Sfinnerty

Anywho - this project sat while I made a rotisserie and worked on other Z cars . When I finally started digging into the project I realized the roof was compromised . More than just the skin- it was the sub structure that was also eaten up with rust . What’s weird is this car is very solid for a 70 . The roof wasn’t salvageable so I decided I would cut it off and look for a donor . If the car wasn’t an early vin , or wasn’t so solid everywhere else I would have cut it up . Years later and a couple of roofs that weren’t solid enough for me to attempt this - I finally found a rust free roof out of California . Crazy thing is that it also from an early 70 and the same color - lol. No - I have never done this before - so the learning curve is steep . I actually hauled the car and rotisserie to a buddies body shop and we were going to do this together under his guidance . Well that never happened . The car sat there for 2 years and I finally brought it back home .

I signed in with my email address - not sure how that changes my user name

I got the email notification . You want me to log out and then log back in as Madkaw ?

CSX freight

Thought I tried everything

20 years blowing the horn

Well I’m back under a new name I guess . Been so long that the site didn’t recognize Madkaw !? Maybe I can get my name back . Meanwhile I will try to document my latest project . 4858 came to me as an urgent -save the car before it gets towed - sale . I was actually at work driving trains . I saw the owner posting that he had to sell this car today , and have it moved or the landlord was going to have it towed off . No title or registration . I had seen the car previously when visiting the owner who also had a non running 280z sitting at an apartment parking lot . It looked pretty straight but it was a quick peek during a visit . Next thing I know it needs a new owner right now and a need to tow it by tomorrow . I had 830$ in my PayPal account that I offered to the owner and promised to arrange towing . I had no idea if I was making a good decision and didn’t know where I’d even put this car . I wasn’t even in town when I bought it . Lucky for me my son was dating a girl who’s dad owned a body shop with a big parking lot and let me store it there until I had a plan . As you can see from the pic my shop wasn’t even finished when I got this car . Thankfully these cars are small . This was 2017 - 1 year before surgery and retirement . to be continued