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The seats were in a pretty sad way: the covers were split, the foams were disintegrating and the support straps were broken. Unfortunately it appears I don't have a photo of the old covers. I handed them over to my trimmer who carefully disassembled them, then I collected the frames, sandblasted them, welded up some rust holes & fitted new cover tabs, followed by an application of 2k satin black by our painter. I then handed them back to my trimmer, ready for reassembly. Tony (the owner) had already bought an interior trim kit from a ZFactory: seat covers, new door cards, trans tunnel & rear strut tower diamond vinyl. My trimmer is going to make the headlining and carpets as he already has patterns. And I have already bought seat foams from Interior Innovations. It was at this point we had no more parts to fit to the bodyshell to finish the dry build. Bookface Marketplace and eBay yielded some excellent buys though: Original Koito sealed beam headlights, NOS 'twin spar' wiper heads, NOS grommets, NOS interior door step trims, NOS emblems, NOS luggage straps, NOS EGR hose, NOS cigar lighter housing (old one in the dash was stuffed!) Reproduction indicator assemblies via Japan (there was none with the Z when it arrived at my shop). So then it was time to give the Credit Card a hammering go shopping in the USA! I went with the ZStore as their shipping was cheaper coming out of Cali. Just over AUD$10k later I had two boxes of new parts arrive, being a mixture reproduction and - where available - OEM parts. New door winder mechs from T3: And new interior plastics from Resurrected Classics:

Time for another update. With the wiring loom in place, the painted pedalbox was assembled and bolted in, then we cleaned up the steering column and installed that to. The assembled heater box and fan unit were then bolted in. The dash was retrieved from storage, the gauges were checked over and installed along with the refurbished dash loom. Then it was bolted into place. The centre console was also sat in place, but it needs some love... We also installed the new tail lights from Resurrected Classics along with the finishers that will be painted in gunmetal as per factory: Les @ LCR also finished rebuilding the original 3.9 R180 diff. Les said the CW&P were in remarkably good condition and that it had been rebuilt previously with new bearings, but it was FILTHY inside apparently. It was stripped, everything was hot tanked, the wipe was checked on the CW&P, the housing was repainted and the aluminum components were hydro-jet blasted. New seals & gasket, plus re-plated bolts. Almost looks too good to put back in the Z... We then decided to install the (dummy) engine + carburetors and gearbox to check fitment - thankfully no issues. At which point I couldn't help myself, so I bolted on the wheels that it came with and rolled outside for some glory shots: