lanesteele240 Posted June 4, 2014 Author Posted June 4, 2014 This was as quick build. Thanks for looking
unclescott58 Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 (edited) Gary, your from North Carolina? This looks more like something we would have seen up here in the rust belt. I saw a lot of real cars in my day that looked like that. Early 70's Japanese cars, like your Datsun, rusted out very quickly here in Minnesota. My Dad bought a new Toyota Hi-Lux pickup truck in Feb. 1971. Five years later, my sister put her foot though the floor pushing on the accelerator pedal. My Dad loved that truck. It was very good truck, other than the quick rust out. Your model scares me. Your model is that good. It brings back a lot of bad memories of cars I and others drove as winter beaters in the past. Thankfully those days are past. By the way, I love the extra tranny in the trunk. More bad memories! So I guess you did a great job. Scott Edited June 4, 2014 by unclescott58
Harry P. Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 Yeah, that's cool. You should put it on a small diorama base.
lanesteele240 Posted June 4, 2014 Author Posted June 4, 2014 Gary, your from North Carolina? This looks more like something we would have seen up here in rust belt. I saw a lot of real cars in my day that looked like that. Early 70's Japanese cars, like your Datsun, rusted out very quickly here in Minnesota. My Dad bought a new Toyota Hi-Lux pickup truck in Feb. 1971. Five years later, my sister put her foot though the floor pushing on the accelerator pedal. My Dad loved that truck. It was very good truck, other than the quick rust out. Your model scares me. Your model is that good. It brings back a lot of bad memories of cars I and others drove as winter beaters in the past. Thankfully those days are past. By the way, I love the extra tranny in the trunk. More bad memories! So I guess you did a great job. Scott You are 100% correct. Not to many of the darsuns worked their way to the east coast. 80 of those found their way to the crusher. 19.2 % of them have been take by the gods of oxidation. 'The .8% left are race cars with no title. I have only seen one on the road. A older lady was driving it and i totally freaked her out trying to get her to pull over so i could buy it. I know where a car that looks kinda like the one i built sits. No title and the person that owned it moved away and died. The guy selling it still wanted 1500 bucks for it:( Thanks for looking and coenting guys
Kennyboy Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 Great weathering Gary! VERY believable! Love the engine missing the cylinder head!
Miatatom Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 You are 100% correct. Not to many of the darsuns worked their way to the east coast. 80 of those found their way to the crusher. 19.2 % of them have been take by the gods of oxidation. 'The .8% left are race cars with no title. I have only seen one on the road. A older lady was driving it and i totally freaked her out trying to get her to pull over so i could buy it. I know where a car that looks kinda like the one i built sits. No title and the person that owned it moved away and died. The guy selling it still wanted 1500 bucks for it:( I had one for a while back in 96. It was a race car with a 2.0 in it. Used mostly for autocross. Tons of fun. A guy drove down from NJ and bought it for $1200 and made a vintage road racer out of it. $1500 might not be too bad a price if most of the car is there and the rust hasn't ruined it.
1 bad55 stan Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 I just love weathered models,you have done a fine job of this.These weathered cars take alot more work than a shiny show room 1.You have made the rust Gods very happy!
Modelmikey Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 I love Datsun 510's, but sadly the few around here in NS Canada look like this one.
charlie8575 Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 Could also be a typical New England car after a few years. Nice work. Charlie Larkin
Custom Mike Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 Gary, don't take this the wrong way brother...that thing is HIDEOUS!!! You nailed the rusted out beater look perfectly, I grew up in the Chicago area, and saw lots of these cars in the same condition! How in the world did you "crack" the passenger seat? That is a neat little touch!
DynoMight Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 Children, can you say sleeper? hah good job on this amazing build!
English Jules Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 looks good. i use 4 different colours for rust, from orange to brown, mixed in different ratios. I use hairspray to hold it in place. Im doing at the moment the AMT Dodge 911 Ambulance as a old piece of junk that stills being used.
Chuck Most Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 This model could be the mini-me of an unfortunate 510 that used to sit under a lean-to by a barn near my house years ago. I remember it being there as far back as the late '80's- it finally disappeared about ten years ago, along with the barn.
lanesteele240 Posted June 5, 2014 Author Posted June 5, 2014 This model could be the mini-me of an unfortunate 510 that used to sit under a lean-to by a barn near my house years ago. I remember it being there as far back as the late '80's- it finally disappeared about ten years ago, along with the barn. As Harry p said earlier, i want to do a dio. It will be a lean to just as you speak. Just as the one i know. They realy are some cool cars if restored. But they were not so back in the day. Where im from, if you had a pinto, you could still say at least it aint a datsun. Its funny that my two dream cars are the 240/260/280z and a 510. And not a pinto. O.o
Bucket T Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 Almost looks like the dime I got in 1980 except it had a vinyl top and a head in the trunk.
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