That's going to be a great looking car when you get it done and out on the street.  Keep up the good work.

3 hours ago, Namerow said:

That's going to be a great looking car when you get it done and out on the street.  Keep up the good work.

There are so many little things that need redoing or correcting but at this point the car just needs to get done and enjoyed for a while. It is unlikely it will ever be sold because my kids will all fight over it. So it will fall to one of them to correct the things they don't like if I don't get around to it

That is a problem with restoring a car. It may look great to others, but you know every flaw and its hard to unsee them! There arent a lot of people out there that can completely tear down and rebuild an entire car. Dont sweat the small stuff it looks great and you will have more fun with it out of the shop than collecting dust worried about a mismatching body panel!! At least thats what I told myself 🙂

Thanks Ernest!

Can someone confirm this the factory 240z shifter boot ring?

Lily is an automatic car and this ring  doesn't line up at all with any of the four bolts welded to the tunnel

Also what fasteners are used to hold the ring down. Bolts or sheet metal screws???

I worked on the tail lights some more. Selected the better used parts I have

Disassembly requires removing this little locking disc off the plastic prong on the middle of the light trim

I have never removed one successfully

These are the retainers on the inside of the lens holding the trim on

 

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I finished the dash up this week. At least enough to go in...

Got the steering column in too. waiting on bolts for the steering coupler

I polished a set of lenses for the front turn signals. I also found a set of front turn gaskets to clean up

Even though I may take the quarter glass out sometime in the future, I went ahead and put the lower seals on. I lined the notch up pretty close to the inner lower edge of the quarter window

I got the hatch glass in. I started but Cody had to help me get it the rest of the way in. My hands were cramping bad by the end trying to keep the glass squeezed down so the seal would lip over. Actually it is a little lower in the hatch then I would want. I started the string at the top edge. It might be better to start it at the bottom edge

I also got the door bumpers in. I trimmed the excess paint out of the holes first and then I put them in. Soapy water on the first one and a small flat blade screwdriver. I used silicone grease on the second one and that seemed easier overall.

Working on sorting the ST sway bar end links. I thought I would put the bars underneath the axles but that won't work. Going over the top will require longer links

Over

The links will have to be about 2 inches longer. The hardware is SAE but I might try to convert it all to metric

 

I think the metal (on the trans tunnel) is dimpled and marked to cut out the area for a manual. Peel back the insulation and look closely. That trim ring looks right and its held in with phillips sheet metal screws. You are getting there!

The wiring work is getting inspected, and I've barely even started.