my resto =)

[71datsunZ]

Some of you may know about my restoration of my 71 240z. It was my dads and he gave it to me to restore. Last week I finished stripping it and It went to the shop to have the engine, tranny, and exhaust removed. Also all of the lines and stuff were remove. Right now it is waiting to be sandblasted for monday. The guy said the sand he uses is really fine so it will be ok. I got some other parts back from the blaster and realized blasting wont take off ziebart =( so I have been cleaning up those parts by heating up the paint with a torch and scraping it off and using a wire wheel with my drill and dremel. When the car is back from sandblasting, I will clean up like I did will the other parts and take off all of the ziebart that wasnt taken off during sandblasting. Then, the body shop with shoot it will a rust stopping primer and body work will start. Unfortunatly I dont know how to do body work so I have to pay for someone to do it. Since it would be really expensive he will probably be using quite a bit of bondo =( As long as it looks good, ill be happy. I plan on getting it painted gunmetal with a front air dam, and side skirts, with chrome bumpers. While the body work is getting done, I am going to clean up the engine and getting it looking good while its out. I think im going to get all the small pieces such as the door strikers and brackets zinc plated. I might be getting steel braided brake and fuel lines so if I decide to upgrade stuff I just have to change the fittings instead of the full lines. I cant wait until its done. I left out a lot of stuff that im gunna do so I might update later. Feel free to post comments, questions, or suggestions for stuff to do. I think im doing the restoration right by totally stipping, blasting, and stuff. Im not too happy that bondo will probably be used but there is nothing that I can do about it. Other than that, It should be great.

[71datsunZ]

no comments? bah =/

[Ed]

Glad to hear that your taking the right steps to a proper restoration. One suggestion that I have is try to remove as much of the Ziebart as possible before it goes to the blaster. That way the blaster can really clean the body properly. Otherwise you might be stuck taking it back.

And keep us updated with your progress. I will be glad to help you where I can.

[CoastGuardZ]

Sounds like you've got a great plan. I'm normally big on keeping the original color but gunmetal paint idea sounds great! What kind and size of wheels do you plan on using? Will you be keeping the interior stock or do you have big plans for that too? Best of luck on your Z and keep us posted with lot's of pics!

Nate

[71datsunZ]

Unfortunatly the body is at the sandblaster right now waiting to be done on monday so there is no way I could work on getting the ziebart off. What im going to do is that when it gets back im going to scrape off the rest and sand down whatever rust is underneath. The bottom is also getting sandblasted but im not too worried about the ziebart there because the floors and rockers are being replaced. For wheels im not too sure what I want to do yet. Thinking about going pretty wide but I dont know. And for the interior, I have pretty big plans but nothing too crazy. Ill just leave it at that for now =) lets just say this is my parents buisness... www.awe1.com

[71datsunZ]

when I pulled off my color code sticker, look what was hiding underneath

[Mr Camouflage]

115 Metallic Blue?

Whats ziebart? sounds German.

[Arne]

Whats ziebart? sounds German.

A well known American rust-proofing treatment. Used extensively in the Eastern US back in the day.