Mike

Zak, The carpet kit from CDM fits great. Enrique, good idea about the kick plate and fuse box. I'll take them out until we're close to done. We used double sided foam-tape stuff to seal all the seams on the heater/vent enclosures.

I am happy to report even more progress today. New (yes it's a '72) dashboard is in, interior wiring is nearly complete, hood latch / release is done, heater assembly is all there, and hoses are peeking out of the firewall. Carpets are there and looking good. We are still waiting on the vinyl pieces and I believe our next step is to find door panels. And, oh yes, the windshield will be installed.

Here are some more picts for your viewing pleasure. 240znz, Most of the NLA parts I am re-using if it can be cleaned up. The external door piece is one of them. If I can't clean up a part, I'll see if we can find it on a parts car somewhere. Enrique, I think I have some kind of special smudge remover tool around here. If I can't find it, I might take you up on the offer. Firewall material showed up, installed the heater, re-created the spare tire cover, test-fitted the new fuse panel, and the door sills are done. Mike

Hey, do you have finished pictures of this install? Or, does the picture relfect it's current state? -- M

I'm not sure if I like the idea of leaving holes (for the screws) through the wheel well. Welding some kind of nut-sert or permanent screw sounds like a good idea. Then I could remove the tray at any time. Hmm... Where do you find these nut-serts? I'm definitely not going with the autocross answer. That's too much work.

Install the bumper with a friend. It's easier. The car looks awesome!! I'm in the same boat with my paint... keeping it looking perfect is tough when you're putting all the parts back on. -- Mike

Hi all, Can some of you guys post pictures of your battery install and hold-down ideas? I'm looking into various solutions since my battery tray has been completely removed. We are considering welding in a stock tray, but, I'm not sure if that's the best idea or not. I'd like to go with an Optima battery and I doubt I'll put it in the car. I'd like to find photos of any interesting solution out there. Of course, welding the stock tray back in place isn't a bad idea..... Most cars I've seen are using the stock tray.

I'm not sure if I'd attempt the Dremel on a new dash. A replacement dash is $1,600 now and I wouldn't even chance screwing that up. Any way you can use a knife?

Wow, good find Enrique.... If someone wasn't paying attention, they would have purchased the packaging and not known it... sheesh. Why would they show the entire product in the photos but only sell the packaging? Misleading if you ask me..

Wow, there's a lot of activity in this forum, I have to bump mine back up to the top with an update. I finally ordered and received a big shipment of parts from Motorsport Auto over the weekend. The guys at MSA were excellent and they were even able to ship me the parts next-day-air (for a price of course). I wanted to get my parts in for the long weekend so I could do a little more work on the car during my time off. Anyway, I ended up purchasing one of those rear-panel speaker boxes, a lot of small parts, a center console, electric fuel-pump, a heater-valve, heater hoses, and a ton of other goodies I can't remember here. We also recieved the carpet, window-trim vinyl, and kick-panels from Les Cannaday at Classic Datsun Motorsports. He's also shipping me all of the interior vinyl (with a diamond cut that closely matches the stock original), and the firewall covering. I guess the firewall covering is a very difficult-to-find item and Les was able to set me up! Oh yea, I was able to find the LAST REMAINING STOCK WINDSHIELD in the USA. Steve at Ztherapy set me up with this as he has some good contacts at Nissan. If you look at the photo of the glass, you'll notice that it says Nissan right on it. This was a bonus find!!! All the rubber was supplied by Steve and the kit is a Precision Replacement Parts product. I must say the rubber kit is very nice and well worth the price. All of the rubber fits perfectly and the door gaskets are expecially nice. You can see in my photos where they supplied the little rubber piece that fits between the door and the body. (the little plastic rivets were supplied by Motorsport Auto) Anyway, we have made some excellent progress on the car and if wasn't for the team, this baby would still be sitting in my garage. We still have a lot more work to do, but, these next few weeks will come together quickly as all the parts arrive. -- Mike PS: Thanks, Bryon, for staying on top of the build and plugging along even if it doesn't look like things are going anywhere.

Yea, this is truely a sad story. I liked watching his TV series. At least he died doing what he loved. Here's a link to a story on the subject... http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/09/04/1157222051512.html

Check out these babies. You can send any kind of graphic file to your wheel and it will display the image while you drive. Pimpin rims... http://customwheel.com/custom_wheels/product_info.php/products_id/1687

Enrique, I split your posts into a separate thread. This one was started in my restoration post and I didn't want to lose the theme on either one.

Thanks for all you do, Vic. The worst part of this site is all the (programming) work that goes into it. You guys get the award for the content, I just provide the medium. I must say, however, that our club is at a pretty stable point where we can simply use it and enjoy the outcome. Knock on wood, I haven't had to do any major programming to keep the server going for at least 4-6 weeks. I've been able to work on my car again.

Hey, make sure you tell Les that you're calling him because of a referral on this club. I want to make sure these guys know I'm saying good things about them. Oh yea, I'm sure I'll be driving this around quite a bit when it's done. I'd love to bring it to Eugene. But, I do recommend a trip to the Z-Therapy shop. -- MIke

Old adhesive and some foam that was painted over. No way any rust has survived my tenacity. -- Mike

Yes, you should come up to see your fellow siblings. We should have a yellow-Z-fun-run. The paint code is: Ferarri OEM: 231259 DBC84028ALT SC Giallo Modena

Hi guys, I do like the black rear tail-light panel as well. But, I'm going to stick with the yellow for now. Unless I can get a 2nd set of panels, I won't bother repainting them. This is an easy enough swap in the future. FYI, I like DougN's yellow car. The black does set it off well. Take a look at his yellow Z. Enrique, we did have a flat-black panel (from a parts car) just to see the difference between black and yellow in a side-by-side comparison. I didn't care for the flat black. But, a semi-gloss may look ok. I'll get to that point sometime in the future. There are a lot of other things I need to finish and focus my attention. I recently ordered carpet, vinyl, window-vinyl trim, and a firewall kit from Classic Datsun. Les has some good prices on this stuff. Today I'll be making another order with Motorsport Auto (major sponsor of our site). I've decided to go forward with this airdam. It's a nice and clean look for the car. I borrowed one from one of the other cars in the shop and held it up against mine. It looks pretty good. The recessed license plate holder cleans up the front very well. Since we are required to have front plates in Oregon, I need something to clean up that area. Anyway...... more to come.........

Yea, the rear tail-light panel was a bit hard to get used to at first. But, it's growing on me. The reason for the painted panel was due to my last body shop. I believe I gave them a box full of parts and they just painted everything yellow. It's been sitting in a box for a long time and I hadn't really paid attention to it until we put it on the car. Steve has an extra set of rear panels that we are going to paint black. I will put that up against the car with the chrome trim-ring and compare before it's permanent. The panel is actually quite easy to remove and replace in the future as well. I am VERY glad I didn't sell her now!! It's going to cost me some more money to finish her off, but, I am excited to see the progress and can't wait to drive her.

Hi guys, here are some additional photo updates. The rear bumper is on, hatch is assembled, and the doors are 99% done. Next we are working on installing the dash. Before that we need to install some vinyl trim around the window frame. What do you think of the painted rear tail-light panel? -- Mike