1965 Datsun Roadster (Fairlady) Restoration

we recently restore a 1965 datsun roadster fairlady for a customer. the car had been sitting since 1985. the owner is the second owner of the car. the total amount of the restoration with parts and labor was 40k. we did a full frame off restoration in under 2yrs time. the hardest part was rebuilding the 1500cc 3 main engine. we couldnt find someone to hot tank the engine, we installed new bearings. rings, seals, timing chain, oil pump, checked the cam and crank for wear. the engine had maybe 80k total. this datsun had twin Hitachi carburetors, the carbs were also rebuilt. the exhaust system this is were the owner let me pick it out he is in his 70s now but he is still a kid at heart, we put on 2in exhaust thats all that would fit in the x frame match up to a mild 2 chamber muffler. it sounds great. the car had been totaled back in the late 70s so there was bondo 5 in thick in the front end. the rocker panels were bondo also. we redid the rocker panels made new ones. the fenders were in pretty bad shape we made patch panels and used very little bondo in the whole car. its 99% metal now all the way around the car. i could go on for days about this car but the last thing i can say is that the parts for this car are expensive and rare i have found only 2 distributors of parts in western USA.


here are the videos of the datsun thru out the whole process