Received the car I purchased off Ebay today.

[Spridal]

Thanks all,

As soon as I get it on the lift I will take better pictures. The angles of the pictures taken were not to hide anything they were simply the best I could get laying on the ground.

As for taking her apart, I really think she deserves a great paint job. The paint job on her now is good but certainly not something I would want to keep on her. Somewhere in her life someone decided to give her a Macco type paint job where they painted the car with all the window rubber intact

So what I am saying is that I am not planning a full restore I just want replace rubbers that had some paint, replace the engine hoses with the correct hoses, drop and clean the fuel tank, and then paint the car.

I will do some things myself but due to lack of time and professional commitments I will more than likely have it done and Pierre's Z center.

I've seen some of the work he's done and I am really impressed.

[sblake01]

"Correct hoses"....well we've discussed those before. If you're meaning the braided hoses, unless you're going to show you're car, I would keep the more than likely more modern hoses on it. You'll pay a fortune for 'correct' hoses and remember, if they are original and new, they've still been sitting around for 30+ years somewhere. I wouldn't trust them on a car I plan to drive on a regular basis. I even replaced the hoses on my a/c on both cars since the materials used in hose production now days is far superior to what was used back then.

[Spridal]

"Correct hoses"....well we've discussed those before. If you're meaning the braided hoses, unless you're going to show you're car, I would keep the more than likely more modern hoses on it. You'll pay a fortune for 'correct' hoses and remember, if they are original and new, they've still been sitting around for 30+ years somewhere. I wouldn't trust them on a car I plan to drive on a regular basis. I even replaced the hoses on my a/c on both cars since the materials used in hose production now days is far superior to what was used back then.

I get your point, but I was referring to hoses of the correct length. Some of the hoses were replaced with hoses that seem to long or did not have the proper bend.

[sblake01]

I get your point, but I was referring to hoses of the correct length. Some of the hoses were replaced with hoses that seem to long or did not have the proper bend.

Cool, just making sure.

[EScanlon]

...snip...

So what I am saying is that I am not planning a full restore I just want replace rubbers that had some paint, replace the engine hoses with the correct hoses, drop and clean the fuel tank, and then paint the car...snip...

Unless the paint is peeling, cracking, or otherwise failing to do it's job and that includes looking good, then why not just have it polished? This is a much simpler and less invasive way of refleshing the look. Heck, if the haze on the paint (due to being sun-burned) is minor, you could do it with a simple orbital buffer and some of the polishing compounds and waxes available at the retail stores....without need of a high speed polisher and rubbing compound and swirl remover etc.

Cleaning up the rubbers? Well some of them may not survive removing and replacing...hence you'll have the cost of new rubber. Some may simply need a little bit of cleaning and detailing for the overspray to come off.

Engine hoses....if it ain't broke....

Fuel tank....if you KNOW of a problem, then go for it. But again I caution you of the "need to fix" bug that sometimes hits new owners of older cars.

There's no doubt that you have a nice looking car, the pictures show that. I've no doubt that your intention is to give it the care and attention that it has - obviously - had all it's life. The car you HAVE, is what most of us would LIKE to have. If you're chomping the bit simply to spend time and money on a car...heck I have TWO in the back yard that I'll trade you for this ONE. Both run but both need some TLC.

Get out, drive the car, learn it's high and low points and in a couple of thousand miles or so THEN consider doing all this. It may very well be that you find that some of these "must" items become .... insignificant.

2¢

Enrique

[hls30.com]

Now that you have read what Enrique wrote, read it out loud and take heed, ther is a great deal of wisdom in his words-they will save you money, energy and time to enjoy the car with out costing you anything.

Will

[ChrisA]

what Enrique wrote

Ditto!! Buff it and let is shine!!

Chris A.

[Darrel]

It's your car do what you want with it. But it does look like it was very well taken care of and some things were done above what any maaco shop woul have done.

The suspension parts were painted, as well as the crossmember. These looked like they were all taken off to paint.

[Spridal]

Thanks all I appreciate everyone's input. Like I said the paint is not what I want to leave on the car. It is a few shades lighter than the original and there are a few dings that I want to take care of.

[Carl Beck]

Carl,

I have to correct my self. The valve cover has the words "Nissan OHC" written on it not "2400" like I stated in my earlier post. Also, my vin number is 9603. By the way, I placed a few pics in my gallery. I plan to get better pics once. I can get the car on a lift. Will do that soon since I plan to start the tear down process.

Hi Mark:

Thanks for checking that... I see the build date is 09... when you get a chance check the original engine serial number - it's on the data plate under the hood, as well as being stamped into the block.

Carl B.

[Spridal]

Hi Mark:

Thanks for checking that... I see the build date is 09... when you get a chance check the original engine serial number - it's on the data plate under the hood, as well as being stamped into the block.

Carl B.

Carl,

The data plate and the engine number is: 014389

[beandip]

Hi All,

not a spec of rust

The car is a 1970 low number car that has the original engine and auto tranny (which I plan to convert to a 4spd.)

I have never heard of a '70 240 with a automatic . I always read and thought the automatics were introduced in '71 . Carl or Allan T. any info in this . Gary