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...

Keep up hte great progress Mull

I just wrote a bit of a feature for your car on http://grandjdm.com/

Hope you don't mind.

I don't mind at all : )

Does the R32 have rear steer? I can see the tie rod in the pic. Will this be functional or will it have a permanent set?

Yes, it has "rear steer" aka. Hicas. It will be locked up and not used : )

And here's a little something else:

Pretty much everything is now in place. Have my sights on a pair of

300zx aluminium spindles, complete with brakes, rotors and 5-lug hubs.

Last pic is just testing what a 265 wide tire would look like.

Henrik och Andreas - aka Huddinge Kustoms : )

Negative camber for teh win. Shocks aren't in proper place, cut spring, no hicas. It's a mess : )

/me is very satisfied with the progress.

The shifter seems to have gone astray though : (

Back to the boring garage...

Hugo's trying on some new shoes.

Hadn't seen this thread before...

Oh...my...god...

I'm sending one of my cars to Sweden...land of Z resurrection...

Great work Phil, I'm not even a big fan of swaps...that's just awesome detail on the reconstruction work...

Do you have an ETA for a finished product?

You could fit a good inch more under those flares Mull

Do you have an ETA for a finished product?

Any time before either the oil runs out or hovercrafts become the rage... :stupid: :classic:

Here's the first part (of two) of part two (of three) at Huddinge Kustoms : )

YouTube

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Mirror 1: http://www.voodoo-people.com/~daz/mull/wmv/mull@hugo19.wmv

720p

Mirror 1: http://www.voodoo-people.com/~daz/mull/wmv/mull@huddingekustoms_part2_720p.wmv

Mirror 2: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

YouTube

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mirror 1: http://www.voodoo-people.com/~daz/mull/wmv/mull@hugo20.wmv

mirror 2: http://rapidshare.com/files/74384814/mull_hugo20.wmv

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mirror 1:

mirror 2:

Umm. Comments allowed.

I am sure everyone would agree that watching your clips is amazing. My only complaint is being impatient for the next one. I am also in the middle of a restoration and it can be frustrating how many things come up to slow the project down. I can hardly wait for you to finish so we can see what the car is going to look like! Keep up the good work and as always: post more movies!!!

carl

I forgot. In the picture above with you sitting in the car with your hand in the transmission tunnel, do you find yourself making vroom vroom noises? At this time the only noises my car makes are the ones coming out of my mouth.

I noticed the body line where you shaved the fuel door is a little off. Are you going to address that, or do you care.

I forgot. In the picture above with you sitting in the car with your hand in the transmission tunnel, do you find yourself making vroom vroom noises? At this time the only noises my car makes are the ones coming out of my mouth.

Haha, all the time

I noticed the body line where you shaved the fuel door is a little off. Are you going to address that, or do you care.

"...or do you care" - don't get me started. Of course it'll be adressed.

:stupid:

Haha, all the time

"...or do you care" - don't get me started. Of course it'll be adressed.

:stupid:

haha ok just making sure