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Apex engineered front and rear suspension is what I went with.

Did you brace the car before removing these panels?

@@automotivemindset I unfortunately did not (dumb mistake I know). Do you think it would be possible to build from the trans tunnel out toward the rocker panels using kf vintage rear floor and firewall panels? thats the only thing I can really think of right now

@@TaxFraudSpecialist it's hard telling what to do because you don't know where the chassis actually moved to. I think your best best would be to get it on a frame machine to realign everything.

@TaxFraudSpecialist if you know someone with the same year car you could mimic the measurements from it.

@@automotivemindset I have a 71 240z if youd be willing to send me your measurements. That would be a huge help

It was a tank I was familiar with, I already had one in my 67 mustang and the dimensions fit and I love the way the tank looks. It was something I could use that would clear the apex suspension and it sits up nice and tight for me to be able to run a dual exhaust without it looking like your typical fuel cell that doesn't look like it belongs.

@@automotivemindset I actually just went back and watched the video that you first talked about it. It looks like it fits great.

@@BLOKgarage I run 15 lbs of boost with that setup for years and never had any problems with it. It's been very reliable.

@automotivemindset good to know. Price looks reasonable. If I can't make my stock 280z tank work I might go with that or something similar. Keep up the good work on the vids!

@BLOKgarage another guy i talked to said he was planning on using a 71-72 challenger tank, the fuel neck is on the correct side and you'd still be able to use a fuel tank strap similar to stock. I wanted mine tucked up as much as I could though. Something else to consider when you do yours

Pretty much, it's a 67-68 mustang tank.

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Thank you! I'm very excited to get to the interior part of the car and of course driving it for the first time.

A 3D printer comes in perfect for small stuff like this. Thanks for watching.

Thank you. I coated the inside of the frame rails with steel-it before I welded them on. I did use some internal frame coating inside the half inch hole to cover the backsides of the welds though.

Thank you. Do you also own a datsun?

71 lb.ft (96 Nm)

You know I caught myself asking the same question. Maybe during testing they found it was a high stress area and decided to double plate it. Tying in the fender apron to the frame rail twice.

@automotivemindset yeah that could be. When I get there in a few videos I might see if it's worth strengthening it even further with some thicker plate or something.

@@BLOKgarage a tube from that plate to the kick area would probably work 😄

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. As much as I don't like fabrication, I enjoy the end results.

Thank you!

Thank you! By the time I'm done with this car I should be an expert in welding sheet metal haha 😄

@@automotivemindset Dude! you’re doing just fine!

Im currently working on and almost finished with installing the frame connectors. I bought a 68 mustang 10 years ago and learned everything I know from working on that car. Thanks for watching!

Thanks Landon! I'm extremely excited to do some custom stuff you don't see on a typical Datsun.

I'm definitely enjoying the experience of building a restomod. Thanks for watching!

I currently don't have an update on this specifically. I'm restoring the car completely so it will be a minute before I get back to this point. Thanks for watching!

@automotivemindset subscribed! Good content bud!

I struggled with the same thing. I looked for a while and could never find anything useful.

You never know, there might be. People do this stuff all around the world.

Thank you, stay tuned. I have some custom stuff coming up that I haven't seen anyone else do on their car. Maybe it will be useful for your build.

@@automotivemindset great, cant wait! Its sometimes hard the things you look for

I almost considered calling someone to do it. It would of definitely saved a ton of time.

Thank you!

Yup, I can't wait to see all the finished work completed.

Overall it's in pretty good shape, for the price I paid and what I was able to get out of the parts I stripped and sold from it, I think I came out alright.

Yeah, some videos are being finished a little bit out of order depending on my time I have to edit and how I want to end the videos. The floor pan video I wanted a clear picture of the bottom side. I had a lot of stuff to do before I could get it to that point. Thank you for watching!

What are the chances lol, wonder how long it's been in there. Thanks for watching!

That's a great tip, I will look into it. Thank you.

Good luck! The way I show cutting the floor out in this video was the 2nd way I did the floor pans. The passenger side took me 10 times longer haha. I didn't want to accidentally cut into something I wasn't supposed to. The way I did the drivers side makes it so simple.

@homepup72 record it and post it. I need every tip and trick too lol never done anything like this before.

Klassicfab panels have been great so far. Some minor modifications here and there but overall very good panels. What year datsun do you have?

Have 2 72s Had 5 others in the last 20 years

I'm doing the super 8.8 out of the s550, I heard mixed reviews with apex so I'm a little concerned. We'll see how it goes though.

Check out my quarter panel removal video, it depends on what you would consider damage. I think it could be done but you'd have to be very careful. If you're pulling the entire quarter be prepared to see more problems behind it than you anticipate.

@@automotivemindset Just want to avoid bending or misshaping them really, as (at least from the outside) they're in perfect condition, no rust, no dents, etc. Want to do a thorough job without having to spend $1,400 or so on replacements when they're fine to begin with. The doglegs are pretty rotten so i'm already expecting bad things :)

I think it will be good, the spots I had to grind back down took a couple seconds to get off with an 80 grit sanding disc on my die grinder. Within a days time it seem to really bite into the metal.

I normally don't work on other peoples cars. What gear ratio are you wanting to change to?

I’m currently doing it myself now , I’m just having trouble figuring out what the pinion depth should be . I went from a 3.55 to a 4.09

@Esxgt you should be able to use the stock shim and be fine. Always check with the contact pattern, if the pattern is good you shouldnt have any problems. If you want to do it the other way you'll have to purchase a pinion depth tool kit. Some kits can be pretty expensive.

Check out the build, it actually fit better than I thought it would.

Yeah this was one of the reasons why I bought this car. I have definitely gone into territory of stuff I have never done before. That's the exciting part of all of this.

Yeah, I think It will be fine. Time will tell, hopefully the primer I used in between the panels will hold up. This is an easy spot to repair down the road though so if it doesn't, I get to fix it again haha

Do you like it? I spent 6 months straight, every day building this engine.

I dont think a stock hood will fit. It would stick out probably an inch above the hood line. I already planned on using a cowl hood before deciding to do the coyote swap so I never measured to see if a stock hood would clear.

I have an Instagram but I don't use it much, I started using tiktok lately. Both are @matthewap44.

@@automotivemindset follow you in tik tok, already!!

@@GMSCORPO Awesome! Check out the new video where I had a local guy engraved my billet radiator cap with the Z logo

I'm working 84 hour work weeks right now so uploading new videos is a bit slow. I have 4 finished that are pretty much finished I just need to record an ending for each video. Hopefully these videos help you for when you get a datsun, I have a bunch of unique modifications I will be showing.