Restoration of HLS30-12070

[CW240Z72]

Quick shot of the drivetrain install that was completed over the weekend. Now that there’s no worry about scratching the valve cover, I’ll pull it and finish cleaning it up. Z Therapy carbs mocked up and looking good! 

 

[CW240Z72]

Lot of body work has been wrapped up on the body of the Z in prep for final paint. Not very exciting to photograph, but the drivetrain it just about buttoned up.
 

[Mark Maras]

Gorgeous nether region porn.

[Racer X]

13 hours ago, CW240Z72 said:

Lot of body work has been wrapped up on the body of the Z in prep for final paint. Not very exciting to photograph, but the drivetrain it just about buttoned up.
 

Very nice looking underside.

Will you be undercoating it?

 

[CW240Z72]

1 hour ago, Racer X said:

Very nice looking underside.

Will you be undercoating it?

 

No undercoat for this one, but a healthy coat of wax will be applied 😊. 
 

It survived 50 years uncoated, I’d hate to cover up the original floor pans on this one. 

[CW240Z72]

Steady progress has been made to get everything ready for the first fire up. While we wait for a few parts to ship in, I worked to get the AC system finished up, and cleaned up the valve cover. 

So far the AC system is routing like I had hoped, clean and out of the way. I never liked how the dealers installed the drier on the inner fender with sheet metal screws. On the front core support it should hide nicely from view. 

[Dens240]

Can you give a few more details about what you did to clean up the valve cover? It looks fantastic.

[CW240Z72]

56 minutes ago, Dens240 said:

Can you give a few more details about what you did to clean up the valve cover? It looks fantastic.

Valve cover was first cleaned in a ultrasonic machine to get all of the junk from 50 years of use off of it.

That got it clean, but not pretty. I then used a cheap oven cleaner to get the exterior surface back to a "raw" finish. Works great on aluminum, its what I had used on the transmission as well. 

After that the cover was clean, exterior back to a raw finish. It still didn't have a consistent color to it due to being a fairly crude casting. I lightly dusted the cover in a VHT high temp cast aluminum paint, only enough to give it an even finish. That was followed up with a clear coat, same used on the exterior of the car, to protect it. 

[Patcon]

Where is the AC dryer? It didn't see it inbthe pictures

[CW240Z72]

12 minutes ago, Patcon said:

Where is the AC dryer? It didn't see it inbthe pictures

Mounted it to the condenser brackets. Should be fairly hidden once the grille is in and the car on level ground 

[CW240Z72]

Fuel tank installed tonight. One step closer to hearing it fire up! 

[wheee!]

Wow! Truly amazing build with such incredible detail. Best of luck with the sale when done, as this will truly pull the market higher! Great work!!