1976 280Z Restoration Project

[gwri8]

If you hurry, http://www.car-part.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi

Edit : It didn't link  but there is a 76 tank there.

Edited November 19, 2015 by gwri8

[wheee!]

Is the 2+2 gas tank the same on a 76?

[wheee!]

Fuel and brake lines are all out now. Just a few little things left before it can be mounted on the rotisserie. Hoping to have the windshield out this weekend. Dont really know where im going to put it though....

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Also, i should have assumed there had been damage under the replaced quarter panel.... Just was hoping it was due to rust instead...

[Patcon]

I don't think the car is heavy enough to bend those even if you lifted by them. Is it possible the car went off road and hit something? Are there any other marks on the bottom of the control arms? The tank doesn't look good, might leak like a sieve after the rust is removed. The fuel sender could be cleaned with some rust dissolver but would probably need to be disassembled first.

[wheee!]

I don't think the car is heavy enough to bend those even if you lifted by them. Is it possible the car went off road and hit something? Are there any other marks on the bottom of the control arms? The tank doesn't look good, might leak like a sieve after the rust is removed. The fuel sender could be cleaned with some rust dissolver but would probably need to be disassembled first.

 

 

I don't know what to think. The bends are "up" at the same point so it looks like the car was lifted hard or slammed down onto something. No other visible witness marks to anything else. I assume the car had received a rear passenger side impact after discovering the replaced quarter and the dented tank. If the bends were "down" I might have thought it was strapped down too hard onto a low bed or frame rack or something. No real reason for it really....

 

I plan on trying to restore the sending unit. Other than rust, it doesn't look damaged at all. The tank is looking more and more like a purge, clean, cut apart, repair, weld and seal job to me more and more....

Edited November 20, 2015 by wheee!

[Patcon]

Well if the car isn't full of fuel the rear of the car probably only weighs 700 pounds or so, just guessing. I can't imagine that is enough to bend a roughly 1" pipe but maybe...it is strange

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In the end I'm not heartbroken over the rear arms. I really want the Techno Toy Tuning ones anyways so this is a minor issue. Getting the spindle pins out will be more fun...

 

[Patcon]

Get JeffG to ship you his new toy so you can do some quality control testing for him.

[wheee!]

oh? What does he have?

[jonathanrussell]

I don't know anything about the quality and fit of this custom fuel tank but I run across it when doing Tampa Craigslist searches. It looks very interesting and I thought you might also be interested.

 

http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/pts/5288489852.html

[Patcon]

New spindle pin puller design... look up his new content for his thread