1971 903 Blue 240z restoration

[RLY240]

Now that this car is almost finished it's probably time to start a build log...

I picked this up about three years ago, had been crashed front and rear in the late 90's and then parked in a shed for over 15 years.  The last two years has been the hard graft on all the usual rust repairs and collection of missing parts before handing the shell over to Mick for the bits I couldn't do (sunroof and well all the external panels really) and then finish and paint.

It's an original 903 blue car with mostly black trim (blue seats though), was auto but now manual and  is going back to mostly factory although I'm not fastidious so it will be done as a driver not a faithful concourse restoration.

Have a collection of spare bits from the Targa car so this one is getting a warm L28 on SUs , Hilux front and R31 rear brake conversion and a 3.9 diff sitting on 16x7 Superlights.

You can check out a small gallery of pics on our website here https://www.rally240.racing/build-log-gallery/ or a 20 min timelapse video here.

 

Edited July 9, 2018 by RLY240

[jeff43]

Nice Job Roger and Mick, I enjoyed the pics and video - thanks. I look forward to seeing this car in person soon. Great to see another quality South Australian car.

 

Cheers Jeff

[gav240z]

Yeah loved the video, what number is this car? Being a 71 and 903 Blue (rare colour) just want to check I've recorded it. Blue is like 3-4% of all cars accounted for so far!

[AndBir]

Really liked to time lapse - it clearly shows the time and effort put into the car. Great job!

[RLY240]

1 hour ago, gav240z said:

Yeah loved the video, what number is this car? Being a 71 and 903 Blue (rare colour) just want to check I've recorded it. Blue is like 3-4% of all cars accounted for so far!

#1410. I think 10/71 on the compliance plate.

Factory auto with a fibreglass early style console. Seats were also blue but the rest of the trim was black so I assume they were swapped out some stage but they were the early style mechanism so might have just been recovered.

[RLY240]

23 minutes ago, AndBir said:

Really liked to time lapse - it clearly shows the time and effort put into the car. Great job!

Thanks, I wonder how much quicker it would have been if I didn't spend so much time watching the TV. Note to self, take the TV out of the shed.

I swear that half of the reassembly stage is trying to find that thing that I put somewhere safe.

[RLY240]

4 hours ago, jeff43 said:

Nice Job Roger and Mick, I enjoyed the pics and video - thanks. I look forward to seeing this car in person soon. Great to see another quality South Australian car.

 

Cheers Jeff

Thanks Jeff, should be ready for Datsun day.

[gav240z]

21 minutes ago, RLY240 said:

#1410. I think 10/71 on the compliance plate.

Factory auto with a fibreglass early style console. Seats were also blue but the rest of the trim was black so I assume they were swapped out some stage but they were the early style mechanism so might have just been recovered.

My 71 is #1415 with a blue interior, so it's possible this car also had a blue interior! Don't suppose you still have the old blue fabric off the seats (if you've since changed it?).

[RLY240]

42 minutes ago, gav240z said:

My 71 is #1415 with a blue interior, so it's possible this car also had a blue interior! Don't suppose you still have the old blue fabric off the seats (if you've since changed it?).

Sorry the old fabric is long gone.

 

[gav240z]

Doesn't look like OEM material anyway...

[jeff43]

On 7/9/2018 at 1:57 PM, RLY240 said:

Thanks Jeff, should be ready for Datsun day.

I look forward to seeing it then. You must have been putting some hours in to get it to where it is - I remember seeing pics when it was first painted and that was not that long ago, good effort.