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Hi Gav... The reason for doing it that way was to keep the lines for the wheel arch and the rear edge to door gap consistent. I have very limited skills so I went that way. I only removed what was rusted. Some of the more talented body guys on this forum would be the best to ask for advice as I just look at what they do and "try" to copy. But because of the way the skin folds on to the inner part of the guard I knew I would be unable to replicate this to a standard that I would be happy with.

Thanks for the encouragement dat240z. As you can see the front guard has rust in the usual spot. I used part of a rust repair panel to fix it up and just made the mount for the inside and welded her in.

The skin on my hands and fingers is growing back. The result was worth the effort to clean it all up.

wiper box ready for paint

They look great Mossy, They go well with the rest of the car.

Now you know what you have got you can make a start. I like your idea to start on the areas you have the confidence with, you will be surprised how your skills will improve and the areas where you started you will look back on and say I could of done that better, but I like the idea of the car telling a story in a "home shed" restoration. Good Luck mate, and you know better than anyone everything you will need to do has been done by a member on this forum. I know what I have read on this forum has helped me heaps.

thanks Gav each piece that gets done gives me a bigger smile. I stripped the door the same way that I did the bonnet. The doors were in fairly good nick just some cracks and rust in the inner corners. I didn't take any pictures of the rust holes on the door , it was just a matter of welding and grinding back with a flapper disc, they came up good so I was happy to get them in undercoat to keep the surface rust off.

After completing the surface prep it was ready to lock away with primer and paint the underside. The top surface needs a little work but shouldn't need as much bog as what was on there before. I was really happy with the colour, it feels like I'm getting some where now.

As you can see I had a big ugly bog blister on my bonnet. I chemically stripped the underside masking off the seam to stop any stripper getting in and causing problems later so I had to finish off the hard way. The top side I used a 3M stripper wheel The whole bonnet was cover with a large amount of bog. When I got it all off the surface felt pretty good and sit was rust free.

no I just did all the prep work a mate of mine painted it.He just said get it back to bare metal. He did a great job in my shed

Good Luck with the new arrival .It's great to see another zed in the 920 Gold club. I will be keeping a close eye on your thread. Lets hope you can get some time over Xmas to make a start.

I spent the weekend getting my dog legs to fit. I did a few practice welds and then went for it. I was fairly happy with the result ,the "spot" welds came out ok. I checked for good penetration on my practice piece. Having the car in the spit helped .

With a little tidy up from my friend the flapper disc, it came up good ready to start to fit the new dog leg. At least I can weld the new one onto new metal now. Once the trial fit up is done I will paint the inside with rust converter.

Thanks Adam. I'm fairly happy with the build so far and the support from club members really helps with the motivation. As you can see by the above pictures the inner guard was a little rusty. I tried to make one but just couldn't get it right so I cut out a inner guard piece from my donor 2+2, it was a little tricky removing it without wrecking it but after swearing for a weekend I got it fitting up OK.

I knew with the amount of bog around the dog legs that I would need to repair or replace. I could see an attempt at a repair many years ago so it was out with the spot weld drill. The final part of the removal was done with a hacksaw blade by hand I didn't trust myself with a cut off wheel around the lower B pillar. It all came off OK and of course the inner guard will require some repair before the dog leg can be welded in.

Having the repair finish at the lap joint required me to be careful in removing the old material. This did allow a nice flat finish to weld the slam panel down. The other areas of light rust I treated with rust converter before putting the panel on. Note don't rust convert where you want to weld.

I just had to cut out the old, and weld in the new. Getting the gap and the shape right so the repair piece would sit in a "relaxed" state was a bit of messing around but it all came up fairly good. (don't look too close at my welding)

Now it's time to look at the "slam" panel I knew when it didn't look good on the outside I could be in for a bad surprise. But after some messing around I got my panel drilled off and it wasn't all that bad.

thanks dat240z Cleaning is all I seem to do, clean and prep before welding, and clean and prep before painting. The paint of the underside and engine bay went fairly well. Now I can start on the dog legs and "slam" panel. I have some work to do in those areas which will test my limited skill.

I started on the engine Bay area and as usual there was rust under the battery tray which required drilling off the spot welds to remove the tray. I removed all all the paint from the engine bay and the under side of the car (paint stripper). I did some small repairs to the underside of the car but I can't find the pictures.

Build # 1055 It has all the early interior seats, dash ,etc and Gear box. So I think it was just made up from what was left over from the Series 1 build. The first part of the tear down showed being an ACT Car rust wise she was fairly good.

Rest easy LUVEMFAST it is safari gold or as close as I could get the match in 2 pack DuPont. I will slowly put up pictures of what I have done over the last 3 years.

My build started in September 2010. I purchased the car in 2006 from a Lady in the ACT who said she had had it painted red to cover the "yucky mustard colour" many years ago. I checked the oil and water and drove her home to SA. I drove her around for a while and then decided to give her a quick respray to tidy it up. So I put her on the hoist and one thing lead to another, and I decided to try and do a full rebuild in the shed. I have taken a few photos along the way detailing how I went about things. This may help others with their own builds . I know looking through other members builds and reading the advice given to them has helped me. So if you have any questions please ask away.

Thanks to all for the positive responses. I think some of the reason I haven't posted any pictures is I'm no body expert , and I was so focused on making my car the way I wanted. I was scared no one else would share my view on what I wanted from my car. Thanks Gav for not giving me the chop. The Red 2+2 in the back ground was a parts car, Jeff43 and I went 1/2's in we took what we needed and she is long gone now (does anyone need 2+2 doors?). The silver 1972 240Z was a car I brought unseen for $1000 dollars ( his dad said if he didn't sell it today he would take it to the tip) I needed some parts but the car is complete and way to good to break up. I'm very lucky to have a nice big shed to work on my zeds and my other love, dirt bikes. I will do a build thread so over time I can post the pictures that show my journey in removing rust and paint and and getting it all back together.