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7.45hrs later: And with a coat of Phosphoric Acid:

Thanks mate! Yes the heavy stuff (axles, hubs etc) were de-embrittled. I done no prep at all prior to dropping them off - I didn't even bother cleaning them!

How nice are freshly plated parts! Hubs and flanges look awesome. Did you end up discussing nitrogen embrittlement with the plater? What was the outcome? and what prep did you or they do to the parts prior to plating out of interest?

I'm not sure what the process my blaster recommends, but i'm open to every option. Little more progress before the firewall patch gets put in. This little section on the passenger side was rusty and had previous repairs and the outer edge was badly welded in various places from the old front end.. So needed to make a piece for it. I copied the outer shape from the drivers side, but it doesn't seem to be the same of the KF vintage patch. Thoughts? Still waiting on a lower repair section, but pretty happy with how it turned out. Also had all my stuff zinc plated. A little bit more to pick up this weekend, including the dash frame. Once that's here, the dash goes to the Dashboard doctor for a re-skin. Cant wait!

Very excited about this one… so stumbled upon some rare as rocking horse shit NOS 240z door cards i couldn’t say no. I was going to do some fancy upholstery work on my current door cards but these are too cool.

So I needed to make a proper transportation Pre-rotisserie Jig. No more jackstands! Made from 50x50 Mild steel. Found some schematics online and followed them. Naturally, the measurements were a little wrong, so I did need to adjust as i went. It bolts to the base with 4 brackets. Connects to the front & rear diff mounts, gearbox crossmember mount, and when the front clip it is, there's a provision there for the engine crossmember too. Pretty happy with how it turned out, was a little fiddly but its pretty square all around. (+-2mm). Took me around 12~ hours to make. Its definitely nice to manoeuvre the car around the garage very easily! Now i can get to finishing off the firewall patch and floors. I also dropped off all my running gear to Stewart Wilkins motorsport for a full restoration.