3.5 Year Shell Restoration, build finally started

strugrat

Club Member
After a three year shell restoration, the build for my 240z finally started last Saturday. Hopefully the pictures will do the talking. Not quite all connected yet but should be rolling pretty soon :thumbs:
Might even drive it this summer! MIGHT!
 

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uk66fastback

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Looks like a fantastic build (in the best colour) ...

Have you done all the work yourself and have you got any pics of the car before you started the bodywork - and what exactly have you replaced?

So nice isn't it - to get a few nice shiny bits on there. It'll be too good to actually drive though, you know that? :D
 

Rob Gaskin

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Hi Ryan, I thought it was going to be blue still? I remember you buying those blue mirrors - have you still got them, I might be interested?

I think it would be interesting to show the car as you bought it and what you've replaced/repaired - a lot of us knew the car.

Fantastic work. :bow:
 

moggy240

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Should be an interesting car when finished going on what parts that have already been fitted
 

strugrat

Club Member
Correct, 110 Red.

Rob, originally I thought I might keep the shell blue but overtime my tastes changed and I wanted on original colour. The mirrors came with the car I think and I sold them sometime ago. The car was originally 905 Red but that's not for me so 110 Red it is.

Looking forward to driving it again.

I have attached some pictures of the car when I got it below and after acid dip. Safe to say it was in very poor condition with lots of botched repairs. I should have probably got a better car in the first place but I wanted RHD and its a UK shell, anyway got there in the end.

In terms of what I replaced - everything nearly!

Rear Quarter Panels (Entire OEM)
Front Inner Wings (OEM)
Radiator Panels (OEM)
Floors
Sills (Inner and Outer)
Bootfloor (OEM)
Lots of other parts were fabricated by hand to look as close to OEM as possible (acid thinned the metal so hard to weld to).

Its been a long road but happy to be getting there now (although still alot to do)

I didnt do the bodywork as I could have practiced for a million years and still wouldnt have done as great as job as the professionals.

There is a Facebook page with everything documented here from the start:

https://www.facebook.com/ryans240z
 

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strugrat

Club Member
Looks like a fantastic build (in the best colour) ...

Have you done all the work yourself and have you got any pics of the car before you started the bodywork - and what exactly have you replaced?

So nice isn't it - to get a few nice shiny bits on there. It'll be too good to actually drive though, you know that? :D

I've built it to drive so we'll see!
 

strugrat

Club Member
What are you doing engine wise?

High compression, forged pistons/rods, P90 head. Already been built but not run yet. Need to get the ITBs sorted.
Will put more focus on it when the shell is back in my garage.

Thanks for all the kind words.
 

candy red

Club Member
Great job Ryan amazing how good it looks now compared to how it was after acid dipping well done for sticking at it it :bow: top job

Derrick :)
 

strugrat

Club Member
Nice, who built the engine? What sort of feel are you going for?

Well its not been run yet so I'm not going to make any claims but it should be adequate for a light car. Plan to get it on the bench dyno before it goes in the car, will post headline figures etc then.

Two well known guys off the forum put the engine together for me.;)
 
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