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Pretty impressive, ive just read the whole 9 pages so far. These parts out of the UK are great too, but only needed some square weld nuts added and they would be perfect. 

Ive got the front rad panel blank on CAD and have laser cut The prototypes (4x pieces from memory) 

Amongst other parts like front rails, full- length floor rails, lower rad and engime & gearbox mounts, std and RB versions. 

New here to classic Z cars, but long time Z man.... 

Keep up the artful creative, driven, no-doubt by the need for solid metal. 

Cheers Nat0 

Oh and PS the 240z front frame. Rails taper outboard by only 5mm per side where as the 260z from about 75 taper out 10mm per side. As they run a wider & taller radiator. Youll also find their lower rad support drops another 15 or 20mm also. Had to Cad both of them up as i have a bitsa 240 with a 260z front repair which needed a hybrid panel made to finish the structural parta. Fyi. 

 

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On 8/4/2019 at 2:04 AM, Nat0z said:

Pretty impressive, ive just read the whole 9 pages so far. These parts out of the UK are great too, but only needed some square weld nuts added and they would be perfect. 

Ive got the front rad panel blank on CAD and have laser cut The prototypes (4x pieces from memory) 

Amongst other parts like front rails, full- length floor rails, lower rad and engime & gearbox mounts, std and RB versions. 

New here to classic Z cars, but long time Z man.... 

Keep up the artful creative, driven, no-doubt by the need for solid metal. 

Cheers Nat0 

Oh and PS the 240z front frame. Rails taper outboard by only 5mm per side where as the 260z from about 75 taper out 10mm per side. As they run a wider & taller radiator. Youll also find their lower rad support drops another 15 or 20mm also. Had to Cad both of them up as i have a bitsa 240 with a 260z front repair which needed a hybrid panel made to finish the structural parta. Fyi. 

 

Welcome Nat0z.   And thanks for the kind words!  I'd love to see more of your stuff too -  sounds like you are quite a bit further down this journey than I am. 

It's summer here so progress has been slow, but I will be back at it furiously towards the end of September.  So check back for more pics ...

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Scored a NOS inner rocker panel during a recent garage sale...

 

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Part number suggests it is from a 73?  Can anyone confirm?

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Interesting!  I did not realize that they cut drain holes in the lower section.  All the shells that I have seen are pretty rusty in this area.  
 

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13 minutes ago, CanTechZ said:

Good score, here's a bit of info. Your part 76411-N3600, is for a 260Z, 70-73 240Z would be 76411-E4600.  The 240Z inner has a different depression at the seat belt attachment bolt point. Here's what mine looks like in that area:

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Awesome -thanks for the info.  Both my 240 shells have the same depression as yours so it makes sense that it is from a later car

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