old school pickups!!

[rusted180]

Just something i wanted to share with ya'll! sorry for the shitty pics...no scanner! but damn! it'll be fuckin cool to start a project like this!!! rb powered pickup and an sr20 powered pickup!!! if i had some more money i would soooooooo start this shit!
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb207/rusted180/IMG_4528-1.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb207/rusted180/IMG_4526.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb207/rusted180/IMG_4525.jpg

[Farzam]

Dibs on the white one?

[rusted180]

huh......the white datsun looks sick! i wonder if theres a cult following for this kind of project in US....weight distribution should be crappy compared to our cars, unless im wrong.. i wonder if these trucks would be competitive in a drift competition.

[Farzam]

Probably not...

Unless you put a bunch of heavy shit in the back.

[rusted180]

that's gay! but regardless....these pickups look badass! they're so unique! it would just be fun building one and crusing around...i wonder if these would attract pigs like our cars do..

[C. Senor]

yeah the white one is pretty sick.

[sw20>>s14]

with those powerplants, suspension/drivetrain mods, and long wheelbase (most importantly) im sure they drift fine...correct me if im wrong, but im assuming they use weight ballasts too...modding old school pickups is nothing new, just something often overlooked and wrongfully riduculed...e.g. the poster above me =)

[SexPanda]

Damn i love those old school pickups. I would love to have an old toyota pickup and drop a 2jzgte in one. But moneys a bitch.

I was actually thinking about selling my 240 for an old datsun pickup in damn near mint condition with a nitrous'd ka24de in it. I didnt though. Maybe I should have... eh, i like my car too much.

[bmx22]

my friend has a hard body with sr and he just qualifed top 16 at a event in hawaii full conection tons of smoke and suprisingly he gets alot of speed

[sblack13]

i've always wanted to do something to my nissan pickup, but i keep spending money on my s chasis. Anyways anyone know what you do about the wiring? The wiring on the truck is all like 1 harness.

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/2/web/650000-650999/650632_235_full.jpg

[rusted180]

wow....that's cool to know...im pretty ignorant when it comes to pick ups.....but hearing there potential on the track, as well as, their badass looks...makes me want one.

[georgesal]

i actually swapping an sr into my friends pick up next week but he is going do drag the biatch

[SexPanda]

Real quick, sorry to thread jack, but do the japanese write alot there magazines like comics, or is it the "theme" i guess, of that article? Just curious.

And about the wiring, im sure if you dropped an sr in a truck, if you know wiring, it wouldnt be too hard. I mean, if you completely strip an s chassis of wires in the engine compartment to do a swap then rewire it, im sure thats about the same for a truck.

[slider2828]

Yah if you look at the build closely, those trucks are heavily modified for the motors. Like the white truck, the exhaust comes out on top of the bed. THere is heavy bracing from the front of the bed all the way back to the edge of the truck. I don't think I its too hard, but just time consuming.

[Dousan_PG]

japanese are notorious for bad layout and graphic design
u dont kno wwhere to look when u open a japanese magazine
unless their are boobs
then well...eyes go there (duh)

[boosted98gst]

At mid ohio they had a truck drifting powered by a 4g63
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKsnhGlIjr8

[jrocslider]

omg i think i might be fully erect. i've always wanted a pickup but never really had the funds. after i graduate first thing i'm buyin is gonna be a 90's hardbody or a 76 datsun 620. not everyones cup of tea but its all good though cause i could care less.

[rusted180]

i personally like how the japanese setup their layouts....especially Doritin mags. i think it's almost artistic.... kind of messy and very bold...but pleasing to the eye...just my opinion.

[240sx_sr20det]

Hold on.. let me find my friends badass SR'd pick up. I'm sure you guys will like it. Be patient. :)

[Otis Performance]

DAMN, i just sold my nissan 85 pick up truck.. i had the rb26dett full swap in back of the truck to.. damn, i should have swap it in

[240sx_sr20det]

Okay here is my buddy Jasons 95 Nissan Pickup.

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z228/jascoli117/780366_508_full.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z228/jascoli117/780366_507_full.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z228/jascoli117/780366_510_full.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z228/jascoli117/780366_509_full.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z228/jascoli117/780366_503_full.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z228/jascoli117/780366_502_full.jpg


and the good stuff...


http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z228/jascoli117/780366_504_full.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z228/jascoli117/780366_505_full.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z228/jascoli117/780366_506_full.jpg


If you want to know all the specs, just ask and ill post them up! It's pretty impressive!

[Dousan_PG]

yummy
makes me want skittles

haha
looks awesome so much work
such dedication on show cars
i could never do it. id go bonkers!

[SimpleSexy180]

lmao his license plate is gangstah.

[240sx_sr20det]

Yeah, the truck is nuts. And its so unbelievably fast too, its ridiculous!

[BattleRoyale]

rb swap in those old picks hella sick

[driftsilvias13]

nice! i just picked up this mag last week :D

[slowmovingvehicle]

there is couple local drifters here in hawaii with SR swaps in their nissian pickups. thats the true meaning of sleeper.

