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Bloody hell this is going to be awesome when finished! Cant wait to see it! Ill be keeping an eye on this!

Who does the work for you dude? The guys who did mine were very reasonable

Just painted mine Safari Gold

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Also managed to pick up a very rusty but probably restorable extra 260Z to help me put mine back together. Im not sure what Ill do with it when mines done, I might restore this one in a more wide arch/alternative engine way.

I've also picked up another 260Z.... this one will be partly an aid to putting mine back together and then once mine is done, either get restored or broken for spares. It is rather rusty though as its a UK car!

Looking good Graham! My vote goes to the original Silver!

Im just at the stage of starting to put mine back together so hopefully we can help each other out a little! I cant remember where anything goes so I bought a complete one which is a bit of a wreck to help so if you need any photos let me know!!

Ive also bought some goodies for it! I went for custom spring rates of 4 and 4 instead of 4/5 that they normally come in as I want the ride to be really smooth, Im not going to be flinging this thing around tracks!

Also have a Safety Devices half cage on order

Colour is Safari Gold - its a kind of cross between orange and brown and yellow.... Very 70s

Well, its now in colour!

Is this everything needed to hook up to the original Bose stuff mate?

Mines been on pistonheads for over a month now and not even had a bloody call. It's the 3rd cheapest too and has history etc etc. Don't know what's putting people off

 

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As a perspective buyer I'd say it may be because the GT spec'd ones are more popular. Although yours is at such a good price for the mileage if it's the J88 one?

Mine is GT Spec Steph.... it's a common misconception that GT cars had Rays wheels... Rays were an option on top of GT trim

Mines been on pistonheads for over a month now and not even had a bloody call. It's the 3rd cheapest too and has history etc etc. Don't know what's putting people off

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Good progress Mine is progressing.... some more metalwork to be done, but should be ready for painting in 3-4 weeks Need to start buying parts now!

Get a thread up mate always good to see other builds! What colour are you going?

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Nice work there. Always liked the 260z, wish I had the space to do a restoration project would be so good. How much can one be picked up for these days which would need a medium amount of restoration?

Cheers guys!

Well, the call has been made and it's going Safari Gold!

Bezza, they've shot up in price recently. My car was pretty rusty and I bought it for £2500 about 3 years ago. Recently I've seen cars in much worse condition sell for nearly £8k.

I'd imagine when it's fully restored it will be around £20/25k.

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Are all the balljoints in the arms good mate? Also what do you want for the W brace?

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Thanks for sharing, I love reading these and seeing the progress. I remember a similar build with a white 240 Samurai a few years back with some great pix but cant find any links to it now sadly because it would have inspired you no end to see what you will no doubt achieve after many hours of graft. P.S. Brave man - while I can weild a spanner and tackle most engineering jobs, I don't think I'd have the bottle to tackle that much and those electrics make me feel nausea just looking at them

I have to say, I am mildly shitting myself about sticking the loom back in. Not sure weather I should be getting a new one made up.

Just fyi ~ You might want to visit the NEC Restoration & Classic Car show shooze in March especially if you're after inspiration or just some more parts.

 

Link: http://www.necrestorationshow.com/

 

Hey guys!

Sorry not been on for a while! The car is being undercoated at the moment and Im trying to decide on the colour. Its either going to be Safari Gold or Light Blue Metallic I think. I also quite like the green too but I don't think its sporty enough for me.

I do like them in white but not enough to paint my own that colour I don't think! I like a bright coloured car!

I went to the restorations show Bought a few tools and things from there!

Floydbax - Cheers mate! At the moment its in the bodyshop waiting for me to choose a bloody colour! Im so indecisive!!! Then the fun of rebuilding it starts...

A few updates guys.

NJ have been working on the shell on and off for the past few months now and they are making some progress :bow:

They have repaired and fabricated a few sections of rust around the windscreen under the dash, floorpan, the front strut area and front wheel well.

Drivers Floorpan

Attempted to keep the patterning standard on the fabricated pan.

Under the dashboard area. This all needed to be jigged up with the steering column as it was around the column mounts.

Front crossmember repairs:

Bonnet mount and front of air tubes fabbed up and on:

New outer front suspension turret skin:

Hey guys, Thanks for all the comments!

I got the car back from Hockly Motorsport a few days ago, all blasted and now in bare metal with a thin coat of plastic (from the plastic media used to blast it).

Its not toooo bad. Or at least there are no nasty suprises apart from those I already knew about. Its still a LOT of work to do and quotes to have it welded elsewhere are around the £5k mark!

Anyway, here are some photos:

The only thing that concerns me is the creasing in the floor pan around where the rear arches and transmission tunnel meet that can be seen in this photo. Can someone confirm to me that their Z was the same when in bare metal?

Im sure there has been no serious damage to the shell and there are no signs of a repair, but its odd that this creasing is there. Is it from the factory?

And finally back at home safe in the garage!

Right well I dropped the car off on Thursday at Hockley. Fingers crossed it doesn't come back in a bag...

Spent most of early last week scraping underseal off the bottom and chipping sound deadening out of the top!

Heres some photos from my journey up.

Managed to get the engine out a few weekends ago! Sooo easy compared to a more modern car like the S2000 I did last year!

After removing the panels I started to strip the interior:

And start taking the loom out of both the engine bay and the interior. This was scary stuff for me! Everything is labelled using white elec tape and a perm marker ready to be installed again once the shell has been worked....

Engine bay with the loom stripped. The car was originally white, but someone has very badly painted it red in the past! I think it will go back to white when I come around to getting it painted....

Hey Guys!

Over the last year or two I've very slowly been restoring a 260Z. I thought Id paste the topic over from the Z Club for some of you 350/370 guys to see!

So...............

Following a vast amount of cocking around before getting this car, (See here: http://zclub.net/for...my-2-2-a-2.html) I finally managed to get it home and have started to do some work to it.

Its a 1978 260Z 2 seater. Its pretty solid body wise. The rear arches are starting to go and there is a hole in the drivers floor pan that has been badly patched. The inner wings are pretty sound though, as is most of the engine bay bar the rad support panel and bonnet support panel.

Anyways, here are some photos!

Just after picking it up!

Safely back at my garage

Starting the stripdown!

PM'd Saint!