I bought this old thing a couple of years back, and for the most part its just sat around.
I pulled the bullbar off it, put a standard bumper on it and washed it once. Then it sat around again. A couple of weeks ago I finally cleared some room in the shed so I could start working on it.
It's a 1980 MQ van, N/A SD33 with a 4 speed and absolutely no options or features to speak of. Vinyl floors, vinyl bench seats front and rear, no floor covering in the rear, just bare painted steel, not even a clock or a radio.
I bought it as a non runner with rust in the doors and bonnet, the previous owner said the shell itself was rust free, but it's from the 80's and had Datsun badges on it so it was obviously gonna have rust. Which it does.
So why did I buy a nearly 40 year old, non running poverty pack, rusty old Datsun that no one cares about?
Because its the most bloody original MQ I've found for sale in Vic and it only has 116,000km. Aside from a Redarc 24-12v converter for the trailer wiring, holes cut in the door and rear trims for speakers and the original headlights being replaced with Hella units it's bog stock. Even has the original spare tyre.
I pulled the bullbar off it, put a standard bumper on it and washed it once. Then it sat around again. A couple of weeks ago I finally cleared some room in the shed so I could start working on it.
It's a 1980 MQ van, N/A SD33 with a 4 speed and absolutely no options or features to speak of. Vinyl floors, vinyl bench seats front and rear, no floor covering in the rear, just bare painted steel, not even a clock or a radio.
I bought it as a non runner with rust in the doors and bonnet, the previous owner said the shell itself was rust free, but it's from the 80's and had Datsun badges on it so it was obviously gonna have rust. Which it does.
So why did I buy a nearly 40 year old, non running poverty pack, rusty old Datsun that no one cares about?
Because its the most bloody original MQ I've found for sale in Vic and it only has 116,000km. Aside from a Redarc 24-12v converter for the trailer wiring, holes cut in the door and rear trims for speakers and the original headlights being replaced with Hella units it's bog stock. Even has the original spare tyre.