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1976 280Z Restoration Project


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Hatch lined up nice. Refurbed (painted) gas shocks still work good.

 

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Only the outer seal installed as the inner seal won’t let the hatch close easily and will put off the body work. I will get the seals sorted later.

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Some more work on the nacelles today. After I got them coated with truck bed liner on the inside, I prepped them for paint. The last picture shows the high gloss clear coat and you can even see the ceiling filter and burnt out fluorescent bar! Very happy. 
 

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I haven’t finished fitting the other side yet but it looks a little tighter.
This is my bad. I didn’t hang the panels first before finishing the inside edges etc. I completely forgot and skipped that step in my rush to the finish line. At this point, I can do as you say and weld new metal to the edges, remove the door and fender, grind and finish the welds, repaint the panels and rehang them... a loss of a lot of work already done and adding a lot more time to the build.
Or, I can work a small amount of edge fill in with fibreglas filler to extend the edge lines a little closer and have less gap and less repaint work on the panels. I am not too unhappy with the gap size as I think it will hide well on a dark car. I am more concerned with it being balanced to the rear edge which is also a little off top to bottom.
Again, this isn’t a concourse car and I don’t expect perfection. I would really like to see this car on the road this summer and there is a ton of work to do still.

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I am not done fitting the door too. It can be adjusted up a bit and that should help.

I have seen worse, but I expected a bit better. Like I said, I can make this look better before I am done, I'm just not sure I want to invest the time welding and repairing the panels at this point. Lesson learned....

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What does the rear edge of the door look like?

I wouldn't try to close the gap with a filler material. I don't think it will hold up well. If it needs to be closed up, Granny is right about adding a rod down the edge. The fender sort of has to "go where it goes" to fit into the reveal in the rocker panel

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Yeah... that relief was also a little off as I hand built the replacement “bulldog” end of the rocker. It looks like I might have made it about 1/8” too low as the panel doesn’t want to wrap around it easily. Again my own fault.
I will get a pic of the rear of the door too.

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