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This makes me wanna check mine ! Sometimes it scares me...the rust

haha , luckely itˊs just sniffing in there, curious dog? sheˊs a little to heavy, but not much though, now almost 14 years, the other jack, male, is 11 years.

@ bryan the scope allready came in handy on the doors

Hi ZuZu, it's a Jack Russel terrier, we got 2 actually Bart

Didn't know this was a 73, I need a middle piece with chrome intact from a 71. If somebody can help me let me know If have a dutch one now, which has holes in the middle, because there normally the licenseplate light is placed.

Welcome ! Nice 260Z, white paint looks good

That's 7th picture of the crushed red Z the rear bumper middle section still seems mint, hard to find here..400 to 500 euro at least, and there it is ! If somebody has a nice middle section for me, pm me !

By the way welcome here ! I'm sure members here can help you.

Please share if you'd like Seems that even the most mint Z you can find has some hidden rust on the inside...

Still waiting for brake cilinder and rubber seals, so in the meanwhile I started on the passenger door when I had some time between work, cleaned up the inside of all loose rust, opened up the drain holes in the bottom and spraying tectyl wax inside, then covering the holes with plastic and using double sided tape to keep the doorpanel on.

I second that, very beautiful !

The pictures are all saying " save me from death "

Don't have a part number, but the picture above shows the sizes..., I got it at an industrial supplier for all kinds of rubber seals.

mmm.. I think if your going for a complete restoration, you wonˊt have any worries for a long time to come, but on part―resto zˊs there always will be something to do?

it's in mm

I think so.. it's just pushed onto the metal edge. I don't know what immitation brand door seals that was on the car, but the problem was it was way to strong, I couldn't even push it to the 2nd click without some serious force, with the new seal it needs a little push to here the 2nd click, so it is actually compressing the seal which is needed, but the seal compresses much easier..which makes the door easier to close without slamming. The lower side of the passenger side door was also sticking out on the bottom ( you can clearly see on the pictures above ), with the new seal it was solved, I did need to adjust the cath plate a little, but it made a huge difference.

Thanks I hope to get back to the RDW this week. I'm waiting for my brake cilinder to be repaired. Brought them to a specialised company I know, I also let them do both brake shoes with new segments, since there was not much left on them. There's still many small things to do on the Z, but will do that during the summer months.

Okay so this morning I went to the nearest city, to a shop I know which has all kinds of rubber profiles. To bad the one I needed was temporary not available, but I can order today, and I will have it in 2 days. Anyhow they still got a small piece of a meter left, so I could try back home... Next thing was amazing.. I noticed the seal is very soft which makes it very easy to close the door, and checked with a lamp inside for a seal against the door, and it does it's job perfectly! Also the seal is clamp/seal in one, so I don't need to use clamp anymore that was on the body to hold the seal in place. I ain't much expensive either. Pictures say more then words: Here's the old seal that came out: The new seal: And what I did on the car's body: Video ( listen 2 clicks ), second video see how easily the door closes, without slamming... View My Video View My Video

Datsun 240Z - Door Seal LH Drivers (Fits on Body) okay now my door seal doesnˊt look like this.... which seems far thinner and easier on compressing...mm wil continue tomorrow see if I can get a door seal like this one from vintage

Was working on the doors this afternoon, and it's all brown..lucky only surface rust, so I need to spray it asap

! Now I removed the door seal and it closes normally.. I put a piece of the seal on the car en closed the door watching from the inside, and shined with a light, and saw that the door can't reach the " 2 " click without a slam, because it starts compressing the seal ( seal is giving resistance, which causes you need to slam ), if i then remove the seal, 2 clicks are reached easily and the door close normally. So I asume the door seal is tho thick.. maybe aftermarket? The important rubber piece enrique talked about on the clicking/rotating mechanism ( hook ) in the door is still there on both sides.

R.I.P...Enrique

Thanks e-tek I went back to RDW today, but it still failed on the rear left brake ( dissapointed because I payed to get the job done ) , anyway I have it back home now, and will repair myself. Just checked and the brake cilinder rear left is leaking, so will get that repared tomorrow, and go back again for the final time Here's some pics from today:

Yeah a replica of the original am radio would sure be a must also original early model bumpers are hard to find, I did find a replica kit but from stainless stell, and they ask almost 1000 euro for that..