Datsun 240Z - 1971 Blue Metallic 903

[Datsunbat]

Hi everybody!

 

 

Thanks a lot for yor feed-back. I’ve got some news and that’s why I’m here again.

Last Tuesday I went to Mr.vitorino shop and started do dismantle the Z…honestly I thought it was a dificult task, but it wasn’t…well, only in some little details.

The ca ris in excellent shape as photos will show…I guess this car was restored or deep painted some years ago.

Next week We’ll have at least one door rebuilt, below the doors and inside need some intervention.

Here are some photos…

 

Rear window acquisition…the car has the horizontal defrost lines and aren’t the correct…I found one vertical and job done…a few years ago I bought one in the USA and came broken…never bought or find anoter one..they are getting rare this days!!!

 

 

 

The beggining…

 

 

Door parts ready for the treatment…Nickel plating

 

 

Rear floor…not bad!!! I got scared, but fortunately the brown zone is glue…no rust…

 

 

Door ready for Mr.Vitorino!

 

 

Original floor carpet…but has to be removed!!!

 

 

Rear luggage accomodation in excelente shape

 

 

 

 

And now the surprise…the original blue…It can only be seen on some detailed parts..this is one!

 

 

Replacemente tyre floor…not bad…no rust…

 

 

 

The seats will be rédone, but I will only take care of the parts that are completely off…

 

 

No plastic cover…but I have 2 here…offered by a mate!!!

 

 

Passenger side floor…the usual…46 years and some bad treatment…the reason…the jack tool…but Mr.vitorino said that’s a part to be redone…

 

 

 

 

 

Drivers side floor…the usual again…but this one has no concerns…ist’s 75% good…a little intevention. By the end we will apply some Soundproofing board to avoid rust and noise.

 

 

 

 

My helper keeping all the bolts in place!

 

 

Under the plate no surprises!!!!

 

 

Datsun logo temporarily off…

 

 

In my opinion this s the exact moment to restore the car…it has some details that need intervention, and now that he has no rust holes and unrestorable parts the process will be much easier.

 

Hope you like it…next week some more news!!!

Regards

Mário

[Datsunbat]

And we all star the mechanical part…new parts arrive…



































Meanwhile they arrive and put in place…









Cleaning parts…





I need a new fuel pump…but i think Ican get one new…I haven’t search for it!





Electric system waint to be revised,,,







MR.Vitorino completely exhaust…







See you nest week…Z







Hope you enjoyed it…next week I’ll put some more upgrades!



Regards

Mário

[Datsunbat]

[Datsunbat]

The mudflaps holes were covered too…they will no longer be used…

The back of the car was in bad shape too…minor dents…but needed some repair!!!















No holes….yeah!!!!





Now some photos…



The oil pan is in great shape, just needs to be painted grey…the colour is not bad….





Mr.Vitorino focused…





No doubts…903 blue…





Warriors relax…









Now we will wait 15 days…and deliver it for painting…



Hope you still enjoying it!!



Regards

Mário

[Datsunbat]

Hi,




I'm back with fresh news!




Here is the car after the painting job!!!




It looks awesome!!! I'm very happy with the results!!!




The colour is the original...I´m waiting for the final result!!!


























The comparison...













Regards

Mário

[Datsunbat]

Hi, here I come again with fresh news!

This weekend we made a new up-grade on some parts, and finally we start the assembling…slowly, but started…

During the last week, I got most of the important parts to assemble the car, parts like bolts kit, rubbers kit, details for doors and some engine bay parts. I’ll make a list as lonf as we will put them on the car.

Most parts are original and the aftermaket ones are excelente quality,

Today Mr.Vitorino woke me up at 8:00 o’clock… - Hey, where are you???? - I’m sleeping…jump off the bed and come immediately to work on the car!!!! And so I did…ehehehehe



A stubborn bolt…it broke when we dissemble the engie…but Mr.Vitorino saved the day!!!









This is the resulto of the sandblast and metalization…this part is not ended yet, it will be painted with high temperature paint.







This was missing part for the gearbox…







New parts arrival and some care on organization!







Center console up-grade







My car is a second series from March 1971, but the previous owner changes some details, and the center console was one of them.

I bought a series II to make this up-grade to make the car as much original I can. This console is much more attractive than the other…I’m extremely happy with the final result.



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Even the leather pattern has small disserences…









And this is the beginning…the first part that goes to the car…the exterior chrome trims…

Mr. Vitorino cleaning them with a moisture to make them bright.











And the final result…applied on car…















Hope you enjoy this weekend work…next week will have more news…we will strat with the rear end!



Regards

Mário

[Datsunbat]

Now it's up to date!!! Sorry about the first photos...they were from a site that broke some links!

Weekly I'l up date the Z restore!

 

Regards

Mário

[240260280]

Looks great!

[kats]

Very beautiful!! Please keep update for us .

And super rare magnesium wheels !

I wish I can have 903 on my car one day .

Kats

[grannyknot]

Mario, she's a real beauty, looking forward to your next post.

[jfa.series1]

Great work, congratulations!  The car is looking beautiful, you have a very skilled and talented man leading the way.

[dmorales-bello]

Very nice Mario! It's great to see the experienced hands of Mr. Vitorino at work.