jeff43 Posted March 24, 2016 Author Posted March 24, 2016 Looks good Jeff. Very similar to the McLaren papaya orange, nice 70's color. Hi Brabham, I agree very similar, hopefully a little more orangey. I have not seen the colour in real life. It does depend a lot on camera and lighting in the pics from the net. Here is a lower light shot of a different car. And McLaren Papaya orange on adam's old car vs I believe 918 orange. Also a good video on youtube. Quote
Cozza Posted March 24, 2016 Posted March 24, 2016 That photo of Adam and James' old cars makes me realise that all the nice Zed's get sold. By the way. I love the colour too. I'm looking forward to seeing it on the car. But, don't make it look too nice or it'll get sold along with the rest of them. Mick George 1 Quote
jeff43 Posted March 28, 2016 Author Posted March 28, 2016 So I spent the weekend getting the front guards ready for primer and then primed them up. I then mounted the doors and front guards up to see how the body alignment looks. Things aren't looking too bad, but I will work on the body alignment once all the hanging panels are in primer. Quote
jeff43 Posted March 28, 2016 Author Posted March 28, 2016 That photo of Adam and James' old cars makes me realise that all the nice Zed's get sold. By the way. I love the colour too. I'm looking forward to seeing it on the car. But, don't make it look too nice or it'll get sold along with the rest of them. Mick Thanks Mick, I can't wait to see the colour on the car myself. You are right a lot of the really nice Zed's get sold. hopefully my car will fit the really nice part but not the getting sold bit. My mate "Vorn70" reckons that if you put in all that blood, sweat and tears there is no way you will sell it any time soon. I tend to agree, doing all the work yourself sort of makes you appreciate the car more in some sort of way, it is hard to explain but I expect the people who have been there and done it would probably agree. I won't be selling this one anytime soon. Cheers Jeff blu260z and gav240z 2 Quote
Administrators gav240z Posted March 28, 2016 Administrators Posted March 28, 2016 My mate "Vorn70" reckons that if you put in all that blood, sweat and tears there is no way you will sell it any time soon. I tend to agree, doing all the work yourself sort of makes you appreciate the car more in some sort of way, it is hard to explain but I expect the people who have been there and done it would probably agree. Yep can definitely relate to this... vorn70 1 Quote
Moderators PB260Z Posted March 28, 2016 Moderators Posted March 28, 2016 (edited) Thanks Mick, I can't wait to see the colour on the car myself. You are right a lot of the really nice Zed's get sold. hopefully my car will fit the really nice part but not the getting sold bit. My mate "Vorn70" reckons that if you put in all that blood, sweat and tears there is no way you will sell it any time soon. I tend to agree, doing all the work yourself sort of makes you appreciate the car more in some sort of way, it is hard to explain but I expect the people who have been there and done it would probably agree. I won't be selling this one anytime soon. Cheers Jeff Vorn is absolutely correct. This applies to anything you put serious effort and passion into, not just cars. Edited March 28, 2016 by PB260Z Quote
mossy Posted March 29, 2016 Posted March 29, 2016 Looking good Jeff. I like the colour choice, looks similar to mine. Quote
jeff43 Posted March 29, 2016 Author Posted March 29, 2016 Looking good Jeff. I like the colour choice, looks similar to mine. Yes I think the colour will look fairly similar to yours, as Gav said what's old is new again. Quote
Howdy Posted April 2, 2016 Posted April 2, 2016 Hey Jeff, really enjoyed reading your journal. That's a rare shell you have there, not many left in that condition. It's good to see you're putting so much love into it. Obviously have some good skills there as the work looks top notch. I reckon you nailed the colour. It's going to look awesome. I had a laugh about the green colour. It's a weird thing people talking about the green colour. Mum always told us kids don't buy a green car because they are more likely to be in a crash. I said Bahhhhh! But one day I brought a green 260z 2 seater and when I got it home I found a 1M long weld down the firewall under the dash. It was made up of 2 cars. Got rid of it real quick but I did like the colour. Quote
