Body & Paint
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by mriz- 14 replies
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My neighbor up the road from me has a body shop so I stopped in on the way home today to see about painting the Z. He said he was not able to do the job because he has too much collision work lined up and would not even quote a price . Hint taken. His recomendation was go to Macco for $750 and have them do it but he said it would only last about 3 years. The car is prepped ,no windshield ,bumpers,badges,locks so it would need to be towed around for prices. He doubted any shop in the area would touch it although I will ask around. He said if I paint it use a single stage solid color for my needs as BC/CC would be too difficult to do at home with my equipment. So any opinio…
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Hey all, I will admit now that I have never done welding. I have some friends who do and uncles as well that all told me if I wanted to learn they can help me out. I am looking at a couple used MIGs that are for sale in my area. So far I found these two... This welder was a spare that i never used. They are very dependable machines.welds .020 up to .062 wire uses tweeco type guns. a-1 condition.220v 3ph $295.00 I have two industrial mig welders, 240/460 volts three phase for sale. $ 200.00 each or take both for $300.00 A fraction of the cost of new ones. http://images.craigslist.org/0101080103090104112007080545cdac1d906959f3a5003df2.jpg The picture that I attached is o…
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Going into paint jail tomorrow. Repaint 01 Repaint 02 Repaint 03 Repaint 04 ...for some reason it won't let me simply post these as images.
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After about 2 weeks of working on the Z, I finally made enough progress to show off. I made (another) blasting booth in my garage and rented a blasting pot and a trailed air comressor and went to work on the body. Then I literally spent 7 days stripping bondo and paint off with heat, stripper, sanding disks, putty knives, etc. I'm really glad I got all the paint off before I send it away to the body shop, I found a few areas that need some torch work. My new neighbor has volunteered for about 3 whole days so far, and hes willing to show me how to weld for the next steps. I figure the car has been original 918 orange, then a black top - blue bottom combo (the black pain…
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Over Christmas while I was visiting my parents, my mom backed her Exploder into my 260. Dad offered to repaint the whole car as long as it didn't go over $2k. So...I figure, get a good place to do the body & prep, go to Maaco for the paint. I want to bo back to the stock color, whch was light blue, but I'd like a touch of panache. At this point I'm thinking a silver stripe starting on the hood bulge, going over the back of the car...I'm thinking it needs something just a bit more than that, possibly matching silver rockers. I'd like it unique, but not tacky or flashy, more subtle. Also, I'd like to get the stock valence back on there and go with a BRE airdam. T…
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What would you guys suggest to use to prepare the rear panel for painting? I just got a spray can of gray paint from Les at Classic Datsun Motorsports and want to do this right. Thanks, Bob
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Hi all, Looks like I'm fast becoming a Quality Surveyor with my panel shop. The new floors are in but he has omitted to extend the two rear pan support plates (shown in the attached photo to the right). Can one of nice chaps take a close up of both sides and reply to this thread with measurements as well. Also the two pan support channels have holes in them (shown in the attched photo to the left). I have new channels on mine and he's not noted where they old ones were. Can someone also let me know how far from the TC rod bracket these are and also the diameter. Looks like M10 to me but I want to be sure. Are these holes open or are bungs installed? This is a case of …
Last reply by 240znz, -
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I noticed an area where the paint looks like it is starting to crack on my roof. Apparently I didn't sand well enough during prep. Does anyone know of a good compound or wax I can buff into it, so I can "hide" it till garage season and get it done right? It's hard to see, but I know it is there and it is driving me nuts! Thanks all.
Last reply by Blue Meanie, -
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Can someone taek a snap and attach it to this thread of a closer image of the attached photo please. Both sides of the car thanks. Can you also measure at list out the individual dims as well. A lot I know but we can't find any measurements anywhere for this and my car needs two new units. The LHS was original and was cut out by me ages ago and lost. Gone The RHS has been removed and a patch places over it. Thanks again.
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The weatherstrip which is attached to the bottom of the door via rivets has two different-length flanges. Based on this picture from the gallery it appears the longer flange goes toward the inside and the short one goes to the outside... ...Can anyone confirm? I thought if the longer flange was inboard it might bind against the rocker sill and contribute to problems with the door shutting correctly. And, with the longer flange outboard it conformed more to the shoulder of the rocker sill. Humble's book (p. 164) only says "...be sure to orient it correctly for a good seal." Thanks, Wick. Verrrrry helpful. So what's the right orientation? Thanks, Steve
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Please see 3 attached photos. Getting ready to put one of my fenders back on, after cleaning and removing some minor surface rust. Enrique offers the following advice: You'll note that the drain tube for the cowling is right behind the fender support bracket, and the hose ends just a couple inches into the cavity. This is the source of the majority of sand and gunk behind the fender. The "drain" hole is actually the space between the fender and the inner brace on the fender. NOT a good idea and a prime rust spot for the 240 /260 / 280 series vehicles. I'm doing that mod right now, and although NOT concours it is something that will eliminate that problem. I'm running …
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The Z is going into the body shop in a few weeks and I'm trying to get all the critical stuff out of the way before it happens. I'd like to get the rear bumper off before she goes in. How much of a pain is this? I'd consult an FSM if I had one. I figure while I'm at it, I'll pull off the extra rubber and collapse the shocks. ...I've used the search option and come up with 280 bumper coversions / shock collapse, but didn't find anything on doing this to 260s. I haven't seena fill screw on the 260 shocks. Do I need to drill a hole in order to do this?
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