280z rebuild from the ground up

[Hardway]

You are making some great progress! Keep up the good work.

[andres14oj]

started removing the undercoating. Heat gun and spatula, hard work...

Was able to remove most of it under the passenger floor pan/frame rail, everything looks pretty good, no surprises under there.

Has anybody used a needlegun scaler to remove old undercoating on s30's? I read that this is about the best method on some other forums, may just have to pick one up.

Oh yeah, i also got to paint my rotisserie haha

Edited March 6, 2013 by andres14oj

[tamo3]

Great progress. I will I have rotisserie to restore under body of my Z

[andres14oj]

so i gave the needle scaler a try. It does work, much faster than scraper and heat gun, but it leaves the surface very rough.

I only spent around 2 hours using the scaler and was able to remove most of the undercoating on the passenger side. The good thing about it is that it gets in hard to reach areas and it also removes old body sealer.

i also removed most sound deadening inside using dry ice, a light hammer and a flat head screw driver, unfortunately i ran out of ice...

Edited April 14, 2013 by andres14oj

[andres14oj]

[rcb280z]

Wish I had that kind of time for my 77.

[andres14oj]

yeah, i estimated it would take me about a year to finish this project. I just hope it doesnt take any longer.

[mjr45]

Wish I'd had a rotisserie, would have made mine a lot easier. Its a bitch trying to weld lying on your back with the car just on stands, guess thats why my welds look like crap, that and just learning how to weld.

Edited April 19, 2013 by mjr45

[andres14oj]

finally got to do some cutting, but what fun is cutting if there isnt any more cutting needed underneath? haha

i cut out the lower panel on the hatch frame, u know, the one that always rusts, just to find more rust underneath righ above the driver side tail light... had to cut out a little piece of sheet about 3x6 extended. After replacing that piece i am ready to weld the pre-made panel:

also started cutting the rocker panel ends, just to find more rust underneath....

i wired brushed as much as i could and primered it for the time being just so it doesnt rust, we all know how fast that stuff is...

so, I am thinking about stitch welding my entire chassis since im already in this deep. I mentioned before how this car will be track inspired, mainly because i do plan on tracking it on the future. Im looking for information about this process, mainly about rust protection on the after process. Can anybody in here give me some insight? I read a few old threads where members recommend to go to hbz with questions of this kind, though i give it a try here first.

[LeonV]

i wired brushed as much as i could and primered it for the time being just so it doesnt rust, we all know how fast that stuff is...

so, I am thinking about stitch welding my entire chassis since im already in this deep. I mentioned before how this car will be track inspired, mainly because i do plan on tracking it on the future. Im looking for information about this process, mainly about rust protection on the after process. Can anybody in here give me some insight? I read a few old threads where members recommend to go to hbz with questions of this kind, though i give it a try here first.

That's because HBZ already has everything written out, you just have to look for it...

[ksechler]

That's because HBZ already has everything written out, you just have to look for it...

Never ask a how to question on hybrid z without searching the archives. I've seen so many posters get flamed for that. They make it an art form there.

[LeonV]

Never ask a how to question on hybrid z without searching the archives. I've seen so many posters get flamed for that. They make it an art form there.

It's not like it's that difficult. Nobody is asking anyone to head to the library and list through archives of text. We're all sitting on our arse, typing on a keyboard. Type it into Google and there it is, no scanning through 40-year-old documents necessary. Again, it's not difficult...