Newb hi

[Victor Laury]

Just approved your photos. And from the looks of the car, my answer to the question "to Z or not to Z" would be "to Z for sure". Looks good! did you get a good deal?

[F451]

Thanks on the pics!

I think I got an ok deal. The car looks much better in the pics then in person. It was advertized as a rust free Z, but lo and behold, its got the usual rust. But after getting the car up on a lift and checking it out, I was comfortable that it was worth the asking price, since my budget wasn't going to allow the purchase of a really nice, rust free Z.

And the seller seemed like a decent guy, turns out we know a lot of the same folks in the local motorcycle scene. And the seller restores 70's motorcycles, and he's a 510 nut from way back, so he knew what he was talking about and didn't try to bs me. He was thinking of listing the car on ebay and I'm sure he could have gotten more for it, but he said he really wanted to sell it to a Z car nut that wouldn't run it into the ground and that would fix it up or restore it.

My biggest concern is the rust on the rails, its pretty substantial. I was hoping to get away with some body work here and there, but the more I think about it, the more I think its going to need to be completely dissasembled and re-done.

First order of business is to simply start listing all the things that I am aware that it needs right now. Then plan out the body work/paint work, then figure out when to do what, and of course how to budget for all this.

I don't have the time, $, or energy for a concourse restoration, but I would like to get the body rust free, with a decent paint job on it. Then get the mechanicals right, then the interior. Then I'd like to find another Z for rallying! Ok, only kidding on that. Alright, half kidding. I really would like to find or build a rally version for our forest roads out here.

And this is my first big car project, so it will be a long term project for me and I'm looking forward to it.

And this site has already been a huge help. I may not have bought the car if sites like this one didn't exist since I'm not a mechanic or body guy.

Anyway, rambling on here trying to answer a simple question, yeah I think I got an ok deal on the car. :^)

Ed