[Gumballf355]

Are the rear wheel drive hardbodies 5 lug from the factory? The awd ones are 6 lug right? I wanna build one up... my friends showed me that magazine the other week. What kind of suspension work goes into something like that... must be alot of custom work. I like the even older Datsun trucks...
http://media2.dropshots.com/photos/149/20060130/200840.jpg
http://media1.dropshots.com/photos/149/20060130/200851.jpg
http://media0.dropshots.com/photos/149/20060130/200901.jpg

[90KAcoupe]

those trucks are bad ass!!! i've been toying with the idea of taking my uncles datsun sunny and slamming it on some ssr meshes and build the sohc in it with high compression, cams, and carb'ed. but i need to finish my s13 first.

[Ninjabread]

Some local guy is doing this

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/Placid/SR20DET%20Truck%20Build-Up/IMG_0272.jpg

here:

http://www.son240sx.org/forums/showthread.php?t=27838


not bad

[ecuastyle84]

Some local guy is doing this

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/Placid/SR20DET%20Truck%20Build-Up/IMG_0272.jpg

here:

http://www.son240sx.org/forums/showthread.php?t=27838


not bad

damn that guy's pickup is coming along nicely

[Justin Bernstein]

am i the only one noticing the R33? im pissed at this guy now. How hard is it to take the body off? like 8 bolts? how many guys do you need to lift that bitch?

[s14unimog]

I'm sorry but that green truck is disgusting! Toooo much show car bull shit.

good job on putting an SR into a hardbody, bad job on everything else.

[ripnbst]

There is a drift truck in the NOPI series competing with a 4g63 it can be seen at thedrifttruck.com. He's promoting the whiplash DVD's and now I guess I am too haha. Oh well its a sweet truck none the less. They have the truck setup so the ass end is lower than the front to try and get at least some weight on the back tires to produce some smoke. The truck rocks flame throwing stacks, its pretty badass.

[EDacIouSX]

that enjuku racing green car looks so.... well let's just say an asian guy doesn't own it lol.

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are those trucks in cali? they have cali license plates. right? i think..

[ms!3]

old school pickups are pretty cool. minus that lime green one posted.

[98koukile]

am i the only one noticing the R33? im pissed at this guy now. How hard is it to take the body off? like 8 bolts? how many guys do you need to lift that bitch?

Looks like an r32 to me:confused:

[NemeGuero]

that green shit needs some airbags.

[ramblux]

Are the rear wheel drive hardbodies 5 lug from the factory? The awd ones are 6 lug right?


No, they're all 6-lug. Some guys with mini-trucks redrill the hubs and axles to 5-lug though. I've had my fair share of mini-trucks. I guess I had to since I worked for Mini Truckin' Magazine. haha

Not exactly the same as what was posted before, but here are some of my old trucks:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/ramblux/hilux.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/ramblux/Toyota2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/ramblux/trukandframe1.jpg

The first one would do 130mph no problem. haha
I never finished the third one, but it had a turbo 12a rotary. That engine did mid 11s N/A in a '80 RX-7, so it woulda been hella fast.

And a friend of mine is putting an SR20DET into this:
http://a942.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/43/l_2a558d918be5ef7ecdf07269950fe1dd.jpg

[NemeGuero]

g'damn that ford in the background is fuckin' big


http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/451/bd2vs2.jpg
My home slices truck
body dropped.

He controls his airbags with a nintendo controller. Old school. Shits dope. 18 and 20"

He also has train horns.

He's my hero.

EDIT: and suck it if the pic is too big for you. I'm too lazy to resize

[lucky7]

my buddy has one too. its kinda growing on me.. just a little.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v470/danerm3/3-1.jpg

this Sr'd hardbody sounds real fun though.

[axiomatik]

it's nothing new. heavy throttle did a couple of sr swaps into hardbodies back in like 2000/2001. they used to have photos on their site years ago.

[Z_Spool]

Looks like an r32 to me:confused:

x2 it is in fact a 32. still sexy as hell though

[Justin Bernstein]

^^ u guys are right, typo on my part...that lucky mofo. In Jersey too? thats wierd, but if i had an unregistered one, id still drive it on the streets. The cops in my town wouldn't know what they were looking at.

[NemeGuero]

damn that guy's pickup is coming along nicely

paint looks like booboo on the chassis

and his mount is bleh.

its "meh" at best.

A for effort though, just doesn't do that great of work.

[jrocslider]

isnt he from ontario canada? ur all kinds of messed up on the info broseph

[ManoNegra]

paint looks like booboo on the chassis

Was thinking maybe it was rust-proof coating of some sort.

Brings me back to the late 80s when all the vatos here would cruise up to schools in low-rider trucks airbrushed with Aztec art looking for under age poon.

[Farzam]

Some kid is paying me to build up his Toyota pickup.

The 22r is about to get fuckin badass'd.

[jrocslider]

how about u put swarovski crystals all over that bitch and sum autocouture wheels on it.... u wont!!!!!!!

[steve shadows]

yummy
makes me want skittles

haha
looks awesome so much work
such dedication on show cars
i could never do it. id go bonkers!

same here



anyoen think of like a 72 datsun pick up?

sr'd

[240sx_sr20det]

damnnnn that ford is hugeeeee. I wouldn't mind driving that around; 2 mpg, aw yeah!

[silviaguy240]

superstreet, had a feature of a Drag datsun 620 with a worked SR20DE a little while back, i think it hit like low 10's. if i can find it i'll scan it.

[Farzam]

how about u put swarovski crystals all over that bitch and sum autocouture wheels on it.... u wont!!!!!!!

My buddy doesn't have that much money. He's buying some parts off me and i'm gonna "help" install anything he can't (and i'm almost certain he can't even change oil).

[eastcoastS14]

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w166/maxlopes/boratPromo.jpg

[S13-Silvia]

Here a Nissan pickup i found. (California plates ,but its in Japan?)
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1429/980283439_cdf5770d22_o.jpg

And heres another pic of the white one.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1284/980283445_2e6c1b1b99_o.jpg

[Gumballf355]

Ok, can anyone confirm that these people redrill to 5x114.3 or if they acctually just swap hubs or something? This would be a pretty cheap daily project since I already have the low offset wheels and stuff.

[BustedS13]

i wonder if theres a cult following for this kind of project in US....

those look like US plates to me. they're definitely not japanese.

[DOOK]

If I could ever get rid of my jetta I'm about to start an LS1 97 sonoma build

[TheTimanator]

I've always wanted to put an SR in a Nissan Hardbody and everyone always makes fun of me for even thinking about it.
I glad to see I'm not the only person who would think it be cool.

But that green 4x4 on the other page is ugly! :barf:

[rusted180]

wow..all these photos with nice builds.........i guess theres a huge cult following for this stuff. I wish i had some more money, i would really enjoy building one of these suckers. it's so unique and totally a sleeper! even with the exterior decked out, id have confidence to beat it if i encountered one........how wrong i would be in a few seconds.

[Bigballin]

once the tailgate drops the bullshit stopppssssssss!

[young gun]

the red one has s13 front suspension, i think.

[Osmosis]

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/90/2ba7ccd7ol2.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/7139/e5f84b2coa1.jpg
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/7143/img473qj5.jpg
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2789/img474rm3.jpg
http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/4730/img475av5.jpg
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/9841/truck3qy9.jpg

[axiomatik]

holy cow, look at the exhaust manifold! and those are some intereesting fender flares in the last pic.

[Gumballf355]

Don't let this thread die! I really want to know more about the build up of these two white and red nissans...
http://www.garageminiz.com/IMGP46141.jpg
http://www.garageminiz.com/IMGP46241.jpg
http://www.garageminiz.com/IMG_24701.jpg
http://www.garageminiz.com/PB266790alminiz1b3.jpg

Somebody read some japanese!
http://www.garageminiz.com

[!Zar!]

Funny you should post those... I was reading those in my doriten just a little while ago.

Red on has an SR and the white one has a RB26

They have custom rear shock towers as well as s13 rear subframe.

[HyperTek]

http://www.garageminiz.com/gt720%200091.jpg
thats alot of work unless you got access to do it
http://www.garageminiz.com/PB2768621.jpg

i wonder if they can get those trucks to handle suprisingly well, i dont care about drifting, but if they could be some killer grip trucks, taht would rocck *truck touge anyone?*

hahaha notice the american decals and cali plate lol
http://www.garageminiz.com/PB276922as1280a2.jpg

[Leetheslacker]

there was a link posted to the complete build of that white truck a while back.


http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/7143/img473qj5.jpg

more an fittings than texas?

[SilviaBricks]

^ did anyone else notice the skyline in those pics?

[sac]

am i the only one noticing the R33? im pissed at this guy now. How hard is it to take the body off? like 8 bolts? how many guys do you need to lift that bitch?

^ did anyone else notice the skyline in those pics?
that dude did..
the trucks look kinda cool.. not my taste, but i can respect their builds and stuff. There is a dude here locally building a old RPU. A RWD pickup that came factory from mazda with a rotary. He is puttin the 466rwhp motor that came out of his 93 fd into the bitch, and rollin stock body, dropped 2 inches. Kinda goin for that sleeper look.

[JVDSKYRINE]

am i the only one noticing the R33? im pissed at this guy now. How hard is it to take the body off? like 8 bolts? how many guys do you need to lift that bitch?

I didn't notice a R33 but I did notice a Skyline R32 GTS-t in the background:loco:


OH and that white truck with the Bronze CR Kais is one of the hottest things i have seen always had a hardon for that thing

[240trainee]

These are fucking cool.

I want one.

[SHIFT_*grind*]

Definitely. I might even go so far as to say I'd trade my 240 for one, if it were clean enough.

*gets shot*

[WagDatto]

The problem with old Datsun trucks is that there's a lot of fab work to get a DET to fit. My brother and I are doing either a sr20de or ka swap into his old 521 mini, build thread will follow!