1976 280Z Restoration Project

[wheee!]

Oh the glamour! Such fun! [emoji58]







Let this be over soon ... I have too much OCD.

[grannyknot]

I feel for you, didn't already have paint on those fenders?

[wheee!]

I feel for you, didn't already have paint on those fenders?

The edges and insides are done. The outsides are actually really good except for the Taiwan fender in a couple spots. The headlight bucket stamp area was too narrow a diameter to for the bucket so that had to be built up. The edge where the bumper notch was curled inwards too much, and the edge near the top of the door at the body line was dented in that could not be pulled out easily. That needed some filler. The driver side is almost a done deal as it fits very well.

The back hatch had too many waves from all the dents and abuse it had received. The multiple colours of filler let me see where I have done previous spot levelling. It’s not very thick at all, but I’m trying to get it as flat (smooth) as possible in the curved natural form. Lots of long block work.

[gwri8]

19 hours ago, wheee! said:

Oh the glamour! Such fun!


Let this be over soon ... I have too much OCD.

Don't want to dash your dreams, but it will never be over ? .  As anyone here will attest, owning a Z is a bit like Hotel California except that the fun never ends!  Like you, my OCD needs to be fed on a regular basis and I can't think of a better meal than a Datsun. ?

Really enjoying your progress and that Green is Gorgeous!

[Captain Obvious]

Paint your car, they said! It'll be fun, they said!

[wheee!]

So another of my long planned purchases finally arrived. I had been covering the BRE racing mirrors for a while and pulled the trigger a couple of weeks ago. 
 

First of all, they are very cool. However they need to mount closer to the fender than the stock position. That means drilling new holes. No big deal because the stock holes are too wide anyways. 

My first problem I quickly discovered is that the door is very “closed in” near the front of the window area. Hard to get a finger in there let alone nuts and washers. But the real issue at first was that the backing plates were not drilled to same spacing as the mirror mounts! Poor quality control there. 

Other than that, I am super excited to have them finish mounted on the doors. A couple pics of the drivers side mounted to the stock position before I drilled new holes and closed up the old ones. 
 

[grannyknot]

Are you going to leave them black?  Black trim on green has always been one of my favorite combos.

[wheee!]

I think so. They suggest painting the mirror housing alone and leaving the stalks black but I might just leave it all black. I’ll think on it and decide once the doors are painted.

 

[Muzez]

13 hours ago, wheee! said:

Looks great! I didn't know I wanted these, but magically my project budget just expanded slightly lol

[Patcon]

Is the right side mirror a wide view mirror?

[wheee!]

7 minutes ago, Patcon said:

Is the right side mirror a wide view mirror?

They are both more of a wide view mirror than stock applications. I think this is a feature of the "racing" style...

[ConVerTT]

They will look great in black ....