1976 280Z Restoration Project

[wheee!]

They’re from DPAN on the web. (Datsun Parts and Needs). Plastic but well done. Overall I have decided to avoid the 280Z badging due to the fact this car will be a mix of S30 variants plus a 3100cc engine. A stock Fairlady badge seems to offend the purists too much so this is a nice compromise.

[dmorales-bello]

They’re from DPAN on the web. (Datsun Parts and Needs). Plastic but well done. Overall I have decided to avoid the 280Z badging due to the fact this car will be a mix of S30 variants plus a 3100cc engine. A stock Fairlady badge seems to offend the purists too much so this is a nice compromise.

Makes perfect sense to me!

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[wheee!]

Sand, fill, sand, prime, repeat...

[wheee!]

Ongoing collection of parts. A package arrived from MSA Friday. $500 USD equals $1000 CDN by the time exchange, taxes and shipping eat my wallet.
- Received a full 10 piece sewn and molded carpet kit
- full roof liner and vinyl trim kit
- leather shift boot
- leather ebrake boot
- floor mats
- rubber gas flap
- rubber gas door and door handle bumpers
- ebrake boot screws

The list of items I still need is getting smaller.

[colinc]

7 hours ago, wheee! said:

Ongoing collection of parts. A package arrived from MSA Friday. $500 USD equals $1000 CDN by the time exchange, taxes and shipping eat my wallet.
- Received a full 10 piece sewn and molded carpet kit
- full roof liner and vinyl trim kit
- leather shift boot
- leather ebrake boot
- floor mats
- rubber gas flap
- rubber gas door and door handle bumpers
- ebrake boot screws

The list of items I still need is getting smaller.

I feel your pain wheee (re: exchange, taxes and shipping). This is the first winter in over 10 years that I have not ordered something from MSA or other US suppliers. The extra costs are just too painful. I have also all but given up on eBay given the above, their ridiculous international shipping charges and the overinflated prices.

Edited March 1, 2020 by colinc

[grannyknot]

You know guys Whiteheads in Toronto is very competitive on pricing, there is nothing they can't get and you don't get raped with the border scam.

[ConVerTT]

10 hours ago, wheee! said:

Ongoing collection of parts. A package arrived from MSA Friday. $500 USD equals $1000 CDN by the time exchange, taxes and shipping eat my wallet.
- Received a full 10 piece sewn and molded carpet kit
- full roof liner and vinyl trim kit
- leather shift boot
- leather ebrake boot
- floor mats
- rubber gas flap
- rubber gas door and door handle bumpers
- ebrake boot screws

The list of items I still need is getting smaller.

Well at least the list is shrinking ....

[wheee!]

I have never found Whiteheads to be more reasonable than the exchange and border rape...

[grannyknot]

7 hours ago, wheee! said:

I have never found Whiteheads to be more reasonable than the exchange and border rape...

Maybe it's because I'm local with cash in my hand.

[colinc]

15 minutes ago, grannyknot said:

Maybe it's because I'm local with cash in my hand.

I know I looked at Whitehead when I was considering stainless bumpers.  I ended up buying the bumpers from Vietnam (see thread on this site).  What I paid with shipping and duties was probably $600 less than what Whitehead wanted. I’m not sure what the quality differences were but I have been quite happy with the bumpers from Vietnam. 
 

I am local with cash so I will look at them again in the future. 

[ConVerTT]

8 hours ago, wheee! said:

I have never found Whiteheads to be more reasonable than the exchange and border rape...

 

1 hour ago, grannyknot said:

Maybe it's because I'm local with cash in my hand.

I look at them from time to time but they seem comparable or higher than the price I get by drop shipping parts at the Montana border, driving down and picking it up. (Math: 6-8 hours depending on the border wait plus $80 fuel plus a few $ storage fees plus GST at the border.  So it works for big ticket stuff, heavy stuff, stuff that won't ship to Canada at all, or stuff that ships free in the 48).   We make a run 3-4 times a year.   @wheee! could play too but I think this "Pony Express" is a little too slow for his liking....

[wheee!]

I’m an old dog, that looks like a new trick...