Posted May 15, 200519 yr comment_123948 The story begins here, in Gothenburg... This is my 1971 240z when I picked it up after arriving in Gothenburg from Chicago. E"verything" looked "well" - and met my expectations from the pics in the ebay auction. However - the "rust free" turned out to be a big hoax... Anyway, after getting it up on the trailer and taking it home to Stockholm it was unloaded at a friends company - called Speedworks where I assume most of the mechanical mischief will take place once the car's been restored. The engine was fired up (or rather jump-started since the ignition wires had been yanked from it's original place) - picure below. Vidcap-picture of the car at Speedworks. The engine wasn't running like it was new, but at least it was running. Not that it mattered much anyway - the car wouldn't have made it through an inspection by the swedish "DMV" anyway. As I soon learned, the floor pans were replaced by a hopeless heap of fiberglass, riveted and bolted pieces of metal. Click the links below for images of the so called floor... http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/240z-projekt-Hugo/b12.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/240z-projekt-Hugo/b13.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/240z-projekt-Hugo/b14.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/album185/01_G.jpg I continued to strip the car of... everything. That was the plan from the start pretty much, so a "little rust" wouldn't discourage me. When I removed the dashcap - I was surprised - I have never seen a more messed up dash than this! Anyway - I got in contact with a company called SCE - Swedish Composite Engineering - and they will be helping out with molding/making a lot on this car from carbon fibre. So far the planned parts incluce: The hood, cowl plate, service hatches, front fenders, doors, rear hatch, center console, dash and the tail light plates. Since I don't want to completely "out source" the job I'll be present during the production of the parts, hopefully learning something Since the car was all together nasty, I figured having it sand blasted would be the most reasonable thing to do. Said and done - Doors were sent packing. http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag20/00_G.sized.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag20/01_G.sized.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag20/02_G.sized.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag20/03_G.sized.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag23/05_G.sized.jpg I think they came back alright... As did the other small parts I sent every now and then - including the cowl plate, tail light plates, fenders, etc. http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag30/01_G.sized.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag30/02_G.sized.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag30/03_G.sized.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag30/04_G.sized.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag30/05_G.sized.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag31/01_G.sized.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag31/02_G.sized.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag31/03_G.sized.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag31/04_G.sized.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag31/05_G.sized.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag31/06_G.sized.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag31/07_G.sized.jpg After a while, there wasn't much more to dismount from the car, looking like this: A rotisserie stand was made by Speedworks, from the blueprints of a friend: http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag28/00_G.sized.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag28/02_G.sized.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag28/06_G.sized.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag28/11_G.sized.jpg Since some parts weren't feeling to good, I called in the reinforcements, ordering parts from a company called Meca. Tabco wouldn't even reply to my e-mails even though I had placed an order. Very poor service IMO. Pictures of the actual parts are here: http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/hugo-diverse/delar01.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/hugo-diverse/delar02.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/hugo-diverse/delar03.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/hugo-diverse/delar04.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/hugo-diverse/delar05.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/hugo-diverse/delar06.jpg So - that's about it. As of now the car stands knee deep in sand at Allblästring (the sand blasting company) waiting for me to pick it up, but I'm not going to be able to during this week. Bugger More pics: http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag32/01_G.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag32/03_G.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag32/04_G.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag32/05_G.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag32/06_G.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag32/07_G.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag32/08_G.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag32/09_G.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag32/10_G.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag32/11_G.jpg http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag32/12_G.jpg Parts from ZEDD FINDINGS, yay! http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag32/13_G.jpg The front frame rails will be replaced, along with a bunch of sheet metal. I got 4 square meters of 20 gauge sheet metal standing by to fill in all the gaps. Will probably buy a bunch of 18 gauge as well... When all the rust has been cut away and replaced with healthy new metal, the car will be hauled back to sand blasting to blast the welds, etc. The entire car will be painted with POR-15 silver (I know what Escalon [spelling?] thinks of it - but I've been told by the resellers of POR-15 Germany that it'll be fine as long as the surface is rough (go over it with block sanding). I'm being sponsored by the swedish reseller of POR-15, so I reckon It'll be alright. To be continued... Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/15918-my-71-240z-project/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
May 15, 200519 yr Author comment_123949 The project has been up and running for about 6 months in total. Started out late november last year. If you want to see more pictures and learn some swedish, check out this thread on Zatzy.com: http://www.zatzy.com/showthread.php?t=190127 It's got nearly 110.000 views and 900+ posts... Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/15918-my-71-240z-project/#findComment-123949 Share on other sites More sharing options...
