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55 minutes ago, 1600dave said:

I recently used a needle scaler to de-rust and remove paint, worked great.

On my trailer......

I wouldn't use it on thin sheetmetal

No that’s my concern with it, I think it will smash holes in the pitted metal and make more work for me

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https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/154365647480?hash=item23f0e8da78%3Ag%3AAFMAAOSwjydeGSz3&LH_ItemCondition=3000

FWIW, dragging the overriders chit-chat up again, I see the same Modern Motor mag of Sept 1974 I mentioned on eBay with 2+2 road test where there are - rather strangely - overriders on the rear bumper only.

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Haven’t worked on the car for two breaks now... :(

had an ERT course all last break and whole family has had a bad cold so been caring for sick kids and wife all break. 

I have made small progress on stripping the dash in preparation for reskinning. 

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It’s a very rough dash so I’m letting the pros deal with it.

also purchased the compressor I will be using for the air tools and spray painting! 4HP 150L Silenced motors 19.35 cfm, all for $1500! I thought it was great value. Motors silenced to 75db which is handy. These are made in China but quality seems very good. I’m yet to test it out though. 

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32 minutes ago, AndBir said:

Crikey, it looks like a 4Khp unit. Might have to warn Western Power before you switch it on ;)

Lol it’s a bit of a beast. Should do the job nicely. I don’t have 15amp power in the shed yet, so I’m planning on grinding down the pin and only using 2 motors for now. Naughty I know >:D

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Received a couple of odds and sods from zcardepot. I had to buy some 280zx bits from them so thought I’d get some stuff I know I need for the 240z and save on shipping. 

bought one of their horn button backing rings, and yellow zinc bolt sets for the fenders and bonnet hinge assy as all my original fasteners were ruined or replaced with incorrect items. All fasteners are rated 8.8 for fenders and 10.9 for hinge assy 

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this is what the rear of my horn button looks like

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backing ring fixes perfectly onto the steering wheel. I plan to use a combination of liquid nails from the new ring to the metal tab then expanding foam to fill the areas and hold the shape. 

few close ups of the ring, anyone know why they have the four cutouts there? Or is that just the original shape?

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On 8/26/2021 at 2:11 PM, NickF said:

 

Horn ring looks same as original

 

Hey nick could you do us a huge favor if you have your horn pad accessible? Just want to know the rough depth measurement from edge of horn pad to the top edge of the ring? Basically how deep the ring is set into the pad? Looks about 3-5mm? Cheers 

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3 hours ago, CroS13 said:

Hey mate who are you going to use to get your dash reskinned? It seems everyone uses Dash Doctor, I cant believe there is no one in Sydney who does it.

Rudi.

Hey Rudi, Martin my z guy sends them off, I can get the company for you but I’d say it would be cheaper freight wise to send it to the dash doctor. From memory he said it was roughly 1100-1200 for the reskin.

surely there’s someone in Sydney who reskins dashes!

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I "repaired" by horn pad retainer by putting a cable tie around the outside of the plastic. I had to carve out a bit of foam for the square part on the end of the cable tie but it worked very well.

Here's a photo from another forum:

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On 8/29/2021 at 11:46 AM, 240ZBUILTBYME said:

Hey Rudi, Martin my z guy sends them off, I can get the company for you but I’d say it would be cheaper freight wise to send it to the dash doctor. From memory he said it was roughly 1100-1200 for the reskin.

surely there’s someone in Sydney who reskins dashes!

I've decided I'm gonna tackle the job myself... yikes.....

Rudi...

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On 8/26/2021 at 11:11 AM, 240ZBUILTBYME said:

 

also purchased the compressor I will be using for the air tools and spray painting! 4HP 150L Silenced motors 19.35 cfm, all for $1500! I thought it was great value. Motors silenced to 75db which is handy. These are made in China but quality seems very good. I’m yet to test it out though. 

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Thats a epic compressor. Let us know your feedback once you start using it

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3 hours ago, CroS13 said:

I've decided I'm gonna tackle the job myself... yikes.....

Rudi...

