dspillman

Got a little work done today on Area 51 Trial fitting rear valance/slam panel from resurrected today, looks good, but just realized it is the later solid slam peice….. I do have a couple early spare panels I could replace with…… will be a special car, guess I should make it as “right” as possible. Removed front radiator support assembly back to the frame rails. Rails look darn good……couple dents I believe can be worked back straight. Thanks to Clay Beacham helping as always!!!

Dang, completely different placement….and zero space between middle of part number…

Need pictures of those stripes!’n

I’m betting 1/2/3? stripes for 3.36ratios hls30……3.9ratios hs30 …….. 4.44 432model? Cannot be determined in Alan’s picture if the double stripes are yellow or white?

Alan Any idea what is the significance of the “double stripe” mark? Fairlady? 432?

Have my curiosity up for the purpose double stripes versus single…….. going to have to crawl under my fairladies and check out their stripes!! Nn

Definitely e4101 on hls30-00051 as well. Careful scrapping of undercoating this time revealed the “brushed” yellow stripe and the “shadow of 01 just to the left. Thank you for the heads up 26th on the yellow stripe!

If Chris has 2…..26/27 assuming that both cars showed 4101….. that has to take precedence…

I will definitely be gently cleaning that “yellow stripe” area tomorrow …!!!! Thank you!!

That would work perfect!

I’ve had one other car that had seat mounting cracks similar to this. but yes I’d say a “big boy” must have driven this car in the 70s…

Removed quite a bit of undercoating on project 51. Looks pretty darn good body wise. Floor will need to be worked on, or replaced for certain. Overall still happy with structure. Front radiator cradle is the tough one. .I’m not sure I can “adjust,” all the dents and twists that have appeared. Upper cowl support looks like someone stood on the passenger side at one time. Spare tire well, although rusty inside, has no rust thru pinholes after blasting from both sides….

People that do this for a living are some tough dudes!!

Baby steps…

I remember questioning a restoration expert a couple years ago about their sloppy application of the yellow paint around the suspension nuts/bolts that are underneath the 240z they had completed. I can only imagine now that some cars were marked with a quite wide brush, as can be seen in pictures of the front diff crossmember of attached pictures interesting to me, will have to really “slap on the paint” if that detail is included later on for me.

Careful removal of undercoating and grease revealed a partial number on most mustache …. I’m thinking they were all the same with 240s… Too aggressive I was while “gently scrubbing” 1

Reinforcements/washers for the front cross member attachment to frame rail

Cart in front of the horse syndrome…. Put the refurbished alternator is proper painted stator housing waiting on a home…….

Yes. I had a quote for cleaning my back porch, and 360’ of railing around the edges, and saw my chance to argue for the unit , in the name of buyingbthe machine for half the cost of the quote….. still haven't finished in the backyard yet, but is is convenient for ‘occasional body panel, car etc……

Although I've only used the dustless blaster on a few cars, really haven't had that problem yet. the water is advertised to cut down on warpage due to heat.....I guess with aggressive media, metal could be moved around somewhat with a somewhat similar result....

Not familiar with "Oil canned"?

Important prone to rust areas look very nice on drivers side, left hand side. Hammer and chiseled the thick coat of undercoating off these areas to confirm what lurked beneath the tar…… I know I have brought a few cars home with similar undercoating, that had possibly been applied to conceal the evil rust monster… Have mounted on rotessiere, waiting to have time to prime within a couple of days of blasting.

It always makes me smile when taking off suspension peices that show the yellow Q/C brush marks…..

From what I can see it got passed around a few times in the California/ Texas area? It has a zcar home registered “diploma “ from back in 1995 declaring it under restoration…. I received it as it was in pictures in 2013 on BAT auction….. In a way the car is in better shape by sitting in various garages, and sheds over the past 30 plus years…. Even had one comment that it had been looked at back in the 80s and was a “train wreck” then. Of course 80s train wrecks are today peachs, I guess….especially if you’re used to seeing east coast Zs…….😃

I know of the change, because I passed on a silver 1971 Nissan restored car in 2008/9 for cheap because it had the same as above 4 hole radiator support…… thinking that no way would this be “right” ….. come to find out, there really wasn’t a “right parts” with those cars that needed peices replaced….seemed to grab whatever was handy and send em.