The restoration has begun

[zed2]

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[Richard Oben]

Nice Job but you have to slow down, you are making the rest of us (ok just me) look bad.

Keep up the great work, Cheers Richard.

[motorman7]

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Those look great! Love that color. Where have I seen that before?

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[motorman7]

Love the Pics!...Keep posting them. Nice to see the progress.

Rich

[e-tek]

The car looks killer! I'm just starting a 72 myslef that I bought in 1990. An original paint (silver) car that ran great when I parked it 10 years ago! Thanks for the inspirtation!

[zed2]

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[Mike B]

Your car is looking great. Did you happen to check the date code on your Bridgestone RD-150 spare when you were there? From everything I have read, the early 1970 cars only came with Bridgestone Superspeed Radial-20's, so I am curious what the date code is on the wheel is to see if it is original to the car or not.

-Mike

[zed2]

Mike,

I did not check the tire. I was so distracted with discussing the project with the shop owner that I did not have time to look at the tire. (Most of the interior was pulled out and is stored in an adjacent building. This helps to ensure that any dust and other airborne particles do not contaminate the "delicate" parts.)

I do have several more RD-150s and Z-1 tires at my home. These were spare tires I acquired over the past 22 years. Unfortunately, I did not keep track of the cars they were removed from, so I cannot ascertain what model year car they were in. One or two (possibly three) are on the 4.5" width wheel, so I think it is safe to say they were from a 1970 model year car. Others are unmounted. Sometimes I asked the prior owners to dismount the wheel and just ship me the tire. (I was trying to minimize the shipping costs.)

Keith

[Mike B]

Mike,

I did not check the tire. I was so distracted with discussing the project with the shop owner that I did not have time to look at the tire. (Most of the interior was pulled out and is stored in an adjacent building. This helps to ensure that any dust and other airborne particles do not contaminate the "delicate" parts.)

I do have several more RD-150s and Z-1 tires at my home. These were spare tires I acquired over the past 22 years. Unfortunately, I did not keep track of the cars they were removed from, so I cannot ascertain what model year car they were in. One or two (possibly three) are on the 4.5" width wheel, so I think it is safe to say they were from a 1970 model year car. Others are unmounted. Sometimes I asked the prior owners to dismount the wheel and just ship me the tire. (I was trying to minimize the shipping costs.)

Keith

Keith,

The 4.5" width wheels were used on all US 240Zs until the introduction of the 1972 model year cars in 10/71. Carl noted in an earlier thread (http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showpost.php?p=164453&postcount=14) that his data from original owners showed that the RD-150s began showing up in about 8/70, so if you have one that is from a very early 1970 (I think you said yours is a 1/70) it would be interesting to confirm that, since it is so much early than what has previously been reported.