CBR Jeff Posted January 1, 2021 Posted January 1, 2021 Happy new year to you. Locky that is a testimony to your craftsmanship. Thurley beautiful and I'm sure the attention to detail will be just as good if not better as the first impressions the photographs provide when closely inspected. Only negative may be that its now too nice and valuable to drive. Jeff C.A.R. 1 Quote
Wags Posted January 1, 2021 Posted January 1, 2021 Looks brilliant Locky / CAF. The finish and the photos look amazing. Well done to you Sir and Happy New Year! C.A.R. 1 Quote
C.A.R. Posted January 2, 2021 Author Posted January 2, 2021 Thanks for the comments everyone ☺️ One thing I will add that's not in the photos - the exhaust. The original secondary's were still there(!), but it was badly welded to a horrible ugly steel press bent rear section with bypass mufflers fitted. The rear muffler was rusted out, so I spoke to the owner about a new system... I carefully cut away the old system from where it joined the secondary's, then Tig welded on a step joint. Following this I had the secondary's media blasted, then I gave them a coat of exhaust paint. The rest of the new system I made out of 304 stainless steel 2inch mandrel bends, with straight through 2inch mufflers. I even retrofitted the original(!) S/S tip - this had managed to stay on the car all these years! Even though it's a straight through system it's still nice and quiet. And it'll never rust! gav240z, KatoKid, 240ZBUILTBYME and 3 others 6 Quote
Bobby Posted January 28, 2021 Posted January 28, 2021 Hello CAF. Great to see a quality job finally come to life. I started down this road in May 2018 and only got my shell back last September. Still reassembling. My car had one of those factory passengers side foot rests and due to being bolted through the carpet the floor was stuffed. Has cost me $55,000 just for rust and paint. I can do all the mechanical work so I shudder to think what the total cost would be if you were paying someone to do everything. I am very lucky that my wife has been fully supportive through all the heartache. Question-what brand is that rear SS muffler and where did you get it? C.A.R. 1 Quote
C.A.R. Posted January 29, 2021 Author Posted January 29, 2021 11 hours ago, Bobby said: Question-what brand is that rear SS muffler and where did you get it? MagnafFlow. My local exhaust shop supplied it. Quote
C.A.R. Posted March 29, 2021 Author Posted March 29, 2021 (edited) If you are going to the Nissan Datsun Nationals 2021 in SA at Easter, you'll see this car there. Now that the paint has had a few months to really harden, the owner has just had full the full paint correction process completed on it, and I must say it looks... well, I'll let the photos do the talking: Edited March 29, 2021 by C.A.F. HS30-H, gav240z, Wags and 1 other 4 Quote
Wags Posted March 29, 2021 Posted March 29, 2021 29 minutes ago, C.A.F. said: If you are going to the Nissan Datsun Nationals 2021 in SA at Easter, you'll see this car there. Now that the paint has had a few months to really harden, the owner has just had full the full paint correction process completed on it, and I must say it looks... well, I'll let the photos do the talking: It looks like that thing is made out of mirrors...bloody outstanding body and paint right there folks!! Quote
240ZBUILTBYME Posted March 29, 2021 Posted March 29, 2021 38 minutes ago, C.A.F. said: just had full the full paint correction process completed on it By paint correction are you just talking about the final cut and seal? Looks absolutely mint! Quote
theremm Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 Are those the original carpets still in the car? Or are they new? If so would be interested to know where you purchased Quote
C.A.R. Posted April 6, 2021 Author Posted April 6, 2021 On 3/29/2021 at 9:42 PM, 240ZBUILTBYME said: By paint correction are you just talking about the final cut and seal? Looks absolutely mint! See here: https://www.facebook.com/george.glossd gav240z 1 Quote
C.A.R. Posted April 6, 2021 Author Posted April 6, 2021 2 hours ago, theremm said: Are those the original carpets still in the car? Or are they new? If so would be interested to know where you purchased As far as I know they are originals, however the owner has new ones to go in. gav240z and theremm 1 1 Quote
C.A.R. Posted April 9, 2021 Author Posted April 9, 2021 Oh yeah, this thing won an award at the Nissan Datsun Nationals at Easter. Ponyo240z, gilltech and CBR Jeff 3 Quote
GTI-Z Posted April 10, 2021 Posted April 10, 2021 Geez Locky, if that only got runner up, I can't get my head around how outstanding the winner must have been ! You have done an amazing job there. Quote
ptZcar Posted August 29, 2022 Posted August 29, 2022 Great to see you out at the 2023 Nissan Z launch with this most beautiful car. OdinZ 1 Quote
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