Mateo

Hello, I'm new on this board and just have a few questions. I just got my 72' 240Z, 16, and currently stripping out the interior. Now the body of the Z is black but the interior paint shows its original color of *ick*lime green. When wire brushing the trunk area trying to get rid of the original color, I noticed in the spare tire well a large amout of rust and after wire brushing what do ya know? I could see the garage floor:stupid: Now just cruising around I heard someone mention something about POR-15. After going to their site I have a few questions. 1.What do I use to repair the "cancer spots" where rust has formed but not eaten all the way through? 2.How do I repair the holes which are about the largest are about as big as one of your keys on the keyboard? 3.About how much do I need to do the rear all the way to the end of the deck? 4.Where is the cheapest place to get POR-15 products other than the site? 5.Does the application of POR-15 affected by the weather?(i.e. cold temperature, humidity, hot temperature, etc.) Now for some misc questions: 5.In the tire well area is there any way of removing the bracket that holds the spare tire in place? 6.Is there a faster way of stripping the paint on the interior that doesn't involve sandblasting and won't hurt the good paintjob on the exterior? 7.After removing the undercoating(which I bet will just be a fuuuuuunnnnn time) what is a good undercoating for the car? A friend had an idea of doing RhinoLining, but Im a bit skeptical about that...Im more of a traditional undercoating guy that you buy in a can. 8.Is it hard to rewire a Z? Im thinking about stripping my interior totally bare down to nothing but metal, no nuts, bolts, and to do that Im going to have to remove all the wiring. Ive never done it before so Im a little scared to do it. Also afraid of removing the dash too. 9.I found an old factory option 73' 240Z A/C unit in a car not to far from me and was wondering what is the going price for all the componets, will it be compatible, how hard is the installation? Thanks Matt

Hello ClassicZ forum members, My name is Matt, new here, just turned 16 and just got this black 72' 240Z for $3000. The previous owner worked at a body shop and just painted the outside of the car and looks gorgeous(sucking me in to buy it because it looked so nice outside), but the interior after looking under soaking floor mats(floor pan rust of course) is lime green:( I want to match the color of the outside of the car or just get rid of the lime green altogether. Ive started striping the car totally.This is my first project car and right now Im focused on just getting the rust out and cleaning it Today I took out the seats, carpet, body panels, etc. I was wondering how to get off the rubber or whatever it is off the floor pans? Anything on what to look out for or tips to ease things out of place? Also what are some good links on how to stip down the car and build it back up? Or any info on restoring a Z car? Thanks Matt