Hello all

I have a chance to purchase a 76 280 z (We are moving and must get rid of our '76 Z car. The engine had been disassembled by our son when in HS 7 years ago and put back together somewhat. We think that all of the parts are there. It has been on jack stands since 1992 in our garage and under car covers but there are several dents in the body due to carelessness in the garage.The engine has about 110,000 miles on it.) As you all can see the car has been on jack stands for 16 years. will it be super expensive to reserect a car that has sat that long? I also want to know how hard or easy the car would be to work on . I owned a 81 Datsun 310gx and it was very easy to work on I would assume this car would be no problem also.Thanks for letting me ask a question or 2 . look forward to hearing from you folks.Jeff

First off, welcome!

If you haven't already, download or buy a factory service manual (or even the Haynes manual) as it's a big help with seeing how everything goes together and gives you a good idea of what you're getting into. I think you'll find that you will just need to go through everything in order to 'reserect' the car and get into working condition again and the cost factor will just depend of the condition of the parts and what may need to be replaced, ex. old hoses, tune up parts ect.

Also on a side note, it sounded like you meant to post picture(s) and none are showing up.

You can download the entire 76 FSM without have to wait for it to be available, like on CarFiche.com by going here.