Classicman Posted December 11, 2015 Author Posted December 11, 2015 Nick, I noticed youve listed it for sale, "roughly" what sort of coin do think it will sell for ? (That motor is the bees knees !) Chris, I'm hoping that I can actually keep the car. I've put it on my website more to just fill the page than anything else, while I'm waiting for more stock to come in. IF, and its a big IF I do sell, I will ask top dollar for this car. A collector in Melbourne has already contacted me and is talking $70k. Again though, I'm hoping to be able to keep it. I never went down this road to sell. Quote
Classicman Posted December 11, 2015 Author Posted December 11, 2015 (edited) The doors and glass are now in, and the doors assembled. Progress is visibly faster now as all of the fiddley bits have been done: Edited December 11, 2015 by Classicman gav240z 1 Quote
Classicman Posted December 13, 2015 Author Posted December 13, 2015 (edited) Its amazing how sometimes, just adding one thing to a car during the process of a rebuild can make the car look complete, even though its not. In this case, just adding the black surrounds just seems to finish the car off........ Hopefully I will be able to load some more progress photos later today. Edited December 13, 2015 by Classicman Quote
Administrators gav240z Posted December 13, 2015 Administrators Posted December 13, 2015 Cool but the stock colour was a light grey similar to the grille and hubcaps. http://www.viczcar.com/forum/topic/12178-datsun-greygray-paint/ Totally personal preference but I think against the Safari Gold the grey works well. My 2 cents. Quote
Classicman Posted December 14, 2015 Author Posted December 14, 2015 Aaah, geez Gav,thanks for that. I didn't know that at all. The guys are going to be pee'd with me now! Quote
Administrators gav240z Posted December 14, 2015 Administrators Posted December 14, 2015 I wasn't sure if you wanted it black or not, but from the engine bay it seemed you were trying to capture the original fit and finish. Hence I pointed it out. Classicman 1 Quote
Classicman Posted December 14, 2015 Author Posted December 14, 2015 Appreciate it. Rather fix it now than worry about it later. Quote
Classicman Posted December 15, 2015 Author Posted December 15, 2015 Actually Gav, my panel shop raised a point. The original grey tail panel matched the original grey hubcaps. I'm putting on Rota wheels with black centers, so they grey might look out of place. I think I'm going to stick with this for now and see what the overall picture looks like. Its easy enough to rectify after the fact. I'm told the car will be finished by Friday, so I will post some pics when its done. cracker 1 Quote
GongZ Posted December 15, 2015 Posted December 15, 2015 (edited) The grey was used on the tail light panel, the hubcaps and the grille - will your grille be painted black? Edited December 15, 2015 by GongZ Quote
Classicman Posted December 15, 2015 Author Posted December 15, 2015 The grey was used on the tail light panel, the hubcaps and the grille - will your grille be painted black? Yes. Didn't know that information either, thanks GongZ Quote
Classicman Posted December 15, 2015 Author Posted December 15, 2015 The moment of truth has almost arrived. The interior is in and complete. The car is pretty much done, and is undergoing final polish before the last little bits are assembled. Today, the brakes will be bled and electrics checked. Tomorrow, new exhaust manufactured and fitted. Friday will be its first shakedown drive. The old wheels stay on the car until she is ready to ship so that we don't dirty or damage them on the lovely pot-hole filled roads of Africa :-). I'm expecting that I will have to do final Quality Checks here in Oz, and some minor adjustments, but all in all I'm very happy with the work so far. gav240z 1 Quote
GongZ Posted December 15, 2015 Posted December 15, 2015 Congratulations, the car is looking absolutely immaculate. ...This whole job complete with parts will come in at under $20k. That includes new rims, tyres, ceramic coating the exhaust manifold, head job to ensure it can run unleaded etc, etc, etc.... Can you tell us whether or not the cost remained under $20K? If it did - that is impressive! Quote
Classicman Posted December 15, 2015 Author Posted December 15, 2015 (edited) Congratulations, the car is looking absolutely immaculate. Can you tell us whether or not the cost remained under $20K? If it did - that is impressive! Thanks. I haven't calculated the final costs yet, but it is very close. Edited December 15, 2015 by Classicman Quote
dat240z Posted December 16, 2015 Posted December 16, 2015 Thanks. I haven't calculated the final costs yet, but it is very close. Bargain mate.... Good work. When will this get to Canberra? Quote
Classicman Posted December 16, 2015 Author Posted December 16, 2015 Bargain mate.... Good work. When will this get to Canberra? Sometime early Feb. The ship is due to dock on about the 6th, weather permitting, so I'm guessing it will be around the 10th-13th Feb when the car gets here. Quote
CBR Jeff Posted December 16, 2015 Posted December 16, 2015 Very nice. We Canberra folk might need to get together to wet the baby's head when it arrives. Jeff Quote
Moderators PB260Z Posted December 16, 2015 Moderators Posted December 16, 2015 This build just keeps getting better. If you all get together in Canberra maybe a few of the Sydney guys might make the journey as well ? Geetng very very close to finished. PB Quote
Classicman Posted December 16, 2015 Author Posted December 16, 2015 I like the sound of that! Anyway, car is now on wheels and going for exhaust today. Custom 50mm pipe with a nice sporty sound but not too loud I hope. All that will be left for tomorrow is shakedown and fitting final badges etc. blu260z and gav240z 2 Quote
blu260z Posted December 16, 2015 Posted December 16, 2015 This is entire build is doing funny things inside my pants... Quote
Classicman Posted December 16, 2015 Author Posted December 16, 2015 This is entire build is doing funny things inside my pants... I was going to "like" your post, but that just seems weird lol blu260z 1 Quote
Classicman Posted December 16, 2015 Author Posted December 16, 2015 Looks like I may have to drop the suspension slightly for those wheels. Running 205/55/15 on the Rota wheels and std suspension. Quote
74zzz Posted December 16, 2015 Posted December 16, 2015 saw photos and was just typing a post to say you may have to lowered it:) then saw your post:) looks amazing Quote
dat240z Posted December 16, 2015 Posted December 16, 2015 Now I'm not so confident of having the best z in Canberra:(!!! Truly great stuff mate, no mucking about and it all looks schmick. I'd drop it an inch though Classicman 1 Quote
dat240z Posted December 16, 2015 Posted December 16, 2015 Oh and local meet up would be great. I did a quick squirt out to the NASA deep space tracking centre in tidbinbilla (20mins out from Weston creek)... Great drive- good roads too Classicman 1 Quote
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