Hands up who's in Perth (or Australia...)

**Harris** · 12-26-2003

hello
im another Daniel im from Perth. and I just recently got my 260Z. Does anyone know of a good body shop in perth?

**Cuong Nguyen** · 12-27-2003

Hi Daniel,

welcome along. I am also from Perth, currently I have a 76 260Z 2 str as well as my RB26DETT 240Z.

Your car in the avatar looks nice, have you recently bought it? Maybe you can take some pictures of it and upload it into the photo gallery so we can all have a sneak look at it?

Hope you hang around here, there is lots of nice guys that will bend over backwards to help you if you have any questions or problems.

PM me if you need any help with your zed, ie locating parts etc.

Cuong

**Harris** · 12-27-2003

thanks
yer i got it about 4,5 months ago ill up load some pictures. Ive had had a look at your 240Z with the rb26 id love to be able to do that but i think ill have to settle with working on the original engine.
thans ive been talking to some of the people at wa z register and there very friendly
Do you know of places for interior parts or restoration and also performance parts

**LEE240ZPERTH** · 12-29-2003

Hi Daniel
Welcome to the wonderful world of Zeds.

I am in the final stages of a total restoration job on my 1970 240
apart from replacing brake components and having the egine/head rebuilt I have had to find few parts, those parts I needed have been or will be supplied by All Z Parts, the only things to come from outside Australia were my replacement seat covers obtained from the US.

Most of the things you need will be available within Australia, even if you do have to pay through the nose, at least with a 260 you should have more luck with second hand spares.

With a bit of luck my car should be finished by in a few weeks, just need to wait for my dash to come back from Dashboard restorations.

If you need any specific info just ask and I will try to put you in touch with people who can help.

Regards
Lee

**halz** · 12-29-2003

Hi Daniel and welcome.

Your car looks familiar to me...did you buy it from a guy in Mt. Hawthorn? If its the one I think it is then he had some rust removed and repainted by Stokes and Renk in Subiaco. I have heard from a couple of other sources that they are sympathetic to older cars. We've also had our family car repaired by them and were impressed with the qulity of the job.

Do you live around the Subi area? Looks like you car was photographed in the Centro streets! I'm in Daglish, maybe we could catch up and compare notes.

Hayden.

**Harris** · 12-29-2003

Hi Hayden
yep thats the car allright
I didnt know were he got it repaired but thanks.
No i wouldnt recomend them because the rust is starting to come through on the right hand fender and there is also a few other little spots coming through.
Yer i live in subi centro (leggo land) that would be great to catch up because ive got a lot to learn about zeds.

Hi Lee
How long did the full restoration take? Because i really want to do a full restoration but im starting uni next year and i dont know if ill have the time. Did you do most of the work yourself?
One more thing how bad was your dash when you sent it in because mine is really bad.

**Mr Camouflage** · 12-30-2003

Hi Daniel

Glad you joined this site to, as not much goes on at www.wazcars.com at the moment.

**Harris** · 12-30-2003

Yer theres quite a lot of australians here
hows the restoration of your car going?

**LEE240ZPERTH** · 12-30-2003

Hi Daniel

I am sorry to say that I have done little by way of restoring my own car due in part to lack of time and impatience but more because of lack of skill, I figured it would be much quicker and I would end up with a much better car if I let a professional do it.

The guy I know has been restoring classics full time for 15 years and has worked on many cars although his passion is for Rileys, I have been close to the resto throughout and have been impressed at the care he has taken with my car, he is a one man band which has been good, I think I have got a better service and built up a far better relationship than I would have got from a fully commercial restoration workshop type setup, it has also been good in that when finances were tight (buying new house, xmas etc) he has been happy to put the car to one side.

So far the car has been worked on for approx 150-160 hours with about 60-80 hours to go I would think.

The car was completely dismantled and all paint removed, all rust cut out with new metal welded in, car is now painted with engine due to go back in by the end of the week.

Like any resto it has cost a lot of money but the end result should be well worth it, car has been painted in its original colour which is 905 red (have not seen the paint job yet) the engine is original with a E31 head which has also been completely refurbished.

Don't let me put you off doing your car yourself, next time I might even have a go myself.

Regards
Lee

**Mr Camouflage** · 12-30-2003

My resto is going slowly.

I'm doing as much of the work as I can. I've had 3 weeks off work over christmas and newyears, but still haven had much od a chance to work on my car. Catching up with friends and family gets in the way.

I'm not going the factory original route. I'm painting my car black (why did nissan wait untill 77 to bring out a blask S30?) and fitting air conditioning.

Currently the car is totaly dismantled and up on stands while I work on the chassis (removing paint, finding rust, removing rust etc etc). Have to repair the sunroof hole in the roof panel.

I have a doner roof ready for the transplant.

