elninyo11

Dont have the tranny yet, so I cant mock it up to be sure. However, that cross tube is fairly far back so I think it will clear. If not, I'll just weld in a bent tube and drop the height of that bar.

Hi everyone. Been lurking and researching on the forum for a while now, and I figured its about time I post some pictures of my own. After looking for quite a long time, I finally found a Z about a year ago that was a good enough deal that I couldn't pass it up. This thing was rotting away in a field in Arkansas. It had blown a head gasket about 10 years earlier and had sat since then. Picked it up for $300. Floor boards were completely gone, but other than a few little pockets here or there, it is fairly rust free One of the two tires that would (sorta) hold air blew out about 15 miles into the journey home. I rarely say this, but thank god for walmart. Everywhere else was closed on a Sunday afternoon. After squeezing it into my tiny apartment one car garage, the first thing to do was to pull the engine and move all the other stuff that I wont be needing for awhile to storage to give myself a little room to work. I wont be needing the engine or transmission since they will be replaced with an LSx motor, and its a good thing too because everything on the inside of the engine was rusted to sh*t because of all the water sitting in there for so long. Lots of parts are still good though (carbs, intake, transmission) so if anyone needs something let me know. I would give the transmission to anyone that wanted to pick it (Memphis, TN) up so I dont have to fool with it. After that I tackled the floor pans. I decided to go ahead and make my own instead of spending money on a kit. I also wanted to build a subframe of sorts to help strengthen the passenger compartment, give me somewhere strong to attach a roll cage to in case I ever decide to go that route (not in the current plans), and give me a good easy mounting location for the 350z seats that I picked up. Thats about it for now. Ive got the rear suspension pulled off, and need to do a little refurb work before I reinstall that. Ill post more pictures when I get somewhere with it. Any comments welcomed.

Maybe Saturday morning. I'm being cheap and trying to find some drums that are still in spec....and possible to get off!

Thanks for the info. Ill have to check those out this weekend.