1973 Rebuild

[Matthew Abate]

Good news:

Thanks to the kindness and generosity of a fellow forum member I may have found the resolution to my tank saga.

Also, I am moving forward with reconditioning that head this week. Should have a progress report on that in the next week or so.

Lastly, my builder (father) and I have had several conversations with Dave at Rebello about what to do with this ZX engine. We've settled on the details and the only outstanding question is how much wear there is on the crank, and whether that will move is into stroker territory.

Bad news:

I noticed that my brake system is leaking in a few places in the engine bay. No big deal until I noticed that the leak coming from the connection point between the master cylinder and the vacuum booster has gone down between the firewall panels and through the seam to the inside of the left wheel well.

This, plus not being able to get into a couple of places to adequately strip the metal before welding in these panels means that I have decided to take the car into a body shop sooner rather than later.

Thinking September/October now rather than February.

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[Matthew Abate]

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[Matthew Abate]

Question: are the rear lower control arms supposed to be identical, or did someone just flip one over and use it on the wrong side of my car?

A quick google image search shows me that they are the same part and it's just upside down on one side, but I want to make absolutely certain. Did I answer my own question?

[Zed Head]

They are identical (but not symmetrical) and someone did flip one for the other side.  Nissan.  That's they way they made 'em.  Everybody takes a pause when they first see that.

[Matthew Abate]

Crazy.

In other news, I got the brain stem and spinal cord out tonight.

[Matthew Abate]

I'll just leave this right here:

http://www.rotiform.com/rbq-w-29630.htm

[ksechler]

On 7/9/2016 at 9:39 PM, Matthew Abate said:

Crazy.

In other news, I got the brain stem and spinal cord out tonight.

Did you label the connectors?  You should, you will thank yourself later.

[Matthew Abate]

Did you label the connectors?  You should, you will thank yourself later.

I would have if they had not been disconnected when I bought the car. :/

It will be part of the rewrapping project.

[ksechler]

13 hours ago, Matthew Abate said:

 

 

 

 

I would have if they had not been disconnected when I bought the car. :/

 

It will be part of the rewrapping project.

Good luck!  It'll be an uphill battle.  I think I have built my car 4 or 5 times (trial and error) partly because I didn't label things real well.  

[Matthew Abate]

Shifting gears for a minute while I do research and continue dismantling the car, I thought I would go back to the topic of paint. I have this thread going on the subject of non-s30 Datsun colors, but it didn't get any tractions, so I'll stick it in here.

Right now I am leaning in 3 directions: Orange, Grey, or Silver. Within those 3 are tons of options, but my main dilemma is… ORIGINAL or NOT ORIGINAL?
Here's some pretty stuff I've been looking at:

From Speed Shop Web

 

by Willy Izaguirre

 

Found at the Nisei Showoff in 2010

 

DUH!

 

Next year

 

BMW Z4 in Valencia Orange

 

Aston Martin's Madagascar Orange (Also on Land Rovers I think)

Edited July 12, 2016 by Matthew Abate

[Mark Maras]

 If it is to be driven often, I'd go with the 918 orange. Everyone loves it, it's easy to repair and I wouldn't have to deal with flake or pearl. 

 If it is to be garaged and shown as Z porn, Aston Martin's Madagascar Orange would be stunning on a Z.