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Mathew

Do you have a straight die grinder? You need one with a 4" grinder wheel. You also need a right angle grinder and get a 2" Rolock head. Some 2" Roloc pads in 36 grit will help you straighten the lines. they cut really fast. You could also get a body saw but not really a necessity, sort of expensive but would work in this application really well.

Also I don't use files for anything! I'm old and don't have time to waste...

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On May 9, 2016 at 0:53 PM, Matthew Abate said:

Found something interesting on Ratsun:

Yeah pretty sure they stole that from us.  Check out our paint code info. 

just do a search for paint codes and you'll see it's been here a long time. 

Also want to mention home.com also has an excellent knowledge base.

http://zhome.com/History/ZColorGallary/index.html

 

 

 

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I've just never seen all the Datsun colors in one sheet before. I've seen tons of conversation about Z colors.

I've been scrounging around on eBay and found some collections of chips for a lot of years.

Ultimately it's just feeding a bad habit of being indecisive.

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Last night I marked all of the holes in my engine bay that didn't have something screwed into them when I got the car (remember it was half disassembled when it arrived).

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Next step is to identify which ones can be welded up and which ones will need to stay.

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Worked on stripping the floors a little tonight. Not too much because I only had about 30 minutes, but the driver's side isn't as crazy rusted as I thought it was. Still gotta get in there under the seat brace, but I'm thinking I have less metal to cut out than I thought. Still beat up and full of rivet holes, though.

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FWIW I bought a "last until I'm dead" Kobalt super nice upright 60 or 80 gallon? can't remember, $600. Harbour freight pressurized media pot, $100. With all the stuff that air compressor runs I feel like I'm ahead on those purchases. 

The Datsun Z cars turned me into my Dad, which ain't a bad thing. I'm the guys dad in Fast Times with the "ultimate set of tools" that's a TV repairman. LOL

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Drained my tank tonight. Last I checked this is not the correct color for gasoline:

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Also, it doesn't smell like gasoline. I don't know what kind of additives are in this but it's fumed up my house to the point where I am concerned about my children's future life potential.

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