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Yeah I looked over it and they don't seem to have that particular piece, but I am bookmarking the page because there's plenty of good stuff there. I'm probably going to ask my father in law to get me in touch with the other one, since he does have FB.

And me without a FB account. Bah. I think I've heard of that one. I'll see if I can piggyback off of someone else's FB to contact that one.

So I started repairing the headlight support but the front frame piece was mangled worse than I'd hoped. I suppose I can repair/fabricate it, but this is not my area. Does anyone know of a vendor that makes them? The yellow paint is to seal up the clean metal until I get back to work on it... whenever I can carve out the time...

So it was attached with pure bondo in big chunks. No welding, thankfully. What's underneath wasn't as bad as I feared, but it's still bad... especially on the passenger side. What I found truly bizarre is a bunch of crumpled mesh... like from a screen door... embedded in the bondo behind the passenger side fender. I have no words.

Inspired by another, similar thread on this forum, I thought I'd give this a shot. I once had a 1983 280ZX 2+2. The thing was fully loaded. Digital dash, power everything, heated seats, t-tops, 5 speed... Only thing it didn't have was a turbo. I worked at a Nissan dealership in Laurel, MD at the time (around 2000) as a tech, and I sold the car to one of the oil change techs. He gave me half the money, promised me the other half, and then took the car and never showed up to work again. I still have the title to this day, meaning technically it still belongs to me. I know that there's about a 99% chance the car ended up scrapped at some point, but since I never got any kind of notice or impound bill from the state, it's possible that the car is still intact... somewhere. The car was an ugly dark gray with a blue hood. (It was a work in progress) If any of you guys have ever seen such a vehicle, I'd love to know what eventually became of it.

Two steps forward, one step back... Or is it the other way around... Eventually I'll have this car so far apart there CAN'T be any more surprises... ...right?

Well.... didn't see this coming... They filled it... with bondo. And it looks like it's that way all along the bottom of the fender. You can see where it's swollen in the front and where I picked some of it off.

Definitely. I'd like to salvage as much of the original stuff as possible.

Man, Amazon has everything...

The jury's still out. This is what I found underneath:

It's a lot uglier in person. Just can't wait to scrape all that off. I did get all the fiberglass off of the center console. That was so much fun...

Yeah I have a build thread on another Z car forum as well. Always happy to share pics. Helps me stay motivated.

Yeah that makes sense, especially since fiberglass was used on other parts of this car, like completely encasing the center console and the dashboard...

Yeah also gonna need to strip the paint away form the area where the seam is supposed to be. I've removed all the bolts and the headlight cases and both fenders still feel pretty solidly attached. At this point I'm assuming the worst and that I'll be cutting it out with a grinder. Praying I can save the fenders.

Hey all, So I'm in the process of tearing down my '77 and it's looking like these fenders are welded onto the rocker panels and maybe the subframe. Here's a closeup of where the seam should be between the fender and the rocker, and some photos of the underside where the bolt(s) should be attaching the fender... Is this a typical repair? I had a '77 before and it wasn't like this so I'm certain it isn't factory. At this point I assume I'll be cutting this puppy off. Any advice from you seasoned Z folks?

I'd love to see it! Will do. I'm Chris. Good to meet you.

I think I am familiar with the Lime Yellow shade, though that one may look a bit pale since I am considering blue accents. Maryland City. Not exactly ideal for this kind of project since there isn't a ton of space, but it's way better than the apartment I lived in before...

Thanks! I have to say... I had been waffling around what color to ultimately paint my Z, and seeing your photos is making me lean heavily toward yellow. It's a nice '70s color that still looks good today. Originally this car was green (Color code 240) but I want something that pops a bit more

A bit late to the party it seems, but hopefully the club is still active. Just got my 280Z, and am just beginning to fix her up: