Evil Turkey

Hi, I just bought a 1976 280Z 2 seater and my biggest concern is THIS: It's the front left hand side pillar... it's the worst thing about the whole car and the only thing I cannot seem to find a solution to. It seemed fine when I bought the car but it was LITERALLY holding up by the PAINT! After I scratched up the paint bubbles, it fell appart so my question is simple: is it FUBAR (f***ed up beyond any repair) or is there anything I can get done to save another Z? Thanks!

Hi, I'm a regular guy from Quebec, Canada. College student, parttime worker and all time Z lover. I loved the first generation S30Z longer than I can remember and never thought I could own one since I'm just a poor college student but things happenned so I bought an old beat up Z. It's a 1976 280Z (two seater). It's in pretty bad shape (like most Z's up north...) and I have little to no experience about rebuilding cars but I have all the time in the world and I love this car so much I'm willing to learn all about it! I've already gathered a lot of info from the web aswell as a factory service manual and the book ''how to restore your datsun Z-car'' by Wick Humble and it seems this forum will help me a lot in my restoration process! Here are some pictures and a little question for you guys! At the moment it's missing a windshield and an air flow meter. I have most of the other parts laying around (I started to disassemble it to see where this project is going) My biggest concern is THIS: It's the front left hand side pillar... it's the worst thing about the whole car and the only thing I cannot seem to find a solution to. It seemed fine when I bought the car but it was LITERALLY holding up by the PAINT! After I scratched up the paint bubbles, it fell appart so my question is simple: is it FUBAR (f***ed up beyond any repair) or is there anything I can get done to save another Z? Thanks!