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My two swiss S30Z Fairlady Restoration build thread


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During my recent work at the front fender areas, i realized that the corner where the headlight buckets go on the driver side must have had a hit at some point and the panel was slightly bent backwards:
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I started to enjoy bearing metal panels with a hammer recently, so i got myself a proper hammer and dolly and started to hammer it straight.
Worked out pretty well and i'm happy i didn't have to pay a bodyshop for another 30minutes of work.
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While doing bodywork anyway, i thought it's time to test-fit the rear bumper. I didn't want to mess up my NOS bumper mounts (i'll save them for the final assembly). I realized that my old ones were pretty messed up.
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A bit of hammering and bending and things started to look usable
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Then i recut the threads because the bolts wouldn't fit with the thic coat of primer that ended up in the holes:
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And last but not least i put some rust-converter on the straightened brackets and installed them on the rear. But i forgot to take photos of that.

Then i got a bunch of panels in questionable condition from germany.
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What is special about those front lower valances you ask? Three of them are specific for European spec cars, with the additional mounting points for the euro-spec front spoiler:
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Here you can see them with my (very wobbly) front lip:
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I once had a NOS one, but it seems i sold it a while ago (back then i thought i'd go for the xenon front bumper anyway). and now i hate myself for it. Luckily one of the corner valances seemed to be half-NOS. It still had the original protective black primer and sticker on it, but it also had a bit of rust and remaints of a front bumper that was once attached to it. BTW: those EU-spec corner valances have a closed hole for the turn signals (we got the ones mounted on top of the front bumper) and again holes at the bottom for the front lip:20241030_194712-Kopie.jpg

Well. it took me a few minutes to get those rusty old bolts out, but now i have again a complete (albait the center part is not very fresh) set of  EU-spec lower valances.
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Oh and a sea-freight pallette with some nice parts left the Port in Japan last week. so i hope in a few weeks i can show you some nice parts...

And then, recently i iwas at a very nice S30 related event in the netherlands (more about that very soon). And there i got some nice gifts.
Read more about it here:
https://www.jdmjunkies.ch/wordpress/2024-10-26/240z-some-gifts-from-the-netherlands/
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1 hour ago, JDMjunkies.ch said:

And then, recently i iwas at a very nice S30 related event in the netherlands (more about that very soon). And there i got some nice gifts.

Was very nice to see you again, Nils.

I have some pretty good UK/Euro-spec front valances and corners in storage should you be in need of them.

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