sweatys rebuild

[sweatybetty]

hello all! first off, i would like to thank all of you who post here, as there is a lot of information to learn from.

i bought my 72 z from a young guy about a month ago. he had it sitting on a trailer with a for sale sign asking $850 obo. i offered $750 if he would deliver it and he jumped on that!

it seems he bought the car in 04 from some tweaker that loved to spray paint things black, which may have helped slow some of the rusting down. any how, the p.o. is a line-man and travels around America working and never found time to do much with the car and finally decided to sell. it has been sitting in a dry barn since 04.

i bought a battery, starter, oil psi gauge, temp gauge and some carb kits and the engine runs very well with good oil pressure. one worry gone!

anyhow here are some pics of what i bought and where i am now. i will try to keep this post up dated as thing go forward

thanks all   sb

 

 

 

triple webers 40dcoe

 

original dash no cracks at all!

 

passenger side floor pan before

 

and after

 

drivers side  i replace the floor support on both sides with 16 gauge steel that runs from front to rear

 

tweaker speaker holes. the cowl drains are right above these holes. no wonder the floor pans were rusted.

 

tweaker paint job. just in case you dont know its a 240z! i found a bit more rust under the battery tray, so i decided to strip the car and send it off to the sandblaster. he will do the engine bay, all the door posts and window frames for $200. all in a few hours. that will happen this coming week

 

 

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[S30Driver]

Nice find & great job on the floors!  Looking forward to your progress.  I have that job coming up on a 71z.

 

Love those adjustable jack stands & the 2 RC planes...

[Patcon]

You did good. The carbs and dash are worth 3 times what you paid for the car. Be careful if you work under the car that it can't roll. That would be bad. Blasting may reveal some more rots areas but at least you will have found it all. Looks good

[gwri8]

You did good. The carbs and dash are worth 3 times what you paid for the car. Be careful if you work under the car that it can't roll. That would be bad. Blasting may reveal some more rots areas but at least you will have found it all. Looks good

Yep, I would be a little leery of those blocks myself.  I do love a new build though, keep the pics coming!

Edited November 8, 2015 by gwri8

[grannyknot]

Well done! If you keep working under that car with those blocks like that you aren't going to be around to enjoy it.

Chris

[rossiz]

nice! while the body is off at the blaster you can start cleaning up the engine and get those triples restored.

the sheet metal on these cars is pretty thin, so your blaster needs to use care to avoid making a mess of it...

[sweatybetty]

car went to the blaster yesterday.when i originally talked to him, he said his rate was $140/hour. holy $%&^$$$! so when i dropped the car off i told him to stop at 2 hours. he did everything but the bottom and the roof for $245. he could have done the roof but didnt want to damage it since it is a large, flat panel. what a difference! this guy is my new best buddy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

and the ugly spot, under the battery.

 

 

 

i did forget to get a gallon of primer, so im a little worried about flash-rust, but i think it will be ok until monday.

[HuD 91gt]

What a deal!  I'd love to have my car stripped!

[Patcon]

SweatyBetty

That's not a bad rate for blasting and it is so nice to work on the car once you know what you have. The area under the battery could be worse. I had to repair that area on one car but had to make the compound corners. It looks like most of your repairs can be made from flat stock. "After Blast" from Eastwood will prevent flash rust so you can wait to paint until after you are done making repairs

[sweatybetty]

been a busy week getting this pig ready for epoxy-sealer. i left the heat in my shop on set a 62* and that stopped any possibility of rust. cant wait for the power bill epoxy went on this morning. what a difference

 

 

 

[Patcon]

Looks good

[sweatybetty]

a little progress this past week. we had a cold front move in, so its a bit hard to get motivated when i can only get the shop up to about 55*

 

battery tray area fixed and sealed

 

 

 

 

seam sealer applied

 

 

 

epoxy sealed