PeterAllen

Following with great interest.

I finally have a replacement for the family hack so the mighty 850 has to go. The good points: It runs well and is safe. It has rego until May The not so good: It has had no TLC for the last 5 years - and it shows A few bumps and knocks It has a few time-consuming repairs required for rego, e.g. reverse lights don't work, nor does odometer. But Speedo does. A/C works but heater core doesn't Shocks and drive shaft CVs are shot. Free or a donation to Fred Hollows would be appreciated. PM or phone (oh for won Juan oh nein one ate sex seven) if interested. Pick up Sutherland Shire

String-back driving gloves tick Helicopter pilot sunglasses tick Peter Stuyvesant cigarettes (soft pact) tick Tweed Jacket tick Just the polo-neck sweater and I'm all set, No need for charisma with all that.

The horn emblem needs to rotated. Hope to be there next year - yes, I know I've been saying that for 8 years but it's getting closer. Sound is a bit faint so you need to turn up the volume. GTO coming out.mov

As someone who has been down the tortuous hybrid build path I strongly recommend you buy as much off-the-shelf stuff as you can. It's not so much the fabrication of item but the problems with interconnectedness associated with other items, e.g. exhaust pipes and engine mounts. Just a suggestion, but have you considered making your own bushes, with a lower Shore hardness, to fit the off-the-shelf mounts?

I've done away with my headlight combination and placed a series of switched on the dash. I'm keen to have a spare indicator/high beam switch so I'm looking to swap my headlight combination switch for an indicator/high-beam switch. Any takers?

Argentine GP this morning. Guess what happened? Why do I torture myself so?

If you have one then buy a rubber sanding block from a Hardware and cut the block up to make another. All you need is a Stanley knife and a pack of Bandaids..

Mick, This thread is about young Albrecht, not a Z restoration.

I thought it best not to clutter his build thread with congratulatory messages so I just thought I'd let folks know that George and his wife have welcomed into the world a handsome boy, Benjamin, henceforth known to all as 'Albrecht' Congratulations George and K

A shoe box on wheel... you can bring those roll bars back right now. I'm hoping to have a new car this week and sadly the mighty 850 will have to go, it has been a champion workhorse.

Disagree. I thought it was rubbish. Not one reference to driving the mighty Volvo 850.

Ha,ha,ha,ha... Great sense of humour you have josiah

Advanced Sandblasting at Brookvale did mine and I was delighted with their work. It is some of the best value for your time/money you will spend and it really is the correct approach at the start of a project. If you'll forgive the pun, it kinda draws a line in the sand on the work required for the whole project. One of the major advantages of a professional service is they prime the shell immediately after blasting to prevent further corrosion. I had mine in primer for the best part of 5-6 years with no dramas.

If you go there I suggest you don't touch the cars... Tony mightn't like it. http://www.brw.com.au/p/lists/rich-200/2015/used_denny_salesman_tony_fortune_XDWoyxIZA3Qv3pVxYjUppI

50/50 chance of the GTO making its maiden outing. Depend on how it goes on some shake-down runs next week - assuming I can get an Unregistered Vehicle Permit. Will need someone with a keen eye following to spot and retrieve all the lost tools, brackets, bolts, etc, which will be falling off!

E-mail this mob. http://www.interior-innovations.com/index.php/welcome/pages/about_us

Richard. By now it is obvious to members that the older I get the more an avowed Luddite I become. Like a faulty manual gearbox I'm afraid my mind is stuck in a lower gear. My comment was intended to be good-natured rib but realise it may not be seen as such. I enjoy the modified build threads here more that others and I've been following the development of your car with great interest. I share your frustrations with the setbacks these builds create but also the satisfaction they create when one's ideas come to fruition.

Luckily I was born with a brain, and gross and fine motor skills, so I can do all that stuff already! To each his own and I'm probably old fashioned but, I like to see more driver input, not less.

Grazie Signor Goertz Troppo vecchio, troppo lento, troppo stupido

Most people say I'm a Nal about detail. To be honest I don't know what a Nal is but I smile and thank them anyway. I'll give you a call regarding the 280ZX shaft. Thanks.

This might be of some future assist. See: 240/260/280Z http://www.woodwardsteering.com/PDF/3.%20Steering%20Universal%20Joints%20and%20Splined%20Couplers-1.pdf

Ciao Pietro e Giovanni Ahead of the game. And you forgot Acqua. I still need to convert the units.

I personally would never drive a car with welded steering or brake components. John. I bought a Nardi hub and, like so many other components, it sat on a shelf for a few years before I got to the stage of needing to fit it. When I attempted to do so I found it an incredibly tight fit to the point of believing it the wrong spline. I purchased another one but it is a Nardi./Momo hub and, unlike the first hub, the multi-wheel mount configuration makes it impossible to fit the Nardi/Ferrari horn button without machining adapter rings. On closer examination of the original hub it appears the spline is correct except that it is a VERY VERY TIGHT fit. I can press it on using the large nut which secures the Datsun steering wheel, but it will require a puller to remove it. I've tried to clear any imperfections with a needle file but it appears as though it's just a bit on the small side overall. It is alloy and I don't want to be fitting and removing it too often. I could possibly grind off the leading taper on a Datsun shaft and drive it through the hub but it's a lot of work for a dis-heartened old fart.

It's a long story behind the need, and not my heavy-handed work either, but I'm wondering it anyone has ever seen a steering wheel hub have the splines re-broached and if so, where such a broach/operator could be found? Thanks