jeff43 Posted April 6, 2016 Author Posted April 6, 2016 Hi Howdy, Thanks for the kind comments. I had a read of your build which made me laugh. It seems we have a bit in common, I don't trust many so called professionals to work on my car either and I have come across plenty of zed's that were previously worked on my the same artistic butchers that you mentioned in your build. I am no professional but find by applying some patience, some common sense and some skills learnt from youtube and the internet most of the time you can get as good if not better result than sending the car to a professional. I have also done some laps of Winton ( and a lot of other oz tracks) myself albeit on a motorcycle but could really relate to the no turn in at all at the sweeper at Winton story. I really like your car and love the FJ20 in it, I will enjoy watching your future post with much interest. Cheers Jeff Quote
jeff43 Posted April 9, 2016 Author Posted April 9, 2016 Okay update time. I'm onto the rear hatch. Who would of thought a series 1 hatch would have some rust issues, surely not. It would have been nice to do a Gav style repair on this hatch but some of us don't have the same tooling that is available in a TAFE workshop, Ha ha. So I gave it a Jeff style repair which should see it last my lifetime I expect. If it took 46 years to get like this I reckon it will last another 40 years being pampered from here on in. I will let the pics do the talking. George and gav240z 2 Quote
Sirpent Posted April 9, 2016 Posted April 9, 2016 What is it about you "Jeffs" ? Well done CBR Jeff 1 Quote
jeff43 Posted April 9, 2016 Author Posted April 9, 2016 The faster you work the sooner you get to drink beer CBR Jeff 1 Quote
Administrators gav240z Posted April 9, 2016 Administrators Posted April 9, 2016 Haha way to make me feel like an OCD nut. Your hatch looked relatively good to start with compared with mine. I've got 4 early hatches all of them have taken some form of beating...filled with bog etc.. Your rubber seal must have been stuffed at some point to get the rust under the seal like that. The hatch I'm repairing was all distorted on the bottom edge hence the decision to fabricate the lower edge. As much as it's taking me time, I have to say I enjoy learning this stuff. Get a lot of satisfaction out of it. Good to see you making more progress. Quote
CBR Jeff Posted April 9, 2016 Posted April 9, 2016 The faster you work the sooner you get to drink beer I like this. Or is it that I'm like this? I think both. Jeff. Quote
jeff43 Posted April 10, 2016 Author Posted April 10, 2016 I had some family duties to attend to today, however I still managed to get a coat of KBS on the outer surface of the hatch late this afternoon. I plan on getting the rest of the hatch painted in KBS this week. gav240z 1 Quote
CBR Jeff Posted April 10, 2016 Posted April 10, 2016 You do like that KBS!! Might start using some my self soon. Must have been a day for gathering brownie points. Jeff Quote
jeff43 Posted April 10, 2016 Author Posted April 10, 2016 Any part/panel that I'm worried about maybe rusting again I like to lock up in KBS. To be honest it also saves me having to get the spray gun out until later on as well, so good on that front as well. Brownie point day!!!! too true Quote
jeff43 Posted April 10, 2016 Author Posted April 10, 2016 Haha way to make me feel like an OCD nut. Your hatch looked relatively good to start with compared with mine. I've got 4 early hatches all of them have taken some form of beating...filled with bog etc.. Your rubber seal must have been stuffed at some point to get the rust under the seal like that. The hatch I'm repairing was all distorted on the bottom edge hence the decision to fabricate the lower edge. As much as it's taking me time, I have to say I enjoy learning this stuff. Get a lot of satisfaction out of it. Good to see you making more progress. Sorry Gav, just a bit of tongue in cheek humour, you will have to forgive me. I find I have to draw a line on how far I go with body/panel repairs. It's hard because I really don't want to revisit any of these repairs in my lifetime, however I do want to drive the car and enjoy it in my lifetime - double edge sword really. No hard feelings, Cheers Jeff Quote
Administrators gav240z Posted April 10, 2016 Administrators Posted April 10, 2016 No hard feelings at all, my OCD is my own making. I have to try and stop myself sometimes. I totally understand and want to drive my car in the not too distant future also. But I also know that if I don't fix things a certain way and paint goes on the car I'll always look at the flaws. . Quote
Howdy Posted April 10, 2016 Posted April 10, 2016 The faster you work the sooner you get to drink beer MmmmmmBEER! My car was an 1800 can car, not that I was counting, what's yours going to be? Looking good Jeff, the hatch is not so easy is it because the metal stretches when you weld it causing the skin to bow requiring shrinking and you can't get to the back easily. You make it look easy but I reckon you would have had to stuff around a bit to get it back into shape after welding the patches in. Keep up the pace mate and you'll have it done before those ankle biters start Saturday sport. Ahhhhhh! Quote
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