My 71' 240z project ... =)

[mull]

Don't they care what you do after inspection? Here, you have to have an engineers report done and pass an inspection with the new driveline.

Well, it hasn't passed the initial check up ... I skipped it since the car was

pretty much ... FUBAR. So, I thought we should fix the rust first, before

proceding with the check up.

After the check up/initial registration, I'm pretty free to do whatever I want.

Discbrakes for instance. 10+ point rollcage. Fuel cell. Engine/tranny swap.

There's pretty much no emission regulations on cars older than -76, cars

over 30 years old are also declared exempt from tax. Yay!

Speaking of brakes, I was thinking of something along the lines of this:

...Or I might settle for something less heavy : ) Like this:

[Ed]

Philip,

My hat goes off to you. You are doing an outstanding job. You show true passion for your Z. Keep up the good work and keep those excellent video's coming. They are great!

Here is a little something that will hopefully help you:

(If it's too small let me know I can email you a larger size picture 2200 x 2000)

[mull]

Thanks alot Ed!

Hopefully there's a new video coming soon since I'm getting some tutoring

on soldering later on today. Looking forward to it. Gonna have some bumps

hammered out as well (I hope).

I actually already have the larger version of the picture you attached. Great

big thanks anyway. It's good to know us Z-nuts help eachother out, cheers! =)

Now, some "progress":

Yesterday I visited a friend, who had a friend (who's good with electronics)

over and they had a look at my taillights. If I tell you that I've ordered 15

red bright LED's for testing - I think you can put two and two together

I'll hopefully have custom made curcuitboards for this piece of the puzzle.

Right now I'm just waiting for the LED's in order to do some testing...

[mull]

Lead soldering in progress ...

Before.

During.

After (..and No[!] It's not finished yet)

[mjfawke]

Now, some "progress":

Yesterday I visited a friend, who had a friend (who's good with electronics)

over and they had a look at my taillights. If I tell you that I've ordered 15

red bright LED's for testing - I think you can put two and two together

There's been some investigation done into this previously.... link

[mull]

Progress:

[Mr Camouflage]

Lead wiping. old school. Now thats the propper way to do it.

[ZSaint]

Will you use lead throughout the car? Will you not use a bondo-type substance anywhere? I had a '32 Ford 3-window coupe that we used lead on in 1959. It worked great! They have perfected the 'plastics' so well that no one uses lead anymore. Interesting that this is what your boys are using. Fascinating!

[mull]

Will you use lead throughout the car? Will you not use a bondo-type substance anywhere? I had a '32 Ford 3-window coupe that we used lead on in 1959. It worked great! They have perfected the 'plastics' so well that no one uses lead anymore. Interesting that this is what your boys are using. Fascinating!

I wanted to learn how to work with lead soldering. Mainly using it now to

smooth out some bumps that can't be hammered or by pushing from behind

by using different instruments. Near the drip rail on the roof for instance.

It's also to perfect the area around the welds and seal them up good.

I'm no expert, so this is pretty rough around the edges, and fiberglass

bondo will be used after the car is either painted with epoxy primer or

POR15. Currently looks like the epoxy is the winning choice since it's

what the sand blasing company uses. The car is going back for a light

blasing of the welds, etc. I'll use POR on the floors and other places

where extra rust protection is needed.

When the car is primed/rust protected - caulk will be added to all the

seams. Inside and out. I got some goodies from a company called Auto-

experten that will be used for this:

[ZSaint]

I understand your usage of materials. I would have loved to use lead on some of my body areas. It seals up and does not rust. Oh well, I will just have to trust the modern plastics. I think you are doing the correct thing in using all of the materials available. It will be a nice car when finished.

[Dlorence]

Lead is the way to go if you can get it. Thats what I'm using on my 71 in about the same location as he did.

[mull]

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