71' Refresher project starts

[grnsky]

Pink panther parts car! I bought the whole car mainly for the the dash and a couple of other hard to source parts.

[grnsky]

Out for a drive in Socal! Paint work still under construction.

 

 

 

Edited March 15, 2015 by grnsky

[grnsky]

While the L28 is running fine, the spare L29 was yearning for some attention. Upon teardown, #1 cylinder had a bunch of scoring from detonation. :(

 

The PO warned me it had low compression.. Luckly enough the VO7 crank survived along with the head.  An L31 is in the works...

 

 

[grnsky]

New 16' wheels (:

Body work in work. Going to start removing trim, bumpers, etc to keep sanding back.

The roof and doglegs are the worst areas.

But still enjoy driving on the weekends regardless of how the paint looks.

 

[EuroDat]

Are the wheels Konig? They look good from the side.

I have heard that 16X7 with 0 offset fits well without rolling the lip. Would depend on tyres of course.

Goodluck with sanding. That can be a pita.

[grnsky]

Thanks Euro,

Yes, sanding process is exhausting, and worse, the more you look, the worse it gets!

 

Hoping to have the Koeing's painted black at some point.

 

Theres how it sounds going down the road.

 

Edited June 23, 2015 by grnsky

[grnsky]

Been awhile, almost ready.

[Stealth240Z]

Great build thread, man! I will be starting on my 1971 on Monday but working on a poor man's budget. Your thread gets me really excited!! Keep it up!

[grnsky]

Thanks Stealth, glad I was able to motivate at least 1 person. Happy to say she made it in to work today! First time's a charm (:

[grnsky]

Decided to take the car back to an N/A configuration. Borrowed the parts from my 260Z build. Nothing wrong with the L28ET, just thought I would take the car back to its roots so to speak (thanks Motorman7)!

Edited April 22, 2016 by grnsky
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[grnsky]

Its alive! Headers are warped, but coming along slowly.....

[rexz]

Nice! I should of been working on one of my Z's instead of going to the Z bash.