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Here some endresults.. Sanding it.. rear part fender also the lower part is new.. (To make this i used a small english wheel.) English wheel.. (rubber on the top for not curving it in the length.. just only curving on the left-right..) the end result,

You can also form the part with a oak-wooden template like i did here.. The special hammer and dolly pay for itself in no time. (needed no dolly with this job.) sorry, one day i get the pics in the right order! 😉 Front fender repair.. 280zx.

If the "My pillow" crackhead could make money telling people to get vaccinated then the others would be civil and get their shots. This Delta variant is going to erase the progress we've made. The thing with it is it's affecting people's kids where the not so aggressive one was getting older people. God help us if your kid gets sick. That changes everything. And oh my, what if our dogs can get it? They'll run out of vaccinations/syringes then.

Doesn't @Dave WM have a 75? @wheee! has a 76. Maybe they can pop those fuses out and see if the turn signals still work. That's the test, right? Fuses should be removed and checked every now and then anyway, especially on these old cars. Here's some others I found. @fusion 1976 @carcrazyken 76 @280z762021 @76280z @bhermes @Barefootdan 75 @Cruzzar 75 @ernesto75

This is a start: https://vintagezparts.com/product/1972-right-rear-bumper-guard/ You may end up getting a part here and there verses all in a single purchase. Also... Guy at Z Car Doctor in Garden City, Idaho dose specialize in refurbished parts. https://www.zcardoctor.com/hard-to-find-z-parts

A magnetic part picker might help.

The last I bought were about $50 each and came out of Japan

Here is a short video of the tool being used. I know others have had them made too .... which is how I got the idea. I want to say Mike has one but I could be mixed up. MustacheBarTool.MOV

The ITMs are lighter. I've got .030 over sized and way back when I did my research they were the lightest of the small group, maybe not a group just all that was available at the time. Don't forget to get an aluminum flywheel if you're going to do a weight watcher build, you won't regret it. I did a balanced weight and it was easy and fun to balance half the bottom, didn't touch the crank. Then balancing the valve train was the fun part, literally fun. I shaved the parts then wire wheeled them to be slick all around. Did a good cleaning after that with lacquer thinner then wiped everything down with good wheel bearing grease. Kinda proud of that if you can't tell.

You're the brains behind it so you for sure qualify.

I don't know if this qualifies as a tool but it's going to be very useful to me, My shop has a bit of a slope leading up to it. A car that is running can just drive in but most of the cars that come in can't do it under their own power so I tow them up with the lawn tractor but have to stop 10-15 ft. away, then hook up tow straps and pull the car in with a come-along. A long and tiresome job, so I picked up a 12v 3,500 lb winch, built a base for it, hook it up to a battery, hook the battery charger up to it and turn it to Start. Lots of juice flowing and pull the car into the garage in seconds. I love it! Less work for my old back.

Same. I havent watched the news in almost 10 years, and now its getting to the point you cant even read it. You seem to do what I adopted about 2 years ago. Go out to the shop, put come CDs in, mow the grass, etc etc. Keep the faith and still go to the ballot box. America is going through a cultural revolution, albeit a weak one, this will pass, or collapse under its own weight.

I mentioned this a few weeks ago. I don't keep the components in my toolbox. To remove a pilot bushing, a slice of bread and a bolt slightly smaller than the inside diameter of the pilot bushing in the flywheel. A hammer and the bolt take the place of a grease gun and the bread acts like grease without the squeeze out.