Total Restoration Project. 71

[five&dime]

My dad and I finally brought her back to his house for the first time in 3 years....

It's a thing of beauty! The body work and paint is pure perfection.

[shedkept]

You have to get an enclosed trailer! A friend of mine who IS a dent wizard had 4 cars with hail damage this morning.

In the garage they're safe but IF you travel there's always a chance of rain and I'm here to tell you that nothing gets dirtier than a car (or bike) on an open trailer.

I spent a day and a half back in '97 cleaning a bike that I "open" trailered to Daytona Bike Week. A major PITA that I've never repeated. Rust never sleeps; especially on nuts and bolts.

FWIW.

The car looks great. Can't wait to see it all buttoned up!!!

[Diseazd]

Thanks again Brandon for the pics........Can't wait to drop the motor in and especially get rid of those wheels and install the new Panasports. Hope everything is done by ZCON.

[cozye]

absolutely beautiful. I look forward to seeing it first hand at zcon.

[BZIG]

very nice resto job, prefer a restomod over an original, it looks great though.

[five&dime]

I stopped by my dad's to help him with the brakes and snapped a few photos.

[Hunter260Z]

The car looks great. Hope you can make to ZCON. This has been a long journey, but it's well worth the time and effort. Good Luck. If you ever come down to VIR shoot me an e-mail. I'm only 35 mins from the track.

[Diseazd]

Sure will.....I'm working on buying a race car right now. Better than tracking a nice car!

[Jeff G 78]

Guy, how do you ever decide which one of your beautiful Z's to drive? They are all stunning cars. Do they have different driving personalities or do you have the suspensions all setup close to the same way?

[Diseazd]

Thanks Steve....the green one is set up.....Will woods,coil overs,camber plates and an L 28..,. It's my first choice, but I love them all. Can't wait to drive the gold car. I can build an engine in the dark, but don't know crap about brakes. Guy

[jtmader]

Guy - I appreciate the compliment "being able to compete with Jeff Mader at ZCON".....but......the way this car is going to look it won't really be a contest.....absolutely beautiful work!! It should be great a Savannah this year....#17 is coming and it's stunning along with your car....what more could we want. I hope you get it done in time....looks like you will. I'll be there with lemon/lime but it won't hold a candle to you guys.

[five&dime]

The interior of my dad's car looks great with the new carpet and seats but the console looked a bit faded and all the silver trim has been worn off. So I restored it for him this evening

First I cleaned it with rubbing alcohol. Next I sprayed a few light coats of bulldog plastic adhesion promoter followed with many light coats of SEM satin black. Once that dried I spent 30-45 minutes masking every line on the center panel with 1/4" masking tape and sprayed 3 light coats of silver followed with a coat of clear. It came out terrific!!!

As always I should have taken the before photos. But I am always so anxious to jump right to it.

Edited June 28, 2011 by five&dime