Get the Car Back from Paint on Friday!

[Oiluj]

Get my 72' 240Z back from the body shop on Friday!

I went to visit the car at William’s Auto Body yesterday and it is almost completely assembled. All that’s left is to paint & mount the racing mirrors, rear spoiler, polish the paint and install the door windows.

The color is Mercedes Brilliant Silver with a slightly darker silver rally stripe. William nailed it and “ghost” is a good description of the stripe. It is very subtle, but visible in shade or diffuse light. When in direct sun, if there is any glare off the paint it is almost invisible. Just the effect I wanted to achieve.

Hopefully the new paint won’t get dinged during the assembly process. I’ll try to post some pics of the car next weekend.

Now the real work/fun begins… I’m sure I’ll have a few questions as I install the engine, drive train, rebuild the suspension, interior, etc.

[Zak's Z]

Sounds like a great color combo. Post some pics for sure when you get her back.

[Oiluj]

Here's a pic from 2 weeks ago...

[twsutt]

Julio,

I love that shade of silver. I've been wanting to do either the Mercedes or BMW silver on my car when I do get around to painting it. I'm doing my restoration/refresh backwards from yours: mechanical first, then interior, paint last.

Bottom line, your car is coming along very, very nicely. Congratulations.

[Oiluj]

I love that shade of silver. I've been wanting to do either the Mercedes or BMW silver on my car when I do get around to painting it.

Thanks for the compliment, though William of William's Auto Body in San Mateo gets all the credit for picking the Mercedes silver. It's his paint of choice for Z's and does look good. I worked with him to get the stripe color just the way I wanted it.

I have a target to complete the car by the end of September so I my buddy & I can drive it to San Diego for the Miramar Air Show. However, I think work and other obligations will probably delay completion till later in the year...

[Carl Beck]

Hi Julio:

That Z is going to look fantastic!! Take your time putting it back together, and enjoy every minute of it.

Don't rush to meet some arbitrary deadline.... give yourself whatever time it takes to do everything right the first time and enjoy the time you spend completing it. Once its done - its done, then the only thing you can do is polish it, or drive it... Kind of like having a cigarette after sex, enjoyable - but not nearly as much as all the previous activity.

FWIW,

Carl B.