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@Racer X where have you been friend? Happy to see you back

The headers went straight to Jet Hot and they shipped them to me when they were done; the rest of the exhaust came directly to me.

I’m excited for you. Also happy that you have the resources to carry this project through and keep another of these cool old cars alive. Way to go!

It was just personal preference. I've had the SU carbs on past Zs, and the performance suits my driving needs. The Mikunis were overkill for occasional weekend drives, and I didn't want to hassle with the finicky tuning and adjustments. I purchased this Z because the body was in such great, rust-free shape, not for the performance mods.

Agree. Those weld failure numbers appear to be premised on the joining of thick panels ('plate'), where lateral alignment of the joined edges isn't terribly critical. For thin automotive sheet metal, it will be difficult to achieve good panel alignment along the entire length of the seam. Even a brief segment with poor alignment will become the weak point that invites failure. There's also the potential for low-level burn-through, again resulting in weak point(s). Those published failure numbers are also premised on a steady separation load ('pull'). The weld in the shock tower will be taking variable loads (combination of spring load and shock absorber loads) that include the potential for big peaks if/when the spring bottoms out (the load curve will be high-amplitude and brief in duration, so quite demanding for the structure).

few exciting updates The body shop contacted me and asked if I wanted to bring all the smaller parts in and they could get a headstart on a few things when they had gaps to fill. So I dropped the bonnet, rear hatch, front fenders, cowl panel and headlight buckets off to them. One of their panel beaters is a hardcore datsun fan so he couldn't help himself but make a start immediately. Certainly works in my favour! Pretty happy to see some sort of progress! I ended up ordering the spare wheel tub and lower front valance from resurrected classics, my tub had many non factory holes and the lower valance panels all came back a dogs breakfast from the blasters. My body shop advised that if there are decent reproductions it will be more cost effective to buy them instead of them fixing my mangle panels. Also ended up taking a gamble on resurrected classics new stainless yellow zinc plated bolt kit. I'm pretty impressed with how comprehensive it is, basically every fastener besides the suspension bolts. Everything was very well labelled, only downside i see is you are paying for some fasteners you dont need as they include 260z & 280z fasteners. Now to compare them to stock versions.... Also ordered the resurrected classic doors, mine were cooked and these will save me a tonne of money!

Its been a while gents. I hope you're all well and been driving those cars of yours. Speaking to the panel shop they are looking at Q3 to get the car in, I need to get my arse in gear and start sorting the bits they'll eventually need to fit up panels, hood/hatch/door hinges, bolts for fenders etc and not to mention the few panels I haven't already bought. So I pulled the trigger and bought the KFVJDM rear quarters, it hurt a lot to see the total price shipped, i also got slugged with import duties, however its the first time i have been stung and I've brought in thousands of dollars worth of parts so my number had to come up eventually. arrived all safe with no visible damage besides some scratches to that funky green paint. I have to say they don't use much foam or bubble wrap to protect the panels if at all. If you remember my rear hatch is pretty beat up so I thought Id get their lower rear hatch panel as well, at first glance it looks a bit off in places but hopefully it works well.