1976 280Z Restoration Project

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I decided to modify the mirror mount in the car. I picked up another mirror stalk from Jim @zKars and shaped it to allow the wires in the headliner come through the middle and out towards the windshield. Now I have a perfect cap to cover the wires and make the whole unit look stock! Looking forward to having this complete with the glass in. 
 

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On to the next project. I wanted to redo the original steering wheel as it just felt like the right way to go. I sanded the spikes down and painted them body colour then hit them with a nice coat of gloss. Next, I wrapped a custom leather cover over the wheel and baseball stitched it up in dark green thread. The cover was off an eBay seller in the UK. 
 

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Reassembled the horn components and placed the wheel for effect. The cling wrap is just there to protect the paint for now. 
 

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Door panel skins arrived today! Time to build some doors...

Leather panels with leather covers for the armrests and green stitching.  Final pics in car not fully installed. 

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Sound system tested and temporarily installed. Sounds good for under $210 Cdn!

 

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Added a port on the console for the Haltech connection. This is unobtrusive and easy to connect. 
 

Edited June 4, 2020 by wheee!

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Did some paint repair while I wait for parts to show up. Some wet sanding and polishing. 
 

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I hope the second pic is before?  What grit did you start with?

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I had some clearcoat run in the cold. It didn’t set up as fast and by the third coat it hard started to sag. I used 1500 then 2000 then 2500 then 3000 then random orbital dual action polisher.

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A little more wet sanding and paint correction tonight. 

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1000/1500/2000/3000 grit then cutting pad and swirl and haze remover. 
This is about an 80% solution to the finished panel. I will do a complete polish after the car is all sanded.

Edited June 17, 2020 by wheee!

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Couldn’t resist picking up this polisher today. It was on sale and will go nicely with the DA I already have.