Duffy's 1/71 Series 1 240z build

[Captain Obvious]

Looks great!

[duffymahoney]

So I believe the horns came with green zinc on them.  Or maybe part had no coating?  I decided on powder coating the fronts in black, the backside of them has some deep pitting and I would rather not zinc them.  Plus I think gold zinc in the front will look goofy.  Then inner parts you see gold zinc.  Then back with all the electronics will just need to be media blasted and a nice 2 part paint.  I can't figure out a good way to take it apart.  

[duffymahoney]

I spent an hour taping off the horns to protect the electronics. I then media blasted them. Then took them to a auto paint shop. The rears are single stage 2 part black paint. The grills are powder coated bk06. Just like the rest of my z. 

Edited December 12, 2018 by duffymahoney

[grannyknot]

@duffymahoney, what are you using for the paper gaskets between the 2 parts of the horn?

[duffymahoney]

4 minutes ago, grannyknot said:

@duffymahoney, what are you using for the paper gaskets between the 2 parts of the horn?

Good question. Either laser cut paper or gasket maker. I honestly don’t know yet. 

 

 

[duffymahoney]

I took the door strikers off to send out for zinc.  No rust behind!

[duffymahoney]

Door, hatch and horn parts are back from zinc. Also tons of nuts and screws. Zinc day is always the best. 

[duffymahoney]

Horns are rebuilt. 

I used gasket maker instead of the paper seal. 

Now time to remove all the original tape from the front wiring harness and redo it. 

[duffymahoney]

Original wiring harness sticker. This was up by the horns. Pretty neat to find after so many years. 

[Patcon]

7 minutes ago, duffymahoney said:

Original wiring harness sticker. This was up by the horns. Pretty neat to find after so many years. 

Nix240 has reproduced all these tags on his car during his restoration

[duffymahoney]

8 minutes ago, Patcon said:

Nix240 has reproduced all these tags on his car during his restoration

I will have to find the thread. I’m not restoring mine. But just making it nicer. 

Someday I might acid bath it and paint it right. Who knows. 

[Patcon]

45 minutes ago, duffymahoney said:

I will have to find the thread. I’m not restoring mine. But just making it nicer. 

Someday I might acid bath it and paint it right. Who knows. 

I don't believe he documented it here. He may have over on HybridZ