Jepherz's Datsun 240z restoration

[jepherz]

Wow, it's depressing to see that it has been over a year since I last update this thread! Admittedly, I got caught up in work and burnt out working on the car, so I had some months of no progress. However, I've gotten back at it. A few pics for you guys that are interested:

I got the rear diff all cleaned up and POR-15 coated. I found that it's a 4.11 rear end! It looks good though!

Some fat bastard must have abused this car, because the seat rails had been broken and cut out

All fixed!

Since the front swaybar is about 1" (I'm guessing larger than stock) I decided I needed re-enforcement plates:

Plates formed and spot welded in. I plan to do some TIG welding around the perimeter just to seal it up

Got burnt out from doing rocker panels. That was a horrible place to start! So, instead I decided to tackle the floor panels

Part of the reason I am replacing the floor pans is because they are somewhat rusty. Another reason is the damage that was somehow done to the passenger side of the car. You can see how the floor is punched up in this picture

You can see in this picture that I cleaned up the undercoating pretty easily by using my needle scaler. I also started to drill out the spot welds on this re-enforcement panel. I later decided to scrap it because drilling out the spot welds wasn't worth it.

Here I said 'screw it' and just started cutting out the rear seat mount to preserve it

The rear mount is almost out here

Edited October 17, 2012 by jepherz

[jepherz]

And it's out!

Cutting away at the front seat mount

Front seat mount out!

And removing the remainder with grinders etc. to take out spot welds

Edited October 17, 2012 by jepherz

[240260280z]

Great stuff!

[garnerbiker]

Please keep us informed. You work looks great and I would like to see how it turns out!

[jepherz]

Well, I'm really ashamed to admit it, but I got burnt out and ran into frustrations with metal fab for a while, so I basically took a year off from the restoration. I recently got back in the game and I'm building up confidence again on my skills. I wish I had a grandpa to guide me in my ways! Anyways, working on the rear trunk sill. Hope to have it cleaned up and finished in the next month maybe.

Comments appreciated!

[bartsscooterservice]

I know what you mean with the burn out on metal work. Nice work so far, you'll get there