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260Z Project - 260Z GT-R
- Thread starter Ian
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They do a fantastic job!
Ian
Club Member
They sure do.
Depends on how you look at it, can be either right or wrong.Amazing work there doing there wrong lights though
I actually did want to swap to 240 lights, but I just can't afford any extra expense and while the panel work wouldn't have cost any more as it was being done anyway I would still have had to buy lights and trim panels which add over £1k to the cost.
New Bumpers arrived, looks like I made the right choice going with chromed stainless over polished stainless. Will update with fitment once that comes. These ones are from Bumper Automobile for anyone wondering.
This car is such a perfect example of a car that looked smart and tidy and yet hid so many body issues.
Thankfully it will be sorted properly but the cost must be eye-watering.
Thanks for sharing this with us Ian.
Thankfully it will be sorted properly but the cost must be eye-watering.
Thanks for sharing this with us Ian.
Ian
Club Member
Yes, it was all well hidden. Important to see evidence of the metal working stage if you might be buying a car that has had previous restoration work done.
Restoring it probably was the wrong choice, it would have been cheaper to go with a new shell. However if I had it would still have to have been opened up to verify that it was sound internally. This has cost way more than it was supposed to and I can't wait for it to be done. The cost when this is done would have bought me a brand new 400Z.
At least one consolation is I didn't pay too much for the car originally and these days even 260Zs are going for large amounts if the condition is right. Not that anything I've done is motivated by money, but I need something to help my justify it to myself.
Work on the drivers side door. It was pretty rotten. Door has been split, media blasted, zinc coated, rust all repaired, then primed inside and put and put back together.
toopy
Club Member
The quality of the metal work repairs on this car are off the chart, the attention to detail is outstanding. Seeing it all unfold with high quality photos is incredibly informative, even for someone like me that has no intention of ever touching a car with a welder 
It's shaping up to be one of the most thoroughly restored examples in the country, internally and I should imagine externally too.
It's shaping up to be one of the most thoroughly restored examples in the country, internally and I should imagine externally too.
Ian
Club Member
Its interesting to see it all progress isn't it. Lets you see what is involved to do it properly and how the hours can build up, thats 675 Hours now and there is still a lot let to do.
Honestly if I knew it would cost this much I wouldn't have done it, spent more on it last month than I earn the whole month. Its too late now, its got to be finished, so it might as well be to the proper standards. Just hope the metal work is nearly there and it gets bodywork stage soon before my money runs out.
Honestly if I knew it would cost this much I wouldn't have done it, spent more on it last month than I earn the whole month. Its too late now, its got to be finished, so it might as well be to the proper standards. Just hope the metal work is nearly there and it gets bodywork stage soon before my money runs out.
Alphabettispaghetti
Club Member
its great work. do you think it might have been more cost effective to just use replacement panels in some areas?Ie the KGF type ones?
Ian
Club Member
I am not aware of any replacement panels that are available that I didn't use.
I any had been available that I did not know about it would have been helpful is someone could have pointed me in that direction. I didn't get many options when I asked at the start of the restoration for help finding panels so I assumed there were as few available as I managed to find myself.
I any had been available that I did not know about it would have been helpful is someone could have pointed me in that direction. I didn't get many options when I asked at the start of the restoration for help finding panels so I assumed there were as few available as I managed to find myself.
Ian
Club Member
Work has continued, repaired the lower front wing and many many hours were spent getting the rear quarter to fit. The swage line was not in the correct place, so Dave removed it, got the panel to sit right using the English wheel and put the swage in the correct place.
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Check the swage location on the panel
