Z0wner

Same here... Scared me for a second edit: you selling the engine that you are pulling?

which smelled like

I would suggest resizing pictures, BUT nice, can't wait to see the paint job

gave birth to

which sucks harder...

Date: 4/02/06 Time Spent: 5minutes Parts: Millermatic 175 mig Welder Cost: $750 What was done: Nothing done specifically to the vehicle, but the welder came today! Ordered it on 4/2/06 and now its finally here. Looks great, now to wire it all up. Hmmm... I wonder if I have any more room in in my circuit breaker. Now, for the first experiment I think its decided that a rotisserie is going to be built. Rotisserie plans link provided on bottom of page. Problems: -None Pictures: Link: - http://www.harwoodperformance.bizland.com/1941buick/Editorial_20.htm Thanks for your time, Z0wner

that had a...

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How much would a fiberglass interior door panel cost without the hump? I am thinking simple, very simple.

That is exactly my thinking. If for some reason this vehicle is sold. (To buy another Z of course!) It will help with the selling value and also will also be great documentation for future reference. I was thinking to myself, "Man it would be cool to have a log from beginning to end of a Z project. This could be used by some other person that is looking into buying a Z, or has purchased a Z and wants to see what is done and the time it takes to invest." So, I made this log. Some news: -ordered a millermatic 175 mig welder off ebay, hopefully it will be hear by 4/6/06 Now, gotta find a decent helmet for under $100 hopefully even under $50

Date: 4/02/06 Time Spent: 45 minutes Parts: 3 packs of Sandblaster Scratch Pads Cost: Scratch Pads $24.00 What was done: Liked the sandblaster pads so much that I bought more. Works like a charm, beautiful. It started to sprinkle so I rolled the car in and picklex 20(ed) it. Also another product I am enjoying. Problems: -Rear of vehicle has a few rust spots. Pictures: Here is what the vehicle looks like after today. Pictures of Doors: (drivers on left, passenger side is the right picture) The weather: Thanks for your time, Z0wner

Date: 4/01/06 Time Spent: 1 hour Parts: Black and Decker Grinder tool and a pack of Scratch Pads Cost: Grinder $40.00 Scratch Pads $8.00 What was done: Went to the store to get some more sand paper. Browsing the aisle there something that looked interesting. It was a sanding disc called 3M Sandblaster or something like that.(Pictures below) So, decided to try them and bought a grinder in the process. The grinder + sandblaster pads worked like a dream. Unreal, period. It took approximately one hour to do what a DA took 4 hours. It didn't even created any bad scratches and even left a polished look. Problems: -Well, sanded the bondo down on the right rear quarter panel and saw that it wasn't horrible, but is still not the best Pictures: Alright, first of all, here is a picture of these blaster pads. And here are some misc pictures of the vehicle now. Here is a picture of the Right Rear Quarter Panel. Notice there are holes from where they tried to pull the dent. Also found a link that I found useful for future reference - http://www.carcraft.com/howto/3065/ Thanks for your time, Z0wner

beautiful... envious of your find especially if its a true story!

Date: 3/31/06 Time Spent: 4 hours Parts: 2 packs of 120 grit sand paper Cost: approximately $5.00 What was done: Well, worked with my Dual Action sander trying sand down the exterior of the Z. Really took a long time to get any of it done. I have a 60 gallon Air Compressor and every ten minutes I would have to let it catch up for a couple of minutes. Pretty annoying. So, sanded down quite a bit of the outer body, trying to make it look decent. Problems: -I did find a very thin coat of bondo on the roof -Looks like the vehicle was rear ended at one time. On the right rear quarter panel there was a fairly large amount of Bondo Pictures: So, here is what the vehicle looks like now Exterior- On the picture to the left, if you look at the right rear quarter panel, you will see the bondo. Unfortunately I forgot to get a good picture of it. Interior- Some of the nasty spots (all pictures except the picture of the cowl area and the second picture, the rear of vehicle, are of the left and right rocker panels) I have many more pictures, but they did not seem very important too me. If anyone would like to view them or any other image in full resolution, go ahead and send me a PM. I would not mind sending them via email. Thanks for your time, Z0wner

All right, I am going to briefly describe what I did from the purchase of my vehicle up to now. I purchased the vehicle off ebay on June 8, 2005 for $760.00 US. It was located approximately 150 miles away from my house and was not in road-safe condition. I had it shipped from the previous owner to my driveway for about $250.00 US. Unfortunately, I am a high school student, and like many other high school students, I did not think about the long run costs. So there I was with the vehicle I wanted to restore with only a little money to put towards it. Here are some pictures of what happened from summer to now. Lets make this quick ========================= First purchased the vehicle Decided to pull the engine Well, pretty much removed the interior and most of the body panels ========================= And this brings us up to 3/31/06. I will continue to post as I have progressed more, but I need time to format pictures, write a description, and list some other things. Plans for the vehicle- - I hope to either do a l28et swap, or a SBC swap. We will see - I hope to do a body kit, probably subtle Z kit if it happens - I would like to paint the vehicle a fairly dark grey/silver. Actually, the titanium grey from a 350z - Konig Rewinds - Upgrade suspension and lower the ride - New Interior - Manual conversion possibly (less likely) - Dark tinted windows all except Front Only time will tell as the project gets farther along Links to some of my other posts: --http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=108583&highlight=Z0wner --http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=106983&highlight=Z0wner Well, I thinks this wraps it up for the day. I will be adding more pictures to these from this period, so its not a single picture or anything. Pictures are a thousand words and the more the pictures say, the less I have to write... so expect more pictures to come in this post and future posts. Thanks for your time, Z0wner

Post saved for future use. Hopefully once the vehicle is finished I'll put a few pictures here and maybe a price list, etc. Progression: 6/8/05 3/31/06 5/4/06 7/4/06 7/16/06

according to the owner the vehicles drivetrain is in pristine condition. The body needs work etc. etc. but the drivetrain is perfect anyway, I want a l28et for my vehicle or a v8 so, i would prolly buy this for the rear disc brakes/ diff/ other misc parts well, its about 300$

I need some information on a 1983zx non turboed (i think it is) I found a parts car of this version and I am wondering if i should buy it? What can be used from it for my other Z? I currently have a 260z 74 1/2 is the differential good? SORRY, please don't flame me, I really don't have much time before having to decide whether do buy it or not I don't have time to research the vehicle make in general either ! so please, information would be great

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SR20DE-ENGINE_W0QQitemZ8051184942QQcategoryZ33615QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem so, someone may want to check it out *don't know if this is the same engine normally used in a Z swap, but hey 299 isn't bad for an engine

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3554318228925951983&q=Z0wner Link of new video

yeah, i have one of those in my Z ----- WHAT IS IT?!!!!

Hurry up, i want to watch more videos. Each time a new one comes out I rewatch the entire series. Great videos... Amazing work, and I like what you did with the solder. Looks better than Bondo IMO

i can host via video.google.com if you want

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