Yes, it looks good. You're being really productive!!

Looking good!  Getting real close now!  Once you see that whole body painted, you'll be anxious to finish, especially after what, 4 years??? Wow.
 

It seems like I’ve been working on this car forever...

Yes, it looks good. You're being really productive!!

The military gives us a large block of time off at Christmas which is really helpful. My wife has to work right up till Christmas Day so I am left to my own devices in the shop all day for a few weeks each December.

5 hours ago, wheee! said:

My wife has to work right up till Christmas Day so I am left to my own devices in the shop all day for a few weeks each December.

Those are the best days, you get to use the loud tools and toxic chemicals, the car is looking great Mark, you're in the home stretch.

Those are the best days, you get to use the loud tools and toxic chemicals, the car is looking great Mark, you're in the home stretch.

I am spoiled that way, as my shop is separate from the house so I can do the noisy stuff whenever I want.
I know the exterior is coming together but I am still needing a lot of stuff for the interior. Carpet and vinyl come to mind.
Anyone have a source for vinyl rolls to cut new pieces? No one sells kits for reasonable prices for the 280’s.

Bumper test fit and I am surprised. It is almost perfect! Even after two previous quarter panel replacements. Same gap sizes all the way around. Thanks [mention=25317]EuroDat[/mention] for the bumper bracket kit!!

And thanks [mention=11371]zKars[/mention] for the bumpers...!

 

 

Re: vinyl sources. Try the local upholstery shop. My local shop was very helpful and could get anything. Of course it helped that I farmed out the seats to them...

Love this thread, Mark

Cheers, Mike

A little touch up to the rad support top. It had picked up a couple scratches since it was painted over a year ago...

Re: vinyl sources. Try the local upholstery shop. My local shop was very helpful and could get anything. Of course it helped that I farmed out the seats to them...
Love this thread, Mark
Cheers, Mike

My local upholstery shop wanted $1200 per seat to restore them... out of my league. None of the locals have stock of the old style materials and want multiple appendages for their product.

I bought seats from a 77 280Z ($150 USD) for my series 1 so I could have the full forward and recline tilt. Got new foam from MSA ($150 USD) and leather covers for the seats, EBrake and shifter boot ($400 USD) from Interior Innovations so they all match with the red stitching. A friend helped with the seat upholstery and I did the mod for my series 1 seat rails to go on the seats. Here's my seat thread;

Not sure what it would cost for this in Canada, but if you're going to use your original seat frames I would guess it would be no where near your quoted $2,400 for 2 seats.

$2400 was for custom foams and covers. All of your prices are great in the states but seat foams alone come to $500 Cdn delivered. Exchange and shipping is a deal killer for most of us. I have seat covers and three sets of seats now. One of the sets has new foams so I will rebuild one set with those foams and my new covers.
I am looking for a good supplier of rolls of vinyl for the other section pieces now.

WOW!!! That's highway robbery. My shop did both my 300ZX seats in vinyl and cloth for "$850. Is he the only game for hundreds of miles around?

Mike