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Long story short...massive garage sale and cleanup...kept enough good stuff to finish 1 car and back to work.... just need to a few things ...

Sooo .... after finishing the rotisserie and having a huge celebration...I pushed it against the wall alongside the 70, and all the spare parts...for 3 years. LOL....

View Advert 1973 240z L24 with 4 speed MT, SU Carbs, 6-1 header, E88 heads I've had this drivetrain sitting in my garage since I drove it in ... (in 2014 LOL). It's an L24 from a 73 240z. It turns over easily by hand. Notables: 4 speed MT, early SU carbs, 6-1 Header, E88 heads. I think I probably have the matching air filter box here somewhere as well. Can anyone use any of this before it goes to Kijiji? Just let me know. Located in Calgary. Advertiser ConVerTT Date 07/15/2022 Price $12,345 Category Parts for Sale

Been there Ryan... My thoughts - cut it out and replace it while you are still on the jig. Check out my old thread - start from the bottom of page 5... Look at the bright side...your metal fab skills are about to go through the roof 😉 https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/61483-240z-fabbing-new-front-rails/?&page=5#comments

Nice work Ryan! Way to stick with it! So i would cut out all the rust on the jig, fix the floor and rockers and then go to the rotisserie personally. The jig holds everything straight. I did each rocker and the front rails separately, but I am certain I could have cut more away at once. The floors basically attach to the trans tunnel and the inner rocker. I had patched my inner rockers but once I got it on the jig I actually cut it all the way out and replaced it. The frame didn't budge. Same thing when I did the front rails. Have fun!!!!

Go Ryan go! Super Glad that post helped somebody! 😉🙏

Fantastic - glad to help ...

Haha - thanks a bunch. The pivot is at 41 inches when the rig is on 5 inch casters. Cheers

No kidding. You'd think it was a British car ....

The non-vented hood is of course correct on an original 240z. But if the car is a going to be a resto-mod, then do whichever you prefer. I have both hoods for my 72 project. I haven't decided either - I might paint them both before deciding ....

Agreed @Namerow! But I have to admit that my first thought was "what the hell is Flexible Texture Material? Cheese Whiz?"

Not sure! That would require me to sort through said mad stacks ...?

Looks great! I don't know if I should tell you this now but ... (...I have stacks of those panels....mad stacks yo ....) because "garage sale"

Haha - Thanks! No I am just an amateur. I basically bought the same unit as the guy who showed me how to weld. It's a Miller 141 - relatively cheap, 120 V but best to run on a 20A circuit, MIGs sheet metal through 3/16 plate (would be fine on 1/4" too). Uses 0.024 or 0.030 wires.

Pulled all the fuel and brake lines and finally got to flip it all the way upside down. It will be so luxurious to finish up the rust repair and seam welding like this …???

A lot of truths in this thread ?

Thanks! The hourly rate? I'd starve ?. But I figure it probably took me 40 hours - the next one would be a lot faster - maybe 20 hours.

So I repositioned the car a bit on the rotisserie to get better balance. It was fine side to side, but I could feel the weight increase as I rolled it to the vertical position - meaning that it was bottom heavy. Or the center of gravity of the shell was too low relative to the rotating axis. So I moved the car up about 2". For reference: The mounting bolts are 3 inches below the axis of rotation in the front and 5 inches below the axis of rotation in the back. The car is still very slightly bottom heavy (on purpose - safer) but she rolls over well by hand (with one hand) or with the worm gear.... so I probably spent around $350 on steel, $200 on the worm gear, bearings, drive shaft and pinion gears, $50 on bolts and hardware, and I already had the casters laying around - maybe $60 or so. So around $650 in round numbers not including shop supplies... Let the games begin ???

me neither I guess ??

Doh ?‍♂️?‍♂️?‍♂️

Arms are backwards? Channel should face upwards. My question would be are they just upside down or are they reversed right-left?

Haha! ??? So is that on the white car or the red one ?

I am thinking that careful pressure washing can't hurt..... I am thinking of making a tow bracket out of leftover square tube and then just rolling the whole rotisserie right outside with my truck. Then just carefully pressure wash the bad areas and dry it with the leaf blower. Roll it back it and then media blast with glass bead... (The tow hitch is really to use the truck to push it back up the grade into the garage. I am sure it will roll out just fine ?)

Good point !

I've been down this same road. Bought three cars from an estate sale. The "best" car turned out to be the "worst" car once they were naked LOL. But I agree with you - if you can keep both, start stripping the white car to see what's there. I hope it all works out -keep us posted....