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At the very least get one of those pump up bug sprayers at home depot and dump a quart of very light oil in it and blast the underside and inside panels of the car with oil.

If that car were submerged, the cardboard kick panels would be warped. That strange looking rust pattern on the gas tank looks like it had/has a gas tank leak. Car has probably sat for a long time and gas tank is all rusted inside. Take a look at that fuel filter hanging down. Has a gas monkey been working on this z? I watch this program from a remote internet feed in japan. Its one of the few programs on japan's discovery channel thats not dubbed in japanese. Probably they can't translate all the slang and the strange texas accent. How many z's have surface rust on the suspensions? I'm thinking this car has seen some deep south high humidity. little panel on the console is for the aftermarket a/c. ARA brand probably.

I can't wait to get rid of that hot start heat soak condition. I can pull off that zx injector fan/bandaid. Hope the hellfire won't be too expensive when all the bugs get worked out.

Did the windshield leak in that car before? I'm wondering why the floors rusted that bad for being a sacramento car. Ah.. doesn't have blue plates so could have been from out of state. Very nice looking now. You even have factory a/c for those hot summer days.

Buy it now price of about 23,000 usd Would make a cool hot rod. Chop the roof and lower it. ??????????????????????????? - ????!

When I measure for squareness i use places that are identical on each side like the hood stop adjusters and fender bolt holes down by the headlight buckets. You can solder a hook onto your tape measure and hook into a bolt hole. On the underside you can again use bolt holes that are identical on both sides. The datsun factory manual has measurements for the body but i've not used them. I check for squareness and how the sheetmetal fits. Pay close attention to how the fender gap on the door fits. If its hard to get the fender to have a unform gap on door from top to bottom, there may be a problem with the height of the frame rail. Using a tape measure for that is more difficult. You need a perfectly level floor for that. This is from the factory manual. The only measuement for squareness in the front frame rails is from the strut to the back of the car. For that you would need an adjustable jig to fit up under the strut tower.

First of all a few questions. What kind of pant are you using? What kind of paint gun and how big is your compressor? Is this your first paint job? when you say "uneven" you mean you can see the primer under the paint still or you have smooth and rough?

The nose on the z car is very long and im thinking alot of difficult door closure issues are related to flexing and misalignment of the front frame structure. So perhaps if you're having door closure issues, you might want to do a little measuring of your front end for squareness and look at how the front sheetmental fits. In this video the frame was out 5 mil's and it affected how the door closed significantly.

Speaking of rust and australia, I ran across this guy on youtube thats from australia and is really into doing rust repairs on old datsuns. check out some of his videos. if you are looking for someone to do the rust repair you might look him up. From the looks of it he's damn good at what he does.

does Roger know how much they're worth?

paint codes can be off by a few shades. If it were mine and I wanted an exact match to the old paint i would find a piece of original paint somewhere on the car and hit it with polishing compound. Then take it to a place that has one of those laser color matchers. Then i'de spray a little test panel and put the 2 side by side. If by any chance its off i'de get a tint package and tweak it until it matched.

over on zdriver they're talking about this "Back to the future dude" out in finleyville and I bet its the same guy. Sounds like a hoarder on a massive scale. " I have my guy that owns a defunct Datsun dealership out in finleyville. Weird guy kinda reminds me of "Doc brown" off them old Back to the future movies. He's got a 100 x 200 foot building that should be on "hoarders" full of z parts so next time I'm down ill see if he good some cherry ones." "Smitty is VERY unreliable anymore. I called him in march for a new T top and a turbo and still has not called me back. Im planning on heading down to the shop this week just to B.S. He had some health issues and is still working. But ill bring up I know a person looking for parts and see if he is comfy handing out his info. I got him kinda pissed last time I dropped his contact info. If your local should just stop down think he still working nights."

For me, i look at the back side of the metal that has rust. If its discolored or has any signs of rust I cut out that area and put in new metal. I've noticed metal thats been cleaned of rust, rusts faster if left open to the air as opposed to new metal. It's like the rusty metal has broken down like meat thats left out of the refrigerator.

Some researchers have said that iq's have gone up since lead was removed from paints and gasoline but others have noted a shift in the other direction. Check out this yahoo news article on the subject Yahoo! "previous research studies have found that women of higher intelligence tend to have fewer children on average, meaning that population growth may be driven by those with a lower IQ. And over time, the abundance of less intelligent offspring would affect the overall IQ average" Darwin and his theory of survival of the fittest must be flawed. As for slow drivers and high beamers you should see what i have to deal with in hawaii. I've had to buy night driving glasses that are slightly tinted so im not temporarily blinded by oncoming high beams.

Cheap afro wig and cheap leisure suit and anyone can reproduce that picture you lost so many years ago

I was into rebuilding wrecked cars back in the early 80's. This is my first z. It was a 260z from sacramento. The kid that owned it before had a sticker in the rear window that said "im a rocker" He had run it into a telephone pole. I replaced the whole left front side including frame rail and core support. Good new looking parts were so easy to find back then. I painted it with flashy red metallic centari. Too bad I have no before's because it was toast and should have been scrapped.

Listen to the wife. You don't need all those zparts. Please sell them to us

when are you going to paint the area at the bottom of the windshield? that area shows a bit even after the cowl cover is on.

Perhaps that old 240 motor has some stuck rings from sitting so long. You might try getting it running first and see if the compression on some of those cylinders comes up. Thats the route i'de take first before buying another motor. BTW... What shape are the exhaust ports on the 280z motor?

park that truck outside and park the z in the garage

if anyone is interested in reading about it. even has the seller posting how he obtained it and what his plans for it were. actually what i find more interesting is the new processes to make sand castings using 3d printers. I do wish they had a 3d printer that could print up a complete aluminum cylinder head. DOHC L6, Was somebody looking for the Goerz-Paeco DOHC L6 Head ? - Nissan L6 Forum - HybridZ

you can use the original blue and gold calif plates if you didn't register it in minnesota and you still have the original calif title and plates and the car is still on the calif dmv computer system.

nice wheels? wheel locks. sound system? take it out. good alarm system? protected by smith and wesson sticker? get the whole car wrapped in a wrap that has graphics on it that are graffiti rust and dents.

to lower it in the back try using 240z spring perches. i lowered mine quite a bit that way.Those are my favorite wheels good choice. The red one was lowered in the rear. This is what it looked like after.