Motorman's Build

[Dave WM]

the radios are insane.

[black gold man]

Get the dash keep radio and resale dash. http://charlotte.craigslist.org/pts/5634240193.html

[siteunseen]

Looks fantastic!

When you say choke plate are you talking about the one Art Singer makes?  That's a good investment for long term and no car show judge will ever know.

I paid $2K for the whole car and now to find out the radios are selling for $1,000 is unbelievable.  

[motorman7]

14 minutes ago, siteunseen said:

 

When you say choke plate are you talking about the one Art Singer makes?

No, this console has the early choke set-up.  There is a large aluminum colored plate and a guide plate underneath.  Unfortunately, I do't have any pictures.  I do however have a spare large aluminum colored plate along with a bunch oother random parts.  

 

[AZ-240z]

Hi Rich,

Truly amazing work on a beautiful car.  My car looking in a mirror.  is this the plastic battery cover you are looking for?

If so, send me a mailing address and its yours.

Dan

[motorman7]

11 minutes ago, AZ-240z said:

Hi Rich,

Truly amazing work on a beautiful car.  My car looking in a mirror.  is this the plastic battery cover you are looking for?

If so, send me a mailing address and its yours.

Dan

Yes, would love that!   Thanks so much.   Will send PM with address.

[motorman7]

1 hour ago, black gold man said:

Get the dash keep radio and resale dash. http://charlotte.craigslist.org/pts/5634240193.html

My daughter lives in Charlotte so would be easy to pick-up, but probably have to let it go.

I do have the antenna switch and some off brand Radio.  I may try and replicate a close copy of the faceplate with my 3-D printer and see if I can get it to look close to original.  

[motorman7]

So I 3-D printed a Radio Faceplate Blank.  I will probably leave this in for the short term until I can figure out what I am going to do with the Radio.  I may try to print one that looks like the original radio faceplate.  Won't help me much without the radio though, but it does give me some options.

[Mark Maras]

 What type of plastic did you use? My son just built a 3D printer and I'm nudging him toward recreating some Datsun parts. 

[motorman7]

ABS, Dark Gray in color.  I put a single coat of satin black paint over it.  Probably wouldn't hurt to primer and sand first to hide the small ridges.

[siteunseen]

I finally drank enough beer to get up the nerve to paint the lettering on my face plate.  The paint pen @psdenno recommended works great.  I'm going to put a couple of coats over the next day or two.

[psdenno]

10 minutes ago, siteunseen said:

I finally drank enough beer to get up the nerve to paint the lettering on my face plate.  The paint pen @psdenno recommended works great.  I'm going to put a couple of coats over the next day or two.

Nice job!  All you need is a silver Sharpie, a steady hand, and balls the size of watermelons.  The silver on my center console has held up well for a few years now with no sign of wear or flaking.

Dennis