May 15, 200519 yr comment_123955 PhillipI think you are brave/committed/demented to take on a project like that.I hope you didn't pay much for it despite it being 'rust-free'Andrew Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/15918-my-71-240z-project/#findComment-123955 Share on other sites More sharing options...
May 15, 200519 yr Author comment_123963 PhillipI think you are brave/committed/demented to take on a project like that. I hope you didn't pay much for it despite it being 'rust-free' Andrew I paid about $2000 for it ... not knowing it was this rusty If I would've known, I'd gotten two Anyway, I got good connections with welders, electricians, tuners, etc so it's not that much of a problem putting it all together again. It's just gonna take a little longer ... It's gonna make one hell of a Z some day :cheeky: Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/15918-my-71-240z-project/#findComment-123963 Share on other sites More sharing options...
June 2, 200519 yr Author comment_126079 All the updates are available in Swedish on my project forum: http://forums.voodoo-people.com/mull/index.php You who may not know Swedish - there are a lot of pics in the updates! =) As of now there's only one piece of english on the forum and that's the write up... I think I prefer the one here. It has more pics Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/15918-my-71-240z-project/#findComment-126079 Share on other sites More sharing options...
June 8, 200519 yr Author comment_126830 Stoved away in my garage The car has now been moved from Stockholm to SCE in Norrköping (~170 km). I made a small movie about it... :stupid: :lick: http://www.kazeumi.com/hosted/mull/mull@sce.avi http://racemovie.mine.nu/movies/mull/mull@sce.avi Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/15918-my-71-240z-project/#findComment-126830 Share on other sites More sharing options...
July 3, 200519 yr Author comment_129447 Doors welded, grinded and waiting for POR-15: More short flicks here: >>>>>>>> http://racemovie.mine.nu/movies/mull/mull@sce2.avi >>>>>>>> http://racemovie.mine.nu/movies/mull/mull@stefan.avi fast mirror: http://www.voodoo-people.com/~daz/mull/MULL@stefan.avi Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/15918-my-71-240z-project/#findComment-129447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
July 10, 200519 yr comment_130077 Damn man, you beat me to it. I was going to make a carbon fiber dash and tail light plate... Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/15918-my-71-240z-project/#findComment-130077 Share on other sites More sharing options...
July 11, 200519 yr Author comment_130163 Damn man, you beat me to it. I was going to make a carbon fiber dash and tail light plate...Dash and tail light plate has already been done before... :rambo: Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/15918-my-71-240z-project/#findComment-130163 Share on other sites More sharing options...
July 11, 200519 yr comment_130221 nice work. Now that is the right way to restore a car. Keep us updated! Are you going for the stock look or what? What are ur plans? Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/15918-my-71-240z-project/#findComment-130221 Share on other sites More sharing options...
July 12, 200519 yr Author comment_130432 nice work. Now that is the right way to restore a car. Keep us updated! Are you going for the stock look or what? What are ur plans? Thanks Yeah - it's gonna go pretty much along the lines of "stock look" ... I'm definetly not going for chrome rims, lots of plastic, scoops everywhere, neon, aluminium wings, etc... There's gonna be heaps of carbon fiber on it - that's for sure at least By the way, Video Part #3 is out: http://www.voodoo-people.com/~daz/mull/mull@sce3.avi Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/15918-my-71-240z-project/#findComment-130432 Share on other sites More sharing options...
July 12, 200519 yr comment_130434 Thanks Yeah - it's gonna go pretty much along the lines of "stock look" ... I'm definetly not going for chrome rims, lots of plastic, scoops everywhere, neon, aluminium wings, etc... There's gonna be heaps of carbon fiber on it - that's for sure at least By the way, Video Part #3 is out: http://www.voodoo-people.com/~daz/mull/mull@sce3.avi Carbon Fiber is a nice touch. PICS WHEN ITS DONE!!!!! Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/15918-my-71-240z-project/#findComment-130434 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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