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took apart a few more things this week and hopefully will have better progress tomorrow: 1) Started with the taillights, which were installed with about 5 different types of screws and out they are: 2) removed the interieur cover around the inner light (Above c-pillar) 3) Next on the list was the dashboard front piece thingy: At one point i was curious about how bad the paintjob is so i started chipping the paint of wih a small spatula. it was so much fun and easy, spent about 1,5 hours just chipping of old paint with a spatula - here we go well, hopefully i'll be more productive next time and get some more serious stuff done **

Thanks mate. Well i thought it was nice first too, but the white Z (my first chassis wich is still an option) has a totally cracked dashboard and the second one from the black car has a small crack at the usual spot. but i have one in great shape on hold i will pick up as soon as i can afford. other things have priority right now ;/

And this is how i ended up today. I feel like i know one or two things now from my first Z and that makes it all faster

Started disassembly on the second Z today. This is how it started: Removed some Paint first where i saw some rust underneath. It's a real ****te homegrown paintjob whith a wrong build-up. Seems like the big amount of primer and/or Bondo underneath drew humidity and started to rust on the surface. well luckily only on the surface! Removed the taillight covers first which have been painted in a wrong colour also: Rubber-taillight seals are really brittly and weak but lucky me i allready have a set of new ones lying around and taillights uncovered: Next i removed the rear wing: And cleand up a bit in the trunk. theres a hole and some rust in the spare-wheel "bowl": Found this funky oldschool-sticker in the mess that was inside: Next i removed the driver seat which is soaked in rainwater, but otherwise looks usable when re-done: Also found a genuine but black painted datsun emblem underneath: Then removed the driver side door panel: And rear window which was only laid inside without rubber - easy task

Well hello everybody. i'd like to introduce myself. I'm Nils, coming from switzerland and about two year ago i started work on a S30Z i bought. I now have a few restored parts, a lot of repair-parts lying around but the chassis was in bad condition because of earlier bad repair attempts by previous owners and a few crash-damages. Check out the whole story here: http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=11769 then i had to decide if i would have a bodyshop to bring everything back to original condition or look out for a second car with a better base. Some weeks ago i got a notice from two friends telling me they saw a sad Z hanging around with no roof-window out in the rain. Long story short - it was near my job, i checked it out and brought it here this weekend and started work immediately: so here's were the story begin's - i'll keep you updated! Check out my other project (JDM EK9 TypeR and my Daily EJ9 which will get replacement in 2013) on my personal site on www.JDMjunkies.ch back to the Z: Jup, it has been a while, but today i bought a second 240Z for a really great price. it looks ugly but it was a real great deal i'll also get some more parts from this guy beloning to the Z soon. Mor information soon: 1) My friend Simon is loading the car and tying it safely 2) while at home my old Z chassis had to leave the garage for better workspace on the new one: 3) and here my new fairlady is safely at its new home in the garage: Even have some OEM seats and seatbelts and a complete engine with carbs and everything 4) Last but not least i had to wrap the "old" chassis so it wont get wet during winter: I'll explain more on my plans soon. all i'd like to say is that both are genuine swiss 1972 240z. The main plan is to strip the new chassis and build one car out of these two with each part choosen from which car the part was in better condition. but we'll see. will be fun to explore Lots of updates will come again soon - the project is back in full swing