1971 240z

[240carsten]

slowly getting there.. bought a sunbleached California car from a guy here in Denmark. He had abandoned the project, so obviously I had to rebuild it into a hotrod.

grp hood and hatch
432r grill
Plexi windows
4 point SD cage
wide flares
L28 on webers

pic as of yesterday out of paint and i refitted the nose:

it was that horrible metallic blue, so it went blue again, except its a solid RAL chart blue for that retro vibe.

next job is to drop front/rear subframes and blast,paint and poly rebush along with coilovers from Gaz and brake upgrade.

 

[racer]

Love the colour, Please keep the updates coming.

 

[moggy240]

Is it Ral 5015 ???? Either way good colour choice.

 

[Paul Henley]

I like this, keep the updates coming

 

[grahamjc]

Updates will be good

 

[240carsten]

its RAL 5007. I had a local shop sort some rusty patches and do the exterior paint.

With a solid colour from the RAL chart, you can simply get cans or touchup paints blended off easily. besides, I wanted something retro also and the RAL charts give you that choice. Engine bay I painted myself with Satin black.

whats pretty cool is that I have one of Denmarks top historic race drivers who drives the 240z literally 30km down the road. So a few choice mods are in the pipeline too

 

[moggy240]

Yes the blue black engine bay combo works well

 

[supermik]

Yes the blue black engine bay combo works well

Looks white and gold to me

 

[240carsten]

just like my favorite dress, lol..

 

[240carsten]

just back from the shed

pulled both front and rear subframes, and tore them down... bloody heavy stuff when you hustle them around single handedly.
Dropped rear subrame with Diff andeverythng, only to realize I forgot to unclip the handbrake cables..oops..
Front went fine also and now getting a batch of stuff to get blasted and ready for paint.

I love the part number stenciled on the moustache bar.. damn shame its going disappear when cleaned up

some pics of rusty bits if anybody is interested

pulled apart:

30sec wirebrush and sparkly metal appeared

Anybody need a set of front calipers?
I am upgrading brakes, so these calipers are surplus now

 

[moggy240]

All them parts will clean up nicely and should look like new when painted.

 

[240carsten]

yehaa!

Spent 9 hours sandblasting suspension bits the last couple of days. The very thing i have been swearing at has been the key to the great state this car was in, namely the smattering of tar/primitive rustproofing on most of the bits.. sandblasting with a small cabinet means it was tedious to clean off.. but man, freshly blasted bits are so motivating in a perverse way

Parts have started arriving!
First the BC coilover and camber plate setup arrived:

mmmm gold and black bling, very nice stuff!!

Then my new saladbowl collection showed up from Atara Racing

deeep dish phatness in its bronze flavour.. barely made it off the boat in the UK before being shipped over to Denmark:

hmm tire choices..

Then my buddy and I got stuck into the teardown and prep for the coilover install.. He will be welding them for me as I have NO experience with a welder. Anyway, quite simple
1. tear down suspension struts and pull inserts:

2. chop off leaving only 45mm stubby and sandblast welding area for clean weld penetration:

3. slide BC coilover strut mount over stub, and notch out as required on front struts to clear bump on strut so it all lines up snugly. This way, you also keep factory strut angles as the fitting tolerances are spot on.. so you cant screw it up!!

4. weld it! ( no pics as we havent done that yet as our playtime got curtailed by pesky wives and family commitments )


now the genius with this is, you dont have to pull Rear spindles!! and avoid shipping stuff to Gaz with their wonky angles etc..
Rears will be cut and installed with lower arms still fitted.. then wirebrush and paint to spiff the rear suspension gubbins up:lol:

 

[240carsten]

dammit, cant edit!
just wanted to say thanks to Datsfun on this forum for the Ataras! he still has a few sets I think..

 

[moggy240]

Love the wheels !!!!!

 

[johnymd]

Those wheels are super cool. Mini lite style wheels always have something I don't quite like but those are perfect. Smaller sizes available?

 

[240carsten]

No major updates except got tyres fitted:

 

[grahamjc]

Im liking those!

 

[richiep]

Any progress on the engine side of things Carsten? Looking forward to that...

 

[Geoff-R]

What size tyres? Are those the 10.5" wheels?

Meant to say, all looks really good with the car

 

[datsfun]

What size tyres? Are those the 10.5" wheels?

From the pictures I believe the tyres are 225/50/15 and yes, 15x10.5 ET-32

Meant to say, all looks really good with the car

Ditto...looking really good.