This thread will be dedicated to the restoration of my fathers 71 240z. He bought the car last month, but we have been trying to buy this very car for 13 years. It has been sitting un-driven since 1979. I take a lot of pix, so by the end of this I am sure there will be hundreds of photos if not thousands.

We are attempting to replace as many bolts as possible as well as removing all undercarriage components, blasting and or cleaning and reassembling with new components or at least painting the old with semi gloss black Poly-urethane through a detail gun.

The interior is almost perfect except for the seats which will be re-upholstered. 1 very small crack in the dash. The console, heater control panel, diamond vinyl, headliner etc are like new.

We are starting under the car first. The paint is a dark olive green which is as close as the original factory rust prevention spray color as we could get.

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very nice. hey i was wondering what kind of exhaust is that? howd u get it to fit so nicely. . thanks

This thread will be dedicated to the restoration of my fathers 71 240z............I am sure there will be hundreds of photos if not thousands.

Nice work but you really should consider putting this info in a journal since a thread with 'hundreds or thousands of photos would be somewhat tedious.

Updated photos. Before and after photos. All items were removed and blasted. Then repainted with PPG Urethane/satin flatener added. New bushings and bolts.

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Beautiful beautiful! Very very nice work!

Added yet another to the stable. That makes 5 total.

Sweet!! You are one lucky guy. Busy too, from what we see in the pics. Enjoy!

Here is a link to pix of the others.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14049800@N00/sets/72157600346077563/

That green Z is smoking - like the BRE-style spook and Panasports!