Thanks for all the info on this site, it has been of great value and assistance through this project. I bought this car as a '73 with a suppsoed 24,000 original miles, and rapidly found out that was absolutely not the case, yes, I'm sure you're as shocked as I was. Anyway I could not leave it alone so I built the car I wanted to. I'm happy how it turned out.

Here is a shot when I bought the car. Pretty, eh?

Hmmm..what's this? This is gonna be expsneive...

Nothing that 17 months and a whole lot of money can't fix.

Interior was nice...maybe it really did have 24,00 miles...sure wasn't the original motor.

This only a few of the in process pics, obviously I have literally 100's more.

That looks fantastic! 17 months is record time for these old cars.

I would have been done at least six months earlier but for the engine shop dragging their heels. Grannyknot is literally setting a land speed record for his body work, and it is more involved than mine.

Beautiful! The engine bay is stunning. You must feel pretty good.

An outstanding effort and beautiful attention to detail. Congratulations.

Jim you might not recall but when I was getting this off the ground you sent me your spreadsheet...to which I reviewed the numbers and promptly threw away along with all fiscal responsibility. I am very thrilled with the result...I also have a set of 200 mile original hub caps, the ones in the pics above are original to my car and quite beat. Everything works, I sourced every NOS part I could, the bumpers were redone locally here in Vancouver at great expense, basically I think I would recover about 50% of each dollar spent, and I did all the assembly myself, but had a restorer do the body work, and he did an amazing job. Engine was done through by a local shop, every suspension bit was blasted and power coated, basically I went way too far now I am scared to drive it! Time to find a driver...but the reality is I'm now looking for the ultimate sedan; an '88 BMW M5, Canadian version, with black interior. I found a US import but I'm holding out....

Hi ollie:

The Z looks fabulous ! Why do you believe it doesn't have the original engine?

FWIW,

Carl B.

Beautiful, ollie. A car to be very proud of.