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This thread will help me this winter on my swap. Thanks.

The dry ice blasting seems like the cleanest way to blast a car. I did a little searching and found a company in the SE US. Seems mostly big jobs but i did see where they were using it for mold removal on a residential house.If the home owner could afford that route,maybe it could be cost effective for automotive use. I'll try to contact them to get an idea on costs. I also thought it would be a good business to get into.

Dry Ice blasting seems too good to be true. Must be expensive.

Ready for summer..

Maybe so but for me I hate cleaning weather strip adhesive off of parts. It's called weather strip adhesive, use it for what it's intended for. A proper gasket and or silicone work fine.

Null, Thanks. There are some areas that need paint to protect the car from any future problems and some clear coat peeling up. Paint is definitely on the to do list but the list is long. Neo, thanks for the compliment but my car is by no means anywhere close to Blakt's car except the fact they are Datsuns. He built the coolest 240 ever IMHO. Mostly all I did was clean things up, very few parts replaced. Oh yea,, cleaning hose clamps suck. The insulation underneath the intake is from a C-5 Corvette.

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Did you find an engine hoist? I got one you could use. If you need a hand I wouldn't mind helping. http://forums.hybridz.org/index.php/topic/96943-joined-the-club/

Well everything is coming together nicely. Interior is done for now. I'll start getting all the necessary parts together for a quality paint job down the road some. New wheels and tires really changed the looks allot. Next up is a cooling system upgrade and then Megasquirt then turbo motor. The current plan is to strip my parts car. Clean, powder coat and install new bushings into all of the suspension arms and members. Then when i go to do my car all i have to do is strip the parts off, clean the car and install new components. Turn around time should be quick.

No pain no gain. I'd like to see your set-up sometime as I plan on doing about the same thing in the near future.

I like the color also. Get it out in the sun so we can see it better.

Interior is Done, well done can mean a few things, let's just say it's done for now. On to the engine compartment. First thing was to clean it up. I think there is dust from area 51 covering the entire engine compartment. It's really hard to remove but once it's gone the paint looks good, maybe it actually protected the finish some? There are a couple of injectors that are bad. I'm trying to get some used one's to put in because I don't plan on running the stock L28E very long. Today I went and picked up my TWO L28ET engines. I feel like i got a smokin deal on them but that will remain to be seen until i tear them down. Next up will be new wheels, tires and all new brake parts including SS lines, bearings, seals ETC. Oh yea, last week I picked up another 75 as a parts car. I'm just having too much fun working on the Z. I'm really impressed by the design and engineering of these little cars.

Look like all your hard work is turning into a nice car. To mount the rear 240 bumper, you used part of the 280 mount? I want to convert my rear 280 bumper into the 240 style.

Progress. Nothing like having a 4 day weekend to get things done on your car. I got the passenger's seat recovered. It came out good but i should have spent a little more time checking to see if it was centered. The top section is off center some. The seat tracks and pivot brackets cleaned up very good and are like new. A little time was devoted to cleaning the interior prior to carpet installation. While sorting out the speaker replacement i learned that these cars only came with one rear speaker. Now i have to get another speaker bracket for the passenger's side. The short throw shifter was removed and a stock unit installed along with all three new shift boots.

Your car is looking great. It's going to be a monster for sure. I'd like to see the mounting difference from Paul's set up.

Looking good. I'd like to see what the paint job looks like. Maybe if you still have the storage doors i could come by and get those and check out your ride. I'll be shopping for a paint shop in about a year and want to get a good job done. More pictures

I just finished with the wiper linkage and cowl area. I stripped and repainted the cowl area, it was in really good condition but now it's dang near perfect. While I was in there I took the wiper linkage completely apart,cleaned and lubed everything. After removing the sound insulation in the passenger compartment, I decided to remove it on the driver's side also. For the driver's side I used the dry ice method. Worked really well, it's cool how it actually starts cracking and popping off on it's own. Underneath the sound insulation material the floor pan was in excellent shape. In the process of painting now.

All your work looks great. Keep the pictures coming. If you could, explain more in detail your methods to restore the parts.

I need to re-cover my 280z seats and need to decide if i should go with leather over the vinyl. Who has the best quality seat covers? Which one would look better longer? I'd like a few opinions from people that have recovered the seats in their car before i pull the trigger on a set.

I removed the battery and was very pleased to find the battery tray in great condition. No rust, nope none at all. I think this car was stored for a few years in a garage but was brought into service recently. There are brand new Tokico struts and springs, evap core, compressor, dryer, high amp alt, starter. I feel really fortunate to have gotten this car. I've only driven it one mile but love it to death.

Great find. I feel sorry for the old owner but your not the cause of him loosing the car. Enjoy!! I also just got a 75 too. I feel like I stole it. Great car in fantastic condition for a bargain price. Not really any rust to speak of, floorboards and battery tray are awesome. I feel guilty sometimes but that soon disappears when I know how it's going to be treated for the rest of it's life. I look forward to seeing more pictures and details about your car.

Here is the removed roll bar.

I'll work with you on the roll bar. My route with the car was going to depend on the condition of the car i got. If it was rusty and needed a bunch of work I was going to go with an heavily moded street-autocross car. This car IMO is in really, really great shape. I'm going back with the original paint code and a very stock appearance except 240 bumpers front and rear, brake upgrades, wheels, later on a turbo motor. Stock appearance could include a CF hood painted...etc.

Hood is tweeked and the light bucket has a tiny ding. I'm looking at the CF hoods? Overall the body is great, alignment and doors etc. Clear coat is coming off in places though. It already has a early 240 front bumper but still has the rear park bench.

I'll be willing to sell it no problem. Got some louvers up for grabs too... I want to meet some of the local Z crowd. I got alot to learn about these cars lol.