I'd like to have it finished (well, drivable) for the next Z day, but i'm not sure if thats a realistic target.

**Harris** · 12-30-2003

hi craig
id like to do a full resoration myself, how did you strip the paint off the underside? and what did you rest the car on when you had removed all the suspension and the likes?
ive seen one black 240Z in a mag and it looked good
i plan on going to the next meeting but they might not let me in the pub?

**Harris** · 12-30-2003

hey Lee
your lucky to find someone you can trust to work on your car, because the previous owner of my car had some work done by a shop and the rust is starting to come through again.

**halz** · 12-30-2003

i plan on going to the next meeting but they might not let me in the pub?

Don't worry about that, we sit outside where we can see our cars!

**LEE240ZPERTH** · 12-30-2003

Hi Daniel

I met the guy who is restoring my car through a mutual friend, he get's all his resto jobs through word of mouth and I have seen some of his work, he is currently working on one of his cars (an early Riley) at weekends, he is currently replacing all of the cars wooden frame which to my eyes would require a fair bit of skill!

My car is being restored to a budget so will not be concours condition, nor did I intend it to be as I would be reluctant to drive it on a regular basis, I just wanted a good usable classic that I could drive as much as possible.

I have taken many photos of the car during the restoration as has the guy who is doing the work which I will load on to this site when the car is finished.

Lee

**Harris** · 12-30-2003

thanks are you going to the next meeting?

hey Lee
im not looking to restore my car to concourse ether because i want to have more of a usable car.
it will be good to see the photos see how he did the resto

**LEE240ZPERTH** · 12-30-2003

Daniel

Sorry forgot to answer your question about the dash, it's condition could only be described as grim, it had major cracks all across the top and a previous owner had covered the top with glue in order to stick a dash mat to it, altogether a pretty ugly site, there was no way I could restore the car and leave the dash in that condition.

It has been sent to Dashboard restorations in Queensland, they have completed several resto jobs for our friends in the US, all reports seem to suggest that they do an excellent job.

I was a bit reluctant to send it away as I was a little paranoid about it getting lost but I could not find a W.A based company that could do it.

Lee

**Harris** · 12-30-2003

yer my dash is badly cracked some of them go right through, im not sure if its salvageable.

**Cuong Nguyen** · 12-31-2003

Hi guys,

for all the Perth people... there IS a guy in Perth that does dash restorations. I have used his service to do my dash in the 240Z and it is a top finish - even all the gauges fit in with no probs

Daniel, yes your dash that is cracked all the way through CAN be fixed as this was the condition of the dash that I had fixed.

I went through Trim Care in Welshpool since they did the rest of my interior. They can put you onto him.

Its not expensive, from memory its AUD$160 or AUD$250

Cuong

**Harris** · 12-31-2003

thanks that sounds good
was it expensive to had the rest of the interior done?

**sinderella** · 12-31-2003

*Raises hand*

I'm in Perth..

Nice to meet you all!

Sinderella

**Harris** · 01-01-2004

hi good to meet you too.
what sort of car do you have?

Daniel

**LEE240ZPERTH** · 01-01-2004

Hi Cuong

Could you tell me if you had the entire skin of your dash replaced or did they do a cap job only. Do you know what process they used in the resto job?

If it was a full restoration I'll look to have mine done here, it would save me $300.00 in freight if nothing else

The problem is my dash is at the logistics company and is due to start it's travel to Brisbane tomorrow, think I'll give them a call and get them to take it off the truck pending the possibility of getting it done in Perth.

Lee

Lee

**datsun260z** · 01-01-2004

I would like some more info on this dash restoration. If there is someone in perth doing it it is going to make life a lot easier. Plus the more we can support locals who work on our old cars the better for us.

Does anybody know of anywhere you can get fenders from???

Happy new year all.

**halz** · 01-01-2004

I'd be happy if there was a local who could repair my dash too...any chance you could post the details Cuong?

**Cuong Nguyen** · 01-01-2004

Hi All,

Lee - i am not sure if the old skin was taken of or not (havent had a proper look!) but i know the process involves shrinking some new material over the dash after all the cracks have been replaced. By cap, do you mean only the top was done?

My dash was completely recovered, top sides etc. Maybe you can drop around and see it for yourself and then make a decision if this is what you are after. I think there is some money to be saved by going local, another friend of mine had his 260Z dash done by the same guy and it turned out perfect too.

Send me a PM and I will give you my mobile # and we can organise a time for you to see the dash and my car.

Here are the contact info for the trim shop that I used (this is not the dash guy but I went through this shop to get the whole interior done, so the owner of the place will be happy to organise it for you guys)

Trim Care - Owner Peter Mitchell
U3/233 Bank Street, Welshpool Ph. 9470 3381 Fax. 9470 5542

Hope that helps,

Cuong

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