240z rebuild / restoration right down to the shell

[madkaw]

I'm tired just reading this thread-good work

[EuroDat]

It looked good just welded, now its painted black its WOW

Great job your doing.

Cheers

Chas

[bartsscooterservice]

wow pretty fast !

[grannyknot]

Thanks, I have to go back to work in six weeks so I'm hustling a bit, I want to drive this thing this summer!

[grannyknot]

The shop in sanding mode

Underneath 2 layers of orange then blue, then yellow, then orange again then brown primer.

That's what you can see here under that was 1/4" of body filler and when I got down to the steel there was 3 smallish dents and a 1 ground out area where some rust was taken care of.

I have had a nice piece of stainless steel kicking around the shop for 5-6 years now, it was a 3rd shelf from a BBQ that I didn't need so I kept it figuring it would come in handy at some point,

Thought it might make a good heat shield for under the triple carbs, this is it in rough. Still have to clean up the edges and polish.

Sand, fill, sand, fill, primmer,

NO MORE ORANGE!

Just have to do one more coat of primmer, sand with 460 and it's ready for sealer, then paint!

[EhlersRS]

Chris,

I finally had time to read your thread. Great job on your Z! Like you, I'm the 5th owner of my car. The 3rd and 4th owners planned to restore the car, but circumstances kept them from working on it. I also have a stack of receipts from the first 2 owners, but thankfully no major body work was done that I'll have to redo. The car was repainted in the late 70's and of course it has lots of rust. Thanks for the photos of your work and I look forward to the finished product!

Robert S.

[e-tek]

Fantastic work - and exactly the same as what I just went through! Not sure who's was worse!

Not to hijack your awesome thread, but here's what I mean:

I spent too much time on my rotisserie!

Did you not have to do the quarters?

At the rate you're going you'll be done way sooner than I will!!

[grannyknot]

Don't worry about hijacking, not at all. Yeah there is nothing as satisfying as cutting out rust, my quarters were in good shape, some previous work had been done on the wheel wells and it was good work so I left it alone.

I would kill for your shop, all that space.

Whoa, Ed, I just went to your site and found your resto thread http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/check-out-my-ride/36032-e-tek-racing-71-parts-car-resto.html fantastic work.

I think your car was in worst shape, I was very glad not to have to get into the dog legs.

But I don't have any sympathy for you considering you have a dream shop, a dream job and a hot babe racing wife! Can I come work for you?

Edited February 26, 2013 by grannyknot

[Notorious Nerd]

This is a fantastic thread Grannyknot! Youve done an amazing job. That shell is bulletproof!

[grannyknot]

Hey Thomas, I hope it will be bulletproof but stiffer is all I'm hoping for. I have been following your thread on OntZcar for a while now. The extent of your rust is very similar to what mine was when I started and as you know anything is do-able

just depends on how much money or in my case labour you want to throw at it. Is it okay if I include a link to your thread with in this one?

Chris

[grannyknot]

And she is off for paint, this is my buddy Tubo's paint shop. I know it looks kinda rough but he consistently puts out great work.

Hopefully we'll get a primmer/sealer done tomorrow and colour by the end of the week.

[EuroDat]

Hi Chris,

Cant wait to see photos of the car painted. Awesome project btw;)

Chas