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D'oh.... I was about to pm you about that very bracket.

I get motor trend and saw the source article that the autoblog link is referring to: http://www.motortrend.com/features/auto_news/2010/1008_corvette_to_get_all_new_small_block/index.html I haven't seen anything else on this, though.

Very cool...

Sent the '78 280 down the road a few months back. The new owner hasn't decided if it will be a drag car or a street car. I still have a lot to do to get it ready for paint, but it will have to wait. Sorry, ole blue, but you're going to have to hang out outside for a bit while I finish the 260z and start on Monguuz.

I haven't thought of doing that with any of mine so far...

As if I didn't have enough projects already for the next decade, I purchased Tim240z's '73 240z from mark here and plan to get her back on the street. She got delivered today and still looks great! Here's how she sits in my garage: I've already sourced an engine and transmission. Tim240z had an lt1 backed by a t56 in it when he originally did this car. I'm going to also install an lt1, but will use an overdrive transmission (4l60e). I'll take delivery on that in a few weeks (thanks deja). The car needs brakes and the rear suspension will need to be redone. There are mms coilovers on the front. It originally had wilwoods on the front, but the calipers were taken for another project. Tim had an r230 setup in the back that got sold sometime before he decided to sell the body. It has strut assemblies (not sure if 240 or 280 at the moment, but no coilovers) with unknown springs and no brakes hooked up. I'll put coilovers in the back to match the front. I'm not sure what rear brakes I'll do. I have an r200 lsd that I had intended for my silver 240 that will go in this car, along with z31 turbo cv's. Here's the site Tim240z had put together when he did the car: Tim240Z's Monguuz Build He did a lot of great work to this car. This is essentially placeholder for now. I have a lot of plans, but need to finish up my 260z before I really start this one.

I got mine from a friend that brought them back from Tokyo several years ago. I sent you a PM.

Seriously thought you were talking late 80's cars here.

The last scarab kit I bought was for $100 from a guy locally. That included the engine mounts and the transmission mount. I later sold that kit for the same price when I changed my 240 to the JTR mounts. My 260 also is being changed from scarab to JTR. I sold just the motor mounts for $50. I'm not saying it's worth more or less, that's just the prices that I paid/sold.

I've got a dewalt grinder and a dremel with various brushes and cut-off wheels. It really depends on where you're looking for rust, though. For my floor pans, all I used was a magnet (to verify floor, bondo, or fiberglass), a flathead screwdriver, and a small scraper (for removing the jute pad and the sound deadening layer). The dremel seemed to be the most useful for me on this car. My painter used a variety of air tools (needler, cutoff wheels, etc) for removing the rusty metal that he replaced.

Thanks for that. I've been a bit discouraged with this build lately, especially given how it started out as what I thought would be a pretty quick turnaround. I'd like to have been a little better with my pics and details so far, but I usually am more focused on getting the work done. There are more pics in the picasa album in my signature than I've posted here, thought, if that helps. Good luck with your 260 and hope my thread and pics help. I also hope your rust situation isn't like mine.

I haven't really been able to do much on this project since finding the following: The driver side isn't really that bad, but there were a few spots where the floors were pretty thin, especially in the area where my jtr transmission crossmember needs to bolt to the floor. This was the bad side: I kind of wish I had found this before I had the car repainted, but oh well. I must point out that it didn't start out looking like this. A previous owner had covered most of the floor pans with fiberglass. It was a pain to get off, but I want my transmission to be mounted safely when the jtr