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1976 280Z Restoration Project


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Found this pic in my files of the floor pan and tunnel area differences. The 280 has a noticeably smaller seat mount set on the driver side to accommodate the bulge in the trans tunnel.

Charlie Osborne was unaware of it and is requesting a paper template to correct the metal forms for his floor pans.

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Aircraft stripper recommends paint thinner for neutralization. It is very aggressive still. We stripped Cody's 510 hood with it and you could watch the paint release. I cant find the pictures I took. The paint bubbles and releases as you watch it. 3 layers of paint off half the hood in about 10 minutes, done...

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18 hours ago, Patcon said:

Aircraft stripper recommends paint thinner for neutralization. It is very aggressive still. We stripped Cody's 510 hood with it and you could watch the paint release. I cant find the pictures I took. The paint bubbles and releases as you watch it. 3 layers of paint off half the hood in about 10 minutes, done...

Yep, it makes noise too.  I sat down to take a break and have a beer one evening after putting it on the hood.   I could hear the paint popping as it bubbled up.  

It will also rust the metal if you leave it on.  You need to score the paint, apply the stripper, drink a beer, remove the paint and stripper and then wipe with paint thinner.  It's a same day treatment...

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On 3/15/2016 at 2:12 PM, wheee! said:

Found this pic in my files of the floor pan and tunnel area differences. The 280 has a noticeably smaller seat mount set on the driver side to accommodate the bulge in the trans tunnel.

Charlie Osborne was unaware of it and is requesting a paper template to correct the metal forms for his floor pans.

 

Racers are all too aware of the 260/280 floorpan hump on the driver's side.  We have to cut the hump out to fit a race seat lower than the stock seat.

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So i wonder, should I bother replicating it or remove it and merely extend the seat brackets?

Basically extend the sheet metal up the tunnel. I assume it is there to accommodate a resonation pipe/cat in the exhaust.

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26 minutes ago, wheee! said:

Shaping the tunnel would be easier at this point. I don't think it would be hard to extend the seat rails.

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 Easier yes. The tunnel is thinner material than Charley's floors but are you going to lose needed clearance for the exhaust? Just a thought.

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Shape the floor pan. It's easy to do. Make a series of cuts in to the floor pan about every 2", closer where a tight radius is needed. Take a heel dolly and round the floor pan to it turn up where needed. Zip screw it in place. Take a body saw or cut off tool and cut the tunnel and floor pan in one pass. Tack it in place and form some more with a heel dolly. weld it all up...

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