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This is what MZR are doing which I like. I did phone them and ask if they sold the dashes, or where they made them, but its a trade secret and they are not telling... To be clear, Im not copying this, but I wanted something a bit more modern than the OEM dash and with a double din stereo that...

Gentlemen, after another child and several bouts of covid, house extension and loads of life-related stuff, Im firing up the restorations again. The engine is back in the 240, but the real project I'm excited about is the 280z with the L26ET engine. As this is a compete restomod from top to...

Sorry to ask another bone question, but my 280 was engine swapped with a L28ET engine and a previous owner has swapped out the clock for a fuel/air gauge and on the A Pillar they mounted a Boost gauge. Other than being turbo related, I was never sure what these gauges were telling me. Is the...

As Im going full restoration of everything, ive been recommended three companies for suspension parts, all of which are in the US: https://www.apexengineered.com/s30---240z--260z--280z.html https://technotoytuning.com/nissan/280z https://www.silverminemotors.com/ Has anyone any first hand...

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Yes, correct. My mistake.

Right, well after a year of bugger all, and my wife having another baby, Im starting to plan the 280Z restomod. Having thought about it, Im thinking of doing an engine swap from the L26ET currently installed, to a Nissan 350 V6 and six speed gearbox. Does anyone have any other suggestions, or...

The steering wheel was also in bad condition so took it home and ground off the bad black paint. I spoke to my paint guy about whether to paint the spokes first, then varnish the rim, but he had a better idea. He suggested that I send down the rim to how I like it, then stain it if necessary...

After a bit more swearing I got the dash cover more squarely settled into the chassis. Once that was done, I put the clocks and wiring loom back in place. Again, this can be tricky and it would probably be easier with two people.

Only part time.

thanks. This one will be for sale as a complete restoration so I can’t cut any corners, but I wouldn’t anyway.

By this stage I’d got a lot more done than I hoped to do, but I was tapped out. I’m disabled and it was time to go home. The heater control panel and fuse cover im going to attempt to salvage as replacement are very expensive.

Then came the moment of truth, which was putting the old chassis into the new dash cover. My top tip before you start is to mark the screw holes first, so they are easier to locate through the holes in chassis. I didn’t do that and said some very bad words....

T-Cut on the lenses and T-Cut colourfast black on the bezels.

Then the radio I got from another member needed a refresh.

The plastics of the bezels were also quite rough, so cut those too then used some simonitz to polish them.

The clocks themselves needed some cleaning as they had lots of dust inside and the lenses were covered on 48 years of baked on crap. The lenses were also scratched so I used some cutting agent to clean and polish them

Once the loom, clocks and screws were out, the old dash just crumbled in my hands, confirming they are not worth trying to save. Once it’s all gone, just left with a aluminium chassis.

My task prior to putting in the rebuilt engine and gearbox is to get the dashboard refurbed as so many interfaces are straight from the engine to the dash. I have a new dash to replaced the cracked and rotten previous one.