Dave W 1971/240Z rebuild

[Patcon]

Yeah, the wiring loom was a good find!

[grannyknot]

Well she's up in the air, like an idiot I sold my good rotisserie last fall thinking I would never use it again.  So I had to dig out the old one, not very pretty but it works fine.

Someone jacked the car up in the middle or the floor pan, I have an anvil that I p/u and drop to correct those.

Some rust porn.

[Patcon]

You really have to wonder who would think that little rail is suitable for picking up the car!

[Yarb]

A Ton of People!!

[Captain Obvious]

Including the people who wrote the shop manuals?

[grannyknot]

I started chipping away at the tar mat today, oh what fun

I was hoping I could save the floor pans but they are too far gone, water was pooling and the rust is bad.

I manged to remove the firewall insulation, vinyl cover and original trans tunnel insulation and I can reuse all of them.

Also found another long term tenant, this was only half of what was came out, the rest I had to get by sticking the vacuum hose through the vent.

[Yarb]

Man, That’s a shame best of luck to you friend.

[Patcon]

The tail light panel looks pretty rough on top...

[HusseinHolland]

Dang. That layered rust is giving me PTSD. Even my X1/9 rot pales in comparison.

How do you get through all those layers without completely removing everything inside & out?

 

Edited November 20, 2023 by HusseinHolland

[Patcon]

16 minutes ago, HusseinHolland said:

Dang. That layered rust is giving me PTSD. Even my X1/9 rot pales in comparison.

How do you get through all those layers without completely removing everything inside & out?

 

Sometimes, you have to do exactly that. Fortunately all of the metal panels are available now. That is a fairly recent phenomenon. That makes this repair a lot more manageable. The real problem is you have to sequence the work and be careful to get the car back together straight.

[grannyknot]

2 hours ago, Patcon said:

The tail light panel looks pretty rough on top...

Luckily, KF Vintage makes the exact replacement sections, https://kfvintagejdm.com/shop/datsun/under-slam-panel-repair-section-left-side-datsun-240z/

1 hour ago, HusseinHolland said:

Dang. That layered rust is giving me PTSD. Even my X1/9 rot pales in comparison.

How do you get through all those layers without completely removing everything inside & out?

 

 

Patcon said it, like an archaeologist you have to remove the first layer, second layer and just keep cutting back until you reach clean metal . If it's real bad you just remove the whole piece but something so localized like that area I'll use the back of the rocker panel, the dog leg panel and probably a piece of the inside rocker.

I'll post pics as I cut through.

Edited November 20, 2023 by grannyknot

[Namerow]

18 hours ago, grannyknot said:

I started chipping away at the tar mat today, oh what fun

1. Can you talk a bit a bout your 'chipping' technique.  Did you use dry ice, for example?
2. What's your approach for drilling out spot welds and peeling the layers part?
3. Is that a corn cob that came out of the air vent?