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Love the helpers! My first was born about 6 weeks ago. I'm looking forward to shop time with him in a few years! You have the early style door hinges. They can be hard to repair and hard to find. You're missing the spring on at least one of them...

So your car started life as an automatic. I had to add that tab when I was doing body work. I will have to look closer at my shifter hole to see what's there

Always test before replacing! That's true here much less in central America where parts aren't as plentiful! Im glad you found it! 😁

I haven't, I figure it just needs to be close to water tight. A little seam sealer will take care of the rest This is my plan. We'll see...

The tab I referred to in my post was also absent on automatic cars. That why I asked. You might want to check that too.

Slow down... No the alternator is not needed for short duration running if the battery is fully charged. Don't throw parts at it. That's expensive and the person before you probably tried the same. Some one will post up a diagram of the early ignition system for you to check off of. Do you two disconnected wires go into the dizzy?

Is there a tab in the tunnel that mounts the body side of the clutch slave cylinder fluid line?

Yes, there is a lot going on right there. One of the main issues is similar at the rockers. To work on the inner pieces properly you have to "peel the onion" and take the overlapping panels out of the way. Increasing the work dramatically! That's alot of spot weld drilling to even get a fairly small panel off.

You need to check voltage at the horns and also windshield washer pump. Use a digital voltage meter. Not a test light! Report back with a voltage when pushing the horn and spraying the pump. Unplug the device and test the harness ends w the DVM

When you glue the weatherstrip do you just put glue up in the slot of the weatherstrip? Or both surfaces? Do you try to get the flaps in the gutter and interior glued down too?

What weatherstrip adhesive are you using?

Well I messed with the hatch hinges today. Big sighhh... 😞 I took the bolts out and pulled the hinges, backer plates and the hinge cups out. I cleaned off the excess sealant and set the hinges back in place. At the the lowest location here is the RH hinge all the way down... Edge of the bolt holes almost even with the gutter Here's the LH side No where close! That's weird...?? It's hitting the pocket. The RH pocket The LH pocket Different locations!! Look at the panel edge under the gutter RH LH The car was not assembled even on both sides from the factory!! So I took the die grinder to it and clearanced it. Then drove it down some more with a punch and hammer. Unfortunately, I have a hole now. So let's weld on our nice yellow car. 😞 Backed it with a piece of copper. I'll procrastinate on this for a few days probably. Will be an awful welding position and will probably get burnt some. As I recall I had to weld one or both of the hinge tabs back to the hatch years ago when I was doing body work. I'm betting that was the LH side that broke from being flexed back and forth from years of use. I could go look but I'm too lazy to dig through 80 pages of posts. So note to others check these pockets for clearance before you get this far along. 😉

I suspect lead is more forgiving of movement too. I think the move away from lead was because of the health hazards and the skill needed to get it on properly. Plastic filler gets more brittle with age but lead does not. Lead is also very maleable. Lead was a great additive for paint too, but was done away with for health reasons too. Sometimes the cons outweigh the pros...

I have seen pictures of the qtr to roof joint over the years. There have also been pictures posted up of roof cuts that show how many layers are in this area. I don't remember what threads they were in. It is a very complicated joint with multiple layers

No I don't recall that part of the conversation.

As an aside I read all 100+ comments in that BaT thread. Was really fascinating. I suspected that was TonyD stirring the pot. I also found it interesting that many commenters suggested that Japanese classics would never be worth what you put into them for restoration. I suspect if you had suggested that a 240Z would sell for $300k+ you would have been laughed out of the space. It was also interesting that nobody seemed to understand the uniquity of the very early cars. So much for the experts...

We were at the car show at Zcon. I believe @gnosez posed the question. He asked about the lead at the quarter to roof joint. Matsuo San was a guest speaker and ViP at that Zcon. He said it was to let the car "breathe". We suggested "flex" and he agreed. He said if the car couldn't flex there it would flex at the windshield. He implied that the A pillar could break or the windshield could come out.

It looks great! Is the Eastwood polish sort of pink tan too?

Yes, that is what Matsuo San told us at the car show.

Yeah, that guy does meticulous work!

What characteristics are you looking for? I have a box I can look through

I believe the spare wheel well is now available as a reproduction panel. With that deep rusting I would replace it. Especially on a car that has the potential high value that this car could have. https://resurrectedclassics.com/products/datsun-240z-280z-spare-tire-well https://zcardepot.com/products/spare-tire-well-sheet-metal-replacement-240z-260z-280z-70-76#

That's a cool old caddy! Probably gets about 5mpg

That area is not normally an issue. Check the fresh air intake hat. It's under the cowl but can be seen from the passenger floor board looking up under the cowl. It is the more likely area to have issues. I had to remove the metal shield under my cowl to get access to work on mine and reseal around it.

Yes, red dot mirrors are an early car thing