1979 c210 datsun 240k gt skyline

haha 1st to comment, car looks awesome

nice rims
i hope thats the only rust you find, looks like you can weld better then some of the other cars i've seen on here too
more pics please ;D

steering next! i decided the old steering box had to go as it was just too messy and took up loads of space. i had a s13 rack sitting around which was only 2 inches too wide, the 280zx one i had was 3 inches too narrow. after loads of umming and ahhing i decided that the s13 one was the one i was gonna try and fit.
so i chopped the lugs off the s13 x member, offered them up and shaped them to the 240k rack, had to flip the top bracket nuts into the lug and drill into the x member for bolt clearance. i spent ages grinding the crud off then i welded them on, made a strenthening plate for the underside and welded that on. then finished cleaning it up and gave it a lick of paint. test fitted it to try and get the column linked up. i ended up using the stock column and a couple of knuckles and an extension piece. the first knuckle is near its limit but i adjusted it so it works smooth as silk so hopefully it will be ok.
as for the track, i luckily have a mate in an autofactor who spent ages looking for some track rod ends to loose an inch off each side to save me having to cut bown and re-thread the track rods, dunno how he found them but what he came up with are perfect!

last piece i needed to adapt was the anti roll bar. again i used a s13 one which sorta nearly fitted, nowhere near reaching the lower arm though so i made a bracket and welded it on. when i got it all mocked up i pulled everything off again and started removing the rust/grime/paint/dunno what from the engine bay. thats where I'm at now and where I'm gonna be at for a few weeks by the look of it, what an absolutely horrible job.
i thought while it was bare metal i would throw some stitch welds on the seams for a bit of strenth, i might look at filling some screw holes etc for the clean look.... dunno yet tho...

Nice work.
I would haev thought a shorter steering column (maybe S13) would make the steering joints work better. I think rack cars tend to have the first UJ inside the car so the shaft is already at an angle in the engine bay.

Loving the 'make it fit' engineering!

with cars this rare and wallets this bare we don't have much choice really

Looked good when you bought it, going to look awesome when is done, love this car good work

ahh, good job that patch came off then.
another car i wish i could have kept, so real glad your doing it justice