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Paint looks nice! 500Hp is a lofty goal, even with a turbine...

I think thats dirt down in the grooves. A brush and frequent bucket changes. See if it gets better. Maybe find a specialty cleaner from Meguiars or Lexall

Yeah, so is my oven 😉

$38k is alot of money for that car IMHO

I use to use it in high school in my z for J turns. Very fun

Love the vintage tools! Those'll make blisters on ya

I noticed the axe collection too!

When the tranny gets tilted at a sever angle the fluid will leak out. Wait until its back in the car to fill it.

Thanks Then yes, its in backwards Will probably work better the other way! 😉

Not necessarily! Diagnose one at a time. Use a meter check for voltage and ground

All hand made! Very nice! I had wondered if you had a bead roller or something to work the edges with.

Yes, Steve just answered that. The car originally had one key. It's 50 years old, The door locks could have been replace, the ignition could have been replaced. all the door locks might not even match. Who knows...

So I got the shifter cap off I tried to just bang it out with the shifter rod against a block but had to make an anvil and hit it with a brass hammer. So now I'm stuck again You can see the shaft seal right here but I can't get it out... It appears to have a brass bushing about 15mm long behind it. I didn't know if I could drive it all out? I tried to use a pick but it's stuck pretty good. Might be nice to replace the bushing if I could find a correct replacement @EuroDat @Dave WM

Here is the old bushing. Original, I believe... No holes

Now that makes more sense

I used mine just the other day on the exact same seal. Took like 5 seconds

Oh, I know but it just seems sort of silly when we already know what the car is pretty much gonna look like

Wayne, I had looked forward to coming this year but I just can't get all the parts pulled together. It's like a conspiracy or something to keep me from going. But I'm gonna get back one way or another!

Seal removal tool

Ok so I would like a little tutorial on how you fabricated that battery tray! I can do some metal work but that is way beyond me!

They do the car no favors to wrap it like that!!! They would just do better to paint it a great color and run it. It looks super bland in the car camo

Thanks so much guys

No original early S30s in black. Any black one's you see are repaints. Is he married? If he is elicit some help digging through potential paperwork

If he's with the same insurance company, maybe they know. If he's like my dad he kept paperwork going back decades

You really need a vin number to have a chance. You could run it through the national stolen vehicle database and if you know cop you might be able to run a national trace to see if it's registered anywhere