Hi, my name is Richard and I have Z problem.

9070 is my 4th Z and by far the cleanest. I am a car guy and make my living on/with them. We have been involved with the kit car industry and the Mustang 5.0 crowd for about the last 10 years. Before all of that I did the Rustang thing for years and then went to Z cars, bought my first in 84 and had 2 others in between that one and this one. Well life got in the way and the 9070 went into storage for about 15 years. I dug it out two years ago and as time and money have permitted got some stuff done. Pulled the numbers matching motor and trans and have the trans done already motor should be done in a week or so. All the suspension is off and almost ready to go back on. POR 15 on the entire underside of the tub and fresh paint on the rest of it. Waiting on the final funds to paint the doors, hatch, hood and fenders. Planning on an almost complete restoration, with better AC system and suspenion and wheels/tires. Nothing radical just a nice driveable Z.

I am not advertising so if the link needs to be deleted do so. my site is www.northracecars.com people can see what we do there, nothing to sell Z car guys so I hope not to offend.

This ooks like a good place to hang out. I am a member of a couple of other boards and help moderate one and this place looks as good as any of them. Thanks in advance for the help I know I am going to get. Richard.

Well after getting some other projects done I got to back to the Z some.

Here are some pix of where I am now.

Spent quite a bit of time over the holidays putting POR 15 on all the suspension pieces and suspension mounts. New struts, new springs, new ball joints etc. I forgot how long it takes to put all that stuff back together.

Kind of big day (Sunday the 4th) I/we (wife helped a little) made the car roll for the first time in about 2 years. I have new brake lines and fuel lines that I will install this week. The main reason I put the suspension on is so I could put it on the lift. It will be much easier to get all the fuel and brake lines on while on the lift. Will do all the brakes while on the lift also, new booster and MC plus all the lines, calipers, pads shoes, drums etc are all here I just have to find them.

The engine is due back next week, transmission is here already as is the differential. I plan to do the half shafts and drive shafts this week if I have time. I hope to have the HVAC stuff installed by the end of the month. My plan is to have the tub ready to go back to the painter in March, hopefully running and driving so they can do the rest of the panel paint and install.

I guess that is all I have to report for now. Cheers Richard.

Rear suspension.

More rear suspension

Tunnel from Engine bay.

Left rear with strut and wheel on.

Front frame POR 15 and strut on.

Front suspension.

Engine bay, pretty empty.

Passenger side front end.

Finally a side shot of the car.

Looks great! THanks for sharing the photos. I am in awe of the job you are doing. If I only had the time, money and experience, mine could look like that too

Looks awesome man! I LOVE the color and the clean under carriage.

Well time goes by and things get busy, the shop has had other projects that pay so the Z has been sitting but I finally had some time to get some other things done.

In the previous pix the goal was a roller, harder than it sounds when it was nothing but parts.

In the following it was time to get more parts on the car. Mostly all the brakes are on all the lines are run and the today the motor and transmission went in with the help of one of my guys. He took time out of his Sunday to give me a hand. He also rebuilt the motor and the automatic transmission.

I may be in the running for the slowest redo ever.

I am sending the dash back to have the redo redone as they put no holes in it and did not realize the upper hole in the dash has nothing in it and it looks like crap the way they did it. Once it comes back I hope to get it running this fall. I may hot wire it and then get it back to the body shop and do the rest of the wiring and interior when they are done.

I have to say this site has been very valuable in helping out when I need a question answered. VERY VERY helpful. For those who think all the questions get old and all the answer been said, keep doing and saying the rest of us are reading. Enjoy the pix, cheers Richard.

Engine on hoist still with transmission behind it.

Engine almost in, strapping the trans to hold it in place.

I am the old guy with the gray hair. I am only 45 (god I remember when I thought that was almsot dead) the other guy with no gray is Jeff and he is almost as old but does not look it.

Engine in the hole. We did not scratch anything which is amazing.

Engine in hoist off.

More pix:

Sorry for the fuzzy pix my wife is great but a lowsy photographer.

Stuck the carbs on to store them.

From driver side:

From Pass side:

The polished cover is one I bought years ago. I have the 2400 OHC cover for it which will go on so this one is just for now. Seems a waste to remove such a nice part to put on one that is stock silver.

Thanks for looking and be easy on me with the greif about time.

I still have to clean up all the line clamps and put them on but I will work on that and the rest of the engine hardware soon. Enjoy, cheers Richard.

Simply excellent work Richard. I'm glad you're seeing this through and haven't given up. I agree it's a shame to replace the nice shiny valve cover with the stock unpolished version, so why do it? There's nothing wrong with a little bling.

Go ahead and polish the 2400. Slow down on the refurbishment if you want to beat my 28 year saga. Great looking car and supurb attention to detail.

Bonzi Lon

Wow, that is awesome! My favorite color, too (Mustang, VW, or code 51 Corvette yellow will do). Too bad you are halfway across the country, my '70 #06289 is still pretty good, but could use a floorboard, a dogleg, and some paint. On the other hand, I could always bring it out on the trailer behind the Pathfinder for a good quality job...

Rick (of Kathy & Rick from Central CT)

Thanks for the kind words. I am on hold for a couple of weeks again as more real work has showed up. Still shooting for spring drive, Cheers Richard.