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1976 280Z Restoration Project


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The Roadster will be Sleeping Beauty a while longer before she becomes my Fair Lady. I plan on waiting till the spring to bring her back to my home and shop. She will remain a faded rose until the Z is complete and running, then I will decide on how best to rejuvenate the topless cutie.

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Paid homage to Big Bertha while I was there.
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Ogled the various 240 project cars. Mr. Modest didn’t even mention the gem tucked away in the corner awaiting its spa treatment.
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Numbers matching early 70 with vertical defrost lines and air conditioning!

Plus the other nice candidate in the other room
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Let’s just say that @ConVerTT is a true connoisseur of fine automobiles. Just an ordinary guy with skill and passion. A lot of skill... 

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While I’m waiting for the new fan box, I got the main evaporator bolted in with strapping.
I used the front stock mounting plate with a few mods. Cut off some capture nuts and some tabs then I welded a washer to the top to give me a mounting point for the front. This stabilized the bottom nicely and offset the floor vents from the tunnel the max amount.
I then used one stock firewall pass-through hole on the driver side to the factory capture nut in the evaporator unit. Then I drilled a hole in the ABS case on the passenger lower opening to bolt a strap to the stock fan box firewall mount.
I will clean up the brackets and powder coat etc. Whew!

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