Oiluj - Silver 1972 240Z

[Oiluj]

My name's Julio. I've been posting on the forum, but did not do the introduction thing...

I had two 240Z's when I was younger. I bought my first, 1 73' 240Z after graduating college in 1978 that I sold in 1985. I missed driving a Z and later on did a cosmetic restoration of a 1971 in the late 1980's. Sadly, the 1971 was hit by a truck while parked and totaled in the mid-1990's.

In December of 2007 I bought a silver 1972 240 w/ 75K original miles. I drove it from Arizona to the SF Bay Area after the purchase. The car drives straight and the engine is strong.

It's "almost" rust free, nothing a little some Por 15 won't fix. There is a small amount of moderately heavy surface rust on the drivers side floor where the floor turns-up to meet the firewall. There is light surface rust under the battery and some very light spots at a few exposed metal edges. Other than that, she's clean.

I'm in the early stages of a cosmetic refresh of the car, with 85% of the interior removed and about 70% of the exterior chrome off the car. It has one repaint on it, but the paint is pretty oxidized, and the (mostly original) body rubber needs to be replaced.

Attached is a pic of the car when I purchased it. She doesn't look that good right now... I'm hoping to finish the refresh project by mid-May.

[twsutt]

Congratulations on getting back into the Z game. She's a beautiful car - especially at 75K original miles!

[bigoak]

Welcome to the board,

You'll find just about all you need here. Have fun with the restoration.

[MEZZZ]

Congrats on the Z...she looks great and like it ought to be a pretty easy restore for you...keep us posted