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1976 280Z Restoration Project


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Heading into my Christmas leave block with the military, so time to get serious! I will be working on the remaining original panels and doors, getting them down to bare steel and ready for repairs. After that I have some work to do on the front clip, prepping the old bumper shock mounts (where the rotisserie was mounted) for primer and installing the gas shock mod for the hood! Looking forward to having the front end done and all the panels ready for primer for the new year. Then let the blocking and bodywork begin!

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Should be a bit more “throaty” for sure. I haven’t heard Jim’s engine before but it was always carbureted as well. He will have to be the final judge! @zKars

I will have a bit of porting to do on the factory intake that I polished a year or so ago...

 

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Cleaned up the front bumper shock mount areas a bit. Prepping for the gas shock hood mod.

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Sandblasted the old lifts

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All the parts needed

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Cut off the screw mounts on the ball heads and position for welding

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Comparison of the uncut head with the cut threads version

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The plan is to finish prepping the hinges, then position the lower bracket and weld it to the frame.

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Some test fitting shows the bracket will be up against the rad support wall so I trimmed the bracket down. The full range of motion will have the strut fully extended at open and fully closed at hood closed. Not a lot of extra room but this should work! I plan on leaving the torsion bar fittings on the hinges as a backup system. 

 

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