Sills for a 260z 2+2

[Bigfella]

I just looked on rare spares web site

https://rsp-secure.com/rarespares/default.asp?car_type=34A&model=DATSUN%20240Z%20260Z

and they don't appear to have ends on them either. It must be the all z parts that have them. I will have to find out.

 

 

[garvice]

Rear end of a2+2 is quite a bit different at rear since there is room to rear of the door.

[Bigfella]

Rear end of a2+2 is quite a bit different at rear since there is room to rear of the door.

Ah interesting. So maybe no benefit in getting a 2 seater sill. Ah the dilemmas of restoration

[garvice]

Might still be score for it, just remember it may not be just a case of adding 11 inches to the middle

[nat0_240_chevZ]

the shape of the sill cover panel is correct right back to the wheel arch where it curves out to the lip of the wheel arch and the dogleg style line.

 

i could do a single section 2400mm long but try transport that.

you can run the sill cover into the dogleg, as the stock ones just essentially slip under the dogleg, and run 2 panels lapped over each other for a fair amount, hence the reason they rust out with a lil bit of moisture.....

any panel beater or someone good with their hands can do the repair, remember the goal is not to metal finish the car.

just get it done as best you cen with what youve got and use a thin skim of bog to get the ideal shape (not oo much however, std practice is max 3mm, but ill always aim for less than 1mm max anywhere, try to keep less than half a mm if i can.)

not on my z but.......

nat0

yes i am in the wheelings dealings of profile cutting, sheet metal presswork and fabrication by day, car nut @ night....

but with these machines at my fingertips, is a bonus, especially my new laser cutter......mmmmooohhahahaha.

nat0

[Bigfella]

Your a lucky man nat0.

To bad your not in Melbourne.

 

[nat0_240_chevZ]

i was recently in melbourne, what a hole.......well from broad medows down through old sydney rd to town,

I will never let myself go this way again.......

never seen a burqa wedding veil before........

[Bigfella]

I got My sill today. I ended up ordering it from netwarehouse AKA Restores hot Line AKA Rare Spares Adelaide.

 

They were great to deal with, very helpful.

 

I went to a sheet metal place the other day, but was told he couldn't get the radius on his bend to mach the ones on the sill. So I opted for ordering one already made.

 

I have to say it looks like it matches very well.