Good call Rudi. Save yourself a grand or so and it's not difficult - just takes time. Have done all the stripping out, filling with expandafoam and final filling on mine and have it ready for the final finish. A mate of mine did his and he put a very light cloth (4 ounce from memory) and an epoxy resin over the top of all the repairs and then a final spray which looks really good, but does have a slight texture but not that original textured look. It will never crack with the cloth and resin in place. Thinking of doing the same, but want to replicate the textured look of the original dash. 

One of the guys on here did a bedliner finish and I did enquire how that had stood the test of time, but haven't heard anything back, so still in decide mode. 

Have a crack, Nothing to lose.    

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10 hours ago, RestoZ said:

Good call Rudi. Save yourself a grand or so and it's not difficult - just takes time. Have done all the stripping out, filling with expandafoam and final filling on mine and have it ready for the final finish. A mate of mine did his and he put a very light cloth (4 ounce from memory) and an epoxy resin over the top of all the repairs and then a final spray which looks really good, but does have a slight texture but not that original textured look. It will never crack with the cloth and resin in place. Thinking of doing the same, but want to replicate the textured look of the original dash. 

One of the guys on here did a bedliner finish and I did enquire how that had stood the test of time, but haven't heard anything back, so still in decide mode. 

Have a crack, Nothing to lose.    

exactly man. I'm really happy with how my interior panels came out, especially with how good the plastic welding repairs are that I did. 

I'm going to follow this video:
 



I bought the Welding iron they use in this video, it was about $100, and I spent another $40 or so on a step down voltage transformer. I like the size and shape of the welding iron tip they use in this video. Mine is only about 10mm wide and is a little hard to use, this one has a large surface.

Didn't get the padded dash filler, I might try and get some plastic bumper filler and use that in its place.

Then get some texture paint to go over the top.

I like the idea of the SEM paint, but no one stocks it.

Heck, I used SEM colour coat to change the colour of my interior, and the only place that stocked it was in Perth.

Who knows, there is only the Dash Doctor when it comes to dash repairs, maybe I'll go into business repairing dashboards, seems like a great gig when he has a 6 month backlog of work!

Rudi.

 

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On 9/18/2021 at 8:18 AM, CroS13 said:

exactly man. I'm really happy with how my interior panels came out, especially with how good the plastic welding repairs are that I did. 

I'm going to follow this video:
 



I bought the Welding iron they use in this video, it was about $100, and I spent another $40 or so on a step down voltage transformer. I like the size and shape of the welding iron tip they use in this video. Mine is only about 10mm wide and is a little hard to use, this one has a large surface.

Didn't get the padded dash filler, I might try and get some plastic bumper filler and use that in its place.

Then get some texture paint to go over the top.

I like the idea of the SEM paint, but no one stocks it.

Heck, I used SEM colour coat to change the colour of my interior, and the only place that stocked it was in Perth.

Who knows, there is only the Dash Doctor when it comes to dash repairs, maybe I'll go into business repairing dashboards, seems like a great gig when he has a 6 month backlog of work!

Rudi.

 

There is a guy in Adelaide too but he is much more expensive

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So it’s been a long time since I have worked on the car. My excuse should suffice.

My dear mum suffered complications during surgery in January 2021, she fought the good fight but ultimately we had to let her go in September. I have never suffered such pain. Its still very raw three months on. 

During her stay in hospital I was still working on the car and it was a welcome distraction for me and a stress release, or maybe more of a stress replacement? :P I’m not sure. So I will be dedicating this project to my dear mum and will change it to Project Georgia (once I work out how)

In loving memory…

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I have in the mean time been reformulating my plan for the rear of the rotisserie, I plan to keep the rear valance off and tie the mount points into a second area, considering the rear strut towers as per below. then finally get it off to be stripped and blasted. 

should be back to work on the car shortly…

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  • 240ZBUILTBYME changed the title to 240ZBUILTBYME - Project Georgia
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17 hours ago, 240ZBUILTBYME said:

My dear mum suffered complications during surgery in January 2021, she fought the good fight but ultimately we had to let her go in September. I have never suffered such pain. Its still very raw three months on. 

I'm very sorry for your loss mate. Please accept my condolences.

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