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Bumper pieces ready to head out to the chrome platers.

Thanks to @motorman7 for the zinc plating tips and the name of a great place to get it done in AZ. Here's a lot of shiny hardware! Bins of the rusted undercarriage parts headed for the powder coater. Things were looking pretty sharp post powder coating. The PO installed Toyota four piston calipers on the front so I kept them. I got all my aluminum vapor blasted which turned out great as you can see on my distributor.

Thanks to all the generous and knowledgeable people on this site I've been able to make great progress on my 72 240 restoration. I figured I would share a few pics to show the progress to date. Car post tear down in September last year. Had a decent Ferrari red paint job but rust was starting to show and I wanted to get it back to a pumpkin. It had the usual rust. I did the floors and frame rails myself last winter but I wasn't going to attempt any real bodywork!

This helps a lot. I've been trying to fish the wires in the channel behind the hatch hinge not outside of the channel as shown. I have 500 pictures of the disassembly but not this one. Thanks!

I'm finally at the reassembly stage of my 72 240z and I cant figure out how to run the part of the interior wire harness that goes up to the defroster and dome light. is it just supposed up the C pillar and go behind the hatch hinge? My hinge and gasket are installed. Thanks!

I may have one lined up but it's not definite. Are there any scratches or scuffs? How are the defroster lines? Thanks

Great call. I have the MSA sway bars so the washers are different but I just found a stock link and the washer matches. No clue why I ordered them. Thanks!

Im losing my mind. I took pretty good notes for every fastener I removed from my 240 when I took it apart...except for these washers. Any thoughts where they go? I even ended up buying new ones from Nissan which are shown in the pictures.

The poly bushings they sell are still too big with the sleeve out. I actually turned one down to fit but then they are too long. Both the small diameter and the flange area are too long.

#18 is what I need. It melted from the heat of the powder coating process.

I made a rookie mistake and had all the pieces of my transmission crossmember power coated including the inner piece that has the rubber bushings. Well the rubber bushings melted away- go figure. I turned to the poly bushings which apparently don't fit a 72 mount and now I'm at a bit of a loss. Anybody have any replacement ideas or even an old mount with good bushings laying around? The OEM replacement bushings have been NLA for years. Zeddsaver has a restored one for $200 plus shipping so that is always a (pricy) option. I'm trying to keep my restoration as correct as possible so I really want to stick with the original mount style. Picture of my mount style below for reference

View Advert 72 240z Transmission Crossmember Wanted Looking for a transmission crossmember for a 72 240z. I really just need the inner leaf spring piece because I melted the bushings out of mine when I powder coated it. The poly bushings dont work for a 72 so I'm hoping I can find one here. Advertiser Zaspen Date 02/22/2020 Price Category Parts Wanted Year 72 Model 240z

Do you mind cleaning it up and snapping a few pics? I've bought one a little dirty that hid some serious scuffing. Thanks!

View Advert Series 1 Hatch Glass Wanted I'm looking for the hatch glass for an early 240z with the vertical defroster lines. I'd like to find something in good shape without scratches and chips if possible. Advertiser Zaspen Date 01/13/2020 Price Category Parts Wanted Year 1972 Model 240z

I have my answer! Thanks!

I'm trying to determine the correct hatch glass for my 72 240z. A lot of info I am seeing indicates that the vertical defroster lines were only in 70/71 model years but further research leads me to believe the change happened in the middle of the 72 production at 1/72 production date. I think the parts book supports this. Mine is 10/71 production date an I think it should have vertical. Does this sound correct?

I totally agree that those parts look great- I'm starting to get some similar parts stacked up as I wait for my body also! I'm curious about the rubber/poly for the T/C rods- what is the theory behind that as opposed to all poly or rubber? My car was almost 100% poly and I'm going back to rubber everywhere mainly because I couldn't stand the poly squeaks. No clue what I'm going to do for the moustache bar- my bushings seem fine but the washers are shot.

View Advert Cowl Screw One of my cowl screws never made it back from the plater. Anybody have one or two they would like to sell? Advertiser Zaspen Date 12/25/2019 Price Category Parts Wanted Year 1972 Model 240z

View Advert Air pump pulley for 72 240Z Looking to see if anybody has an air pump pulley they would sell. I'd also be interested in any other emissions valves or hoses. Thanks! Advertiser Zaspen Date 12/13/2019 Price Category Parts Wanted Year 1972 Model 240Z

That engine blue looks great. Is that the spray can from Banzai? On a related note what color are you using for the tail light panel- I know there are a lot of opinions on this!

That looks a lot like the rust on my 240! Not too bad. The yellow zinc items look great. In general do you plate the various emissions valves? I know both the "AB" valve and "Control" valve have aluminum parts and I thought the acid bath would destroy the aluminum.

I'm in the middle of restoring my 240 and I'd really like to have all of the emissions equipment on there for the factory look but I'm wondering if there are any performance or reliability drawbacks. My emissions parts have all been removed for as long as I've owned it. I suppose I can disable everything and still have it on the car for looks. Thoughts? Also- does anyone have extra emissions parts laying around? So far I have the two pieces that mount to the balance tube and possibly an air gallery that I hope to be able to clean up and re-use. Thanks.

That was my thought also. Different bushings and a related mark. But why "B" and "Y". Some things we will never know...

I found the markings by accident when I was testing out some new media I got for my blasting cabinet. I had another pair from a parts car and I blasted them and saw the same B and Y markings. I agree that they look exactly the same.

Great thread! Possible stupid question but are the front lower control arms interchangeable? They look the same but are different PNs in the parts book and one has a stamped "B" and the other a "Y".