sblake01

Isaiah, it's good to see that you have your life going in the right direction once again. You've been gone so long that I don't even own Datsuns anymore!

I'd be quite surprised if that hasn't sold already.........

I've seen something similar w/o the Datsun emblem.

I once had an L series 4 cylinder develop a crack in the housing behind the water pump. The spring that keeps the radiator hose from collapsing somehow had got into the water pump impeller and it scraped a hole in the cover.

Use spaces.......d i c k. I have a fall 1977 Datsun dealer directory. Which dealerships are you interested in?

There's also something fishy about that car. It's license plate comes up as a 1988 Toyota MR2 from 10/18/2003 to10/19/2013 and then shows up as a 1984 Nissan 300ZX on 12/04/2013 the day it failed it's smog check.

That's true. There's one right up the street from me. A very nicely done 280 with an LS1. Somehow, though, it still just doesn't seem right to me........

Those are also the same as the ones that were on my 5/78.

Remember that post is 5 years old. They might have been 179 then.

That's way less time than the 3 1/2 years or so that have passed since anyone posted in this thread.:classic:

The only one I've ever seen actually fit rather nicely. The only thing I didn't like about it was that it wasn't painted to match the car. Member John Coffey sells them at his shop. You could PM him and he could likely tell you a lot about them.

411.com may be free but most of the time all it does is lead you to the other paid services like intelius, people smart, etc.

Except for the fact that there are pictues of the project in the thread and he/she/it hasn't been back since that post.......single post to a dead thread on the join date and no return? Sounds/looks like a bot to me.

That's somehow better?

I see the ododmeter reading but I though that the extra digit didn't come along until 1981......

Are you a 'bot?? If not, read the rest of the thread.....tony5050 isn't here, hasn't been here in over 4 years, and, from most indications, won't be back.

Apparently your quotation marks around the word "chipping" in the post that illicited that response weren't big enough??

Did you check the front cover to make sure that there were no cracks, holes, etc. on the side that faces the engine? I once had a problem like that caused by the coiled wire stiffiner inside of the radiator hose getting caught on the water pump impeller and it scraped a hole in the back of the cover.

I'm wondering if nwa240 will see your post. It's been at least a couple of years since I recall seeing him here, in fact, it's been a while since I've seen you here.

The old muffler would be what? 36-37 years old?

I've always heard that it was filmed at Laguna Seca. I don't know for use. If that is Laguna Seca, ironically he crashed a Scarab there a couple of years or so ago at the Monterey Historics. Not a Datsun V8 conversion but a 1958 Scarab roadster.

That's how I've always felt. When I had my 78 I also had 2 complete spare bumper sets including the rubber. I didn't pay a lot for them; they came from the junkyard and were in excellent condition. When I sold my car, I gave the spares to a friend who had a 77 and he put one set on his car and sold the other for $300 (or so he says).

This wasn't available over 9 years ago when this thread began. Electronic power steering isn't really the same thing. I know that is has been sporadically problematic in some modern cars that were factory equipped with it. Vehicles such as the Chevy HHR and other vehicles on that platform have had issues with electronic power steering. We owned an HHR until recently and had to replace the power steering motor @ 38000 miles (just out of warranty). That being said, I'm not sure how reliable a realatively new add on kit would be.

The port or dealer installed A/C also had a seperate temperature control knob mounted somewhere under the dash (location vaired by installer).