1973 Rebuild

[Matthew Abate]

Things I learned cutting this hole:

I need more light.

I need a grinder that can work more finely. Maybe my deemed could work.

I need better metal files.

[Patcon]

Mathew

Do you have a straight die grinder? You need one with a 4" grinder wheel. You also need a right angle grinder and get a 2" Rolock head. Some 2" Roloc pads in 36 grit will help you straighten the lines. they cut really fast. You could also get a body saw but not really a necessity, sort of expensive but would work in this application really well.

Also I don't use files for anything! I'm old and don't have time to waste...

Edited April 30, 2016 by Patcon

[Matthew Abate]

Found something interesting on Ratsun:

http://community.ratsun.net/topic/20963-original-datsun-paint-codes/

[Mike]

On May 9, 2016 at 0:53 PM, Matthew Abate said:

Found something interesting on Ratsun:

Yeah pretty sure they stole that from us.  Check out our paint code info. 

just do a search for paint codes and you'll see it's been here a long time. 

Also want to mention home.com also has an excellent knowledge base.

http://zhome.com/History/ZColorGallary/index.html

 

 

 

[Matthew Abate]

I've just never seen all the Datsun colors in one sheet before. I've seen tons of conversation about Z colors.

I've been scrounging around on eBay and found some collections of chips for a lot of years.

Ultimately it's just feeding a bad habit of being indecisive.

[Matthew Abate]

Last night I marked all of the holes in my engine bay that didn't have something screwed into them when I got the car (remember it was half disassembled when it arrived).

Next step is to identify which ones can be welded up and which ones will need to stay.

[Matthew Abate]

Worked on stripping the floors a little tonight. Not too much because I only had about 30 minutes, but the driver's side isn't as crazy rusted as I thought it was. Still gotta get in there under the seat brace, but I'm thinking I have less metal to cut out than I thought. Still beat up and full of rivet holes, though.

[ksechler]

Good news.  Doesn't look too bad.  Keep at it!

[Matthew Abate]

I'm wondering if maybe it's time to invest in a compressor. A big one.

The electric grinder does the job, but I just did the math on stripping wheels and I'm wondering if home media blasting is the way to go.

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[siteunseen]

FWIW I bought a "last until I'm dead" Kobalt super nice upright 60 or 80 gallon? can't remember, $600. Harbour freight pressurized media pot, $100. With all the stuff that air compressor runs I feel like I'm ahead on those purchases. 

The Datsun Z cars turned me into my Dad, which ain't a bad thing. I'm the guys dad in Fast Times with the "ultimate set of tools" that's a TV repairman.

[rossiz]

dude... i can fix it!!

[Matthew Abate]

Drained my tank tonight. Last I checked this is not the correct color for gasoline:

Also, it doesn't smell like gasoline. I don't know what kind of additives are in this but it's fumed up my house to the point where I am concerned about my children's future life potential.