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...

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...

Phillip

I 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

Phillip

I 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:

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

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

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

Damn man, you beat me to it. I was going to make a carbon fiber dash and tail light plate...

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:

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?

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

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!!!!!