luvemfast Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Holy Moly!!! +1 Wow Adrian This is going to be one hell of a car Quote
mossy Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 So did Rob do any of this work or have you done this all yourself? Quote
V8Datto Posted February 17, 2011 Author Posted February 17, 2011 At this stage most of the work was done by myself under Rob guidance, I've gotta give Rob a big thumbs up, Very generous guy willing to teach me and show me how and why Rob has done stuff like reassembled both doors and straightening of the floors after welding, stuff that I'd make worse by attempting myself. In the pic's to follow, Reassembly of the shell was done by Rob, but most of the time I was standing beside him helping where I could. Quote
KatoKid Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Bloody hell....you are one determined individual! Big effort and Im sure you will sleep well when its finished knowing that its totally rust free. Must be hard to keep the motivation up but keep going as it looks like youre about to turn a corner. Well done! Quote
Veloce Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Just goes to show these cars truly do rust from the inside out. I never thought that acid dipping a shell was a good idea but i think maybe it's not such bad idea for a 240z because it doesnt look like any of the inner panels were protected by the factory in the first place :-\ Quote
Bruce Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 that is an awesome effort, well done for thoroughness and attention to detail Can't wait to see the reassembly cheers Bruce Quote
V8Datto Posted March 1, 2011 Author Posted March 1, 2011 So Rob had me chase down a set of front guards, I ended up getting them from Vinny on this site, they were 2+2 and were used to remake the rusted out rear guards for my car. The front guards fit the opposite side on the back with the spare steel to cover the dog leg area. Rob did all of this including cutting out my original guards, no room for error here All of the parts that I'd removed from the car I sandblasted and Painted with Por Larger panels were sent to the big sandblasters Some of these replacement parts here Rob made himself Rob also replaced some of the rusted out edges of the roof skin and some small parts on the rear guards Quote
Brabham Posted March 1, 2011 Posted March 1, 2011 Good work, I like getting parts back from the blaster. The rear hatch looks awesome. Are you going to use fish oil in the sills etc or will the POR etc be enough? Keep it up, awesome build! Quote
benny Posted March 1, 2011 Posted March 1, 2011 quick question... can you weld through the por-15?? Quote
V8Datto Posted March 2, 2011 Author Posted March 2, 2011 POR would be enough but after welding I'll re-sandblast & then re-POR, There are a few spray/wax type products available, I use one of them And No you can't weld through the POR Quote
V8Datto Posted April 11, 2011 Author Posted April 11, 2011 Sandblaster time. I like the sandblasters, it means progress Because the car would be back at the sandblasters we only got them to do the minimum needed Quote
C.A.R. Posted April 11, 2011 Posted April 11, 2011 Looking good mate! I've been informed this now has the rear 1/4's back on? Quote
V8Datto Posted April 12, 2011 Author Posted April 12, 2011 Yes the panel/rust repair work is 99% complete, these photos are from last year some time. Quote
V8Datto Posted June 5, 2011 Author Posted June 5, 2011 All the parts & panels were sand blasted/painted & ready to go back on, Time to start the reassembly. Using screws I started reassembling everything into place before welding to make sure it all went back correctly . Quote
V8Datto Posted June 5, 2011 Author Posted June 5, 2011 In a short amount of time I realized I was missing the full length L&R drip rails, Then I realized I hadn't see them since I removed them from the Z. A quick search and we found them hiding in the back of Robs shop full of holes. Plenty of rust in this area, Rob made up all the new sections I then sandblasted and painted ready to go Quote
Sirpent Posted June 5, 2011 Posted June 5, 2011 Seriously sensational work, beyond what any one would reasonably expect ! Quote
NZeder Posted June 6, 2011 Posted June 6, 2011 If you didn't build it, it's not yoursWell this is well and truly yours - again outstanding effort. Quote
V8Datto Posted June 7, 2011 Author Posted June 7, 2011 Thanks, words of encouragement are very welcome. Rear hatch reassembly I quite enjoyed this, fairly easy and good to see it go back together. After Rob welded all the supports back into the hatch I grinded, re-sandblasted and repainted A bit of a stuff up on my part here, where the hatch skin folds over needs to be sealed so the epoxy primer was sandblasted off and por was applied Hold together and slowly fold over the seam Center will stay with the screws until it can be checked on the car, then Rob can do the final welds Quote
V8Datto Posted June 7, 2011 Author Posted June 7, 2011 Also if anyone is wondering why I'm not doing any of the main/fiddly welding it's because I have a problem with heating up the steel too much, Under the car in the chassis was fine but on the top outside panels every weld pulls on the thin steel. I just don't have the experience with the thin metal and would end up making more work Quote
Riceburner Posted June 7, 2011 Posted June 7, 2011 Great work Mossy, with all that POR15 I don't think you'll ever see rust again. This will be an awesome recreation once it's complete, shame they weren't done this way from the factory cause there'd be a whole lot more left. Quote
V8Datto Posted June 16, 2011 Author Posted June 16, 2011 So...... from this stage forward Rob took on most of the work, I helped along the way with fitting, measuring, grinding, sandblasting & painting etc, while Rob took care of fabrication and welding stuff First thing to do was replace all the structural parts and then move on to the outside panels. Iner wiper area done . Front supports . Rear end frame in place and welded . The next stage was to test fit all the panels, a lot of measuring, remeasuring and then remeasure again was needed here. Having 3-4 Z shells of different years next to us was a big advantage. No guessing required . Don't ask how many times we removed and refit these rear quarters to get them right. I seriously don't remember, it seemed to take forever . Quote
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