of someone elses early-Late conversion which is a flat plate that bolts to the AC mounting points and engine mounting points (exhaust side), then an early engine bracket bolts to the adapter..."
A15 engine swap  |  Read full post
beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1189 posts
Post #237 | Friday, 21-Sep 2018 @ 3:35pm
"Thanks for the tip Pedro.   Also... Welcome to the forum."
Datsun 1200 starter motor for Datsun 1000  |  Read full post
beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1189 posts
Post #238 | Monday, 17-Sep 2018 @ 6:18am
"No problem.   Hopefully it works out to be what you want."
A10 Exhaust Manifold Counterweight  |  Read full post
beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1189 posts
Post #239 | Saturday, 15-Sep 2018 @ 11:19am
"Any good to you for the part you need? Seems cheap enough.   https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Datsun-A12-A14-intake-and-exhaust-manifolds-early-pre-polution/202435610217?hash=item2f221a4669:g:h1EAAOSwA71bmfKz"
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1189 posts
Post #240 | Thursday, 16-Aug 2018 @ 7:31pm
"Welcome to the group    Sorry I couldnt answer your question directly. Hopefully one of us on here knows if the parts are the same or not.   Ash."
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