My really old, recently refreshed, but still slow Rail

khaney01 · Post by **khaney01** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:09 pm

This buggy was originally put together in 1976 by my first cousin, Jim. It was sold to a neighbor who kept it in a barn, got rid of the gear reduction boxes, Had my brother Rick build a 1679 engine, and parked it. It sat for about 15 years where I found it and have had it for about three years. I got rid of the swingarm torsion and added 5 inches to the wheelbase in the process by scooting the IRS torsion back and adding slugged pipe for strength of the joints. The Tri-Mil header now is about a half inch away from the rear of the frame.

Anyways, it was old and rusty. Now it is old and (semi)shiny.

Now

Then

khaney01 · Post by **khaney01** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:15 pm

Heres a pic of the "zig-Zag" case tranny and Datsun 280z axles I am using.

pic of the drive flange (homemade)

'82 nissan sentra calipers

280z rotors and homemade stub axles

Lots of homemade and low-buck crap on this rig. It works well and cost peanuts so until I win the lottery I will keep plugging along and upgrading as I can.

perrib · Post by **perrib** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 8:30 pm

It cleaned up well and has potential.

Post by **Leatherneck** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 6:33 am

khaney01, dude, that looks nice. Come on over to the Off Road forum and post up some info on that, would like to know how and what you had to do to get the brake and axle set up done. Nice,great job! http://www.shoptalkforums.com/viewforum.php?f=28