California 1978 Datsun 280z Restomod

[Kevin McSweeney]

Some more pictures of the car in primer, showing some areas of rust that need to be addressed later when we do final bodywork.

FYI we used SPI 2K Epoxy Primer, and will be using Transtar Quick Dry Rubberized Undercoating.

[Kevin McSweeney]

Color of choice: Verde Ermes.

Wheels will be 15x8 Atara Racing Pisang Bronze.

[wheee!]

I like green....!

[Kevin McSweeney]

Probably the final update of 2018 (or at least major update) will be coming tonight or tomorrow morning. The car has been painted on the interior and engine bay. I haven't seen it in person yet (will be picking it up Tuesday after LDW) but the photographs, which I will share later, look incredible. The paint is expensive but it looks better than I could have imagined. The vehicle is now fully undercoated also.

[Kevin McSweeney]

So this got delayed a bit by a few days in Vegas for LDW, but I picked up the Z this morning. Looking forward to hearing thoughts and opinions. The color is probably not for everybody but it's even nicer than I imagined.

 

 

[wheee!]

I’ve found my soulmate...



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[Patcon]

I like it. The paint looks good!

[grannyknot]

Looks great, single stage or base / clear?

[gotham22]

Love the color! Looks amazing


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[Kevin McSweeney]

On 9/5/2018 at 6:22 PM, grannyknot said:

Looks great, single stage or base / clear?

Base/clear - it’s a PPG Envirobase High Performance Waterborne paint. It looks amazing in the sun, and got a lot of compliments even in its current state!. It will be a few months until the exterior is anywhere near ready for paint, but definitely happy with progress!

Edited October 2, 2018 by Kevin McSweeney

[Kevin McSweeney]

3 hours ago, wheee! said:

I’ve found my soulmate...



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Excellent! Is yours an original Datsun green or what’s it off?

[wheee!]

Custom blend water based. Similar to the original 240 colour code. But very close to yours!