Hello from roseville.

60herbie53 wrote:

Finally. I have been in the garage all day.

Ahhh.... the perfect Saturday!

I actually made some progress on my pickup today. It actually has primer on it.

What pickup?

I have a little Ford Courier. (1974)

Oh whew. I had a mini panic attack.

I thought you were going to tell me you had a single cab.

In which case I would have to...well nevermind...

Cool project.

60herbie53 wrote:

I have a little Ford Courier. (1974)

Rotary powered?

I am actually wanting another Datsun 520 pick up 70 to 72.. love those things.. lot's of fun. That way I can have my truck and eat my VW too..?????

Brad just hung that out there for ya Dann.

Hit it out of the park...

Admin wrote:

I am actually wanting another Datsun 520 pick up 70 to 72.. love those things.. lot's of fun. That way I can have my truck and eat my VW too..?????

Me too. I've got this idea about a'71/'74 datsun pickup with a 5 speed and.........wait for it....... that's right, a turbo!

speedbuggy wrote:

Admin wrote:

I am actually wanting another Datsun 520 pick up 70 to 72.. love those things.. lot's of fun. That way I can have my truck and eat my VW too..?????

Me too. I've got this idea about a'71/'74 datsun pickup with a 5 speed and.........wait for it....... that's right, a turbo!

5 speed conversion is to much a pain in the ass.. I had a 70' 520 in Colorado I was working on. Wanted to do the 5 speed thing. I guess for you it would not be bad.. you weld.

But a turbo would be bad ass on one of those. There is a great forum for old Datsun owner.. Ratsun.com. Great pics on there.

Good grief...

Well, I need a little pickup so I can tow you home when your type 4 turbo'd engine bites the big one... don't worry I will let you sit in the ghia when being towed so you will still look cool

Admin wrote:

Well, I need a little pickup so I can tow you home when your type 4 turbo'd engine bites the big one... don't worry I will let you sit in the ghia when being towed so you will still look cool

To answer your question Eric it is not rotary powered. It has a 1.8L 4 cylinder. Runs great. It just needed some cosmetic work. My Grandfather purchased it new in 1974 so it has a little sentimental value.

Yeah.. only mazda used the rotary in those if I am not mistaken.. my buddy in high school had the mazda mx3 pick up.. 73 I think.. it was rotary.
Ford just bought the pickup and used the body.

Oh OUCH!

But that was funny.



However, I would still ride in the Ghia AND I would make motor noises with my mouth...

[quote="60herbie53"]To answer your question Eric it is not rotary powered. It has a 1.8L 4 cylinder. Runs great. It just needed some cosmetic work. My Grandfather purchased it new in 1974 so it has a little sentimental value.[/quote
Nice! Those were good little p'ups

The engine is Mazda. It is just not the rotary. Mazda used those in some of the pickups and the RX7.

It's a great little pickup. We used the heck out of it through the years. I love it.

My bad. I thought Ford used the mazda rotarys also.

Okay.. so they did use the Mazda engine still.. couldn't remember.. I know my friends with the rotary was fast... we beat a corvette once.. almost unlimited rpm with that engine. He did eventually blow it up.

@ speedbuggy Not that I know of. The little engine in these are pretty darn reliable though.

@ Brad

I think they used the Mazda until the quit producing them.

Yeah... I knew they used the bodies, didnt know they used the motors. They even used the same trucks in the new years... after the 'ranger' age.. the 90's pickup where the same again.