A10 SSS (Read 2,838 times)

[Al Ramone]

just for Leigh, who can't wait till i pick the thing up ;D

here's the thread for this car to be broken
datsunclubuk.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=sell&action=display&thread=656

heres some pics of how it looked

























Maybe Datman can add some more info to this thread?

[gainsb1]

Nov 25, 2012 22:57:38 GMT 1 Al Ramone said:

just for Leigh, who can't wait till i pick the thing up ;D

You've had this positively A G E S ! I was expecting MOT. Tax and Insurance....

Leigh (Area rep)

[spottedlaurel]

Great that it seems to have a chance of being saved. As I’ve said these are something of a personal favourite, I remember mine very fondly. Good luck with it!

[Al Ramone]

Nov 26, 2012 9:32:13 GMT 1 gainsb1 said:

Nov 25, 2012 22:57:38 GMT 1 Al Ramone said:

just for Leigh, who can't wait till i pick the thing up ;D

You've had this positively A G E S ! I was expecting MOT. Tax and Insurance....

Leigh (Area rep)

well it is insured...

anyways, wheres your thread? ;D

[gainsb1]

Okay.... I have done a re-trim of the interior roof lining and pillars and will get some photos up. Rather pleased with the result .
Leigh (Area rep)

[datman]

started working on this, we got it running , removed rebuilt and reattached the clutch master cylinder and it tries to drive but front brakes were jammed on so we have been overhauling the front brakes. Nothing happens when you press the pedal either so a brake master cyl rebuild may be next on the cards. Work continues this week.

[Al Ramone]

sat in this for the first time today...

i really, really like the interior, plush brown corduroy and lots of typical datsun touches

i have got to sort out the headlining as thats sagging rather badly, hopefully Leigh will show me how to fix that

still no more pics yet...

[gainsb1]

Dec 1, 2012 18:34:34 GMT 1 Al Ramone said:

i have got to sort out the headlining as thats sagging rather badly, hopefully Leigh will show me how to fix that

I guess that many cars with these pressed cardboard headlinings will have gone saggy. The problem is that the lining cover material is foam backed (why? Perhaps for (minimal) soundproofing?) and over the years it perishes and crumbles and the lining material separates.

Getting the roof board out on the coupe is easy. Just a few screws out of the surrounding trim, unscrew the central roof courtesy light and rear view mirror and hey presto! Slide it out through the rear hatch. ;D

BIG TIP: when it's out make sure it is supported so that it doesn't bend by it's own weight. I should have put some supporting tape across it to stop it and found out later that when I came to put it back in I had to bend it back to it's original shape and a few small crinkles appeared.
Nothing serious but I know they are there.

High temperature spray glue is recommended but you have to work fast.
I did it on my own (too lengthy to explain here) but it would be better done with two more people holding the lining material as you work on pressing and smoothing it down onto the glue working outwards from the centre.

I will post some photos that show the re-trim that I also did to the pillar trims. Looks good but VERY fiddly!

Leigh (Area rep)

[gainsb1]

Original trim





Re-trimmed in white perforation





Looks much brighter in the A10 and compliments the paintwork.

Leigh (Area rep)

[Deleted]

Love the "Smith and Wesson" sticker, shot full of holes indeed!
Good luck should be a belter when its done.

[Al Ramone]

thanks. it's gonna be a fair bit of work...

[datman]

We stripped drained and refilled the petrol tank today, and stripped the rear brakes as neither the handbrake or footbrake work. Fitted a new cylinder and new set of brake shoes and skimmed one drum. Unseized pivots in the drums on the workbench.





Welding tomorrow hopefully, needs end of one sill and also a bit of rear chassis rail behind the rear wheels.

[Al Ramone]

cool. keeps ya busy aye?

[gainsb1]

Dec 4, 2012 20:17:35 GMT 1 @retrolegends said:

Love the "Smith and Wesson" sticker, shot full of holes indeed!
Good luck should be a belter when its done.

Saw another sticker recently.... "I love my Datsun.... because rust is lighter than carbon fibre!"

[gainsb1]

Interior trim fitted.....











You can see where the lining has not stuck in places. It actually looks worse in the photos than it does in real life; I am happy with it but what a pig of a job.

Took it to a professional trimmer who specialises in head linings. He said it couldn't be done properly as he would like it - too difficult.