then came the weekend

Attacked the floor with a grinder and drill..

Made up a panel that fitted the gap..


And glued it in :)

Made a little doohicky which enabled me to connect my hydraulic press ram to the seized front claipers of my Zodiac, not seized anymore :)



Found 1 of the two manifolds so had a pattern to copy so I could make the second one. Now all fitted and we have now got it running.

All be it using a temp fuel tank as the original was found to have a hole in it after it was grit blasted.
Found some rust under the floor pan crossmember :(

Need to get this bit grit blasted

Zody in the shed :)

The120 was finished today so is off for MOT :)


Into the shed comes the Zodiac :)
Had the cabin floor cleaned by Petey then given a coat of red oxide. A couple of small patches need sorting but on the whole it is a damn good floor :)

Stripped the brake master cylinder down and managed to unseize it, honed the bore and now awaiting new seals. Front calipers currently seized and showing no signs of life :(
Clutch cylinders are free.
Wiper problem sorted but washer pump appears dead so an electric one will be used for now.
still no lights but shouldn't be hard to sort.
Found a key that fits the ignition.

moooore tin

Finsished the passenger side of the 120 today


Looks really nice now :)

Made a start on the drivers side :/
Not so nice ..

Mooore Datsun.......

Today another Datsun turned up showing signs of tin weevil :/

Passenger side first..
out with the power tools :)

clean steel :)


Pretty lights :)

New steel..

Off my ramp and on someone elses :)

But the other person was the MOT tester :)
What did he say...
Well after things like cool, wow, nice and oi you lot come and see this.....

He said pass :)


So a couple of last piccies before I park it up ready for collection :)

It goes :)

Tonight the ramp was lowered and the Datsfun was ejected :)

With the fuel leaks fixed I could drive it out under its own power :)

Still had one last job to sort, the brace was resting on the engine when fitted so I cut and rewelded the bracket and it now has just enough clearance :)


I drove it home tonight, just to make sure it was running ok, honest ;P
Made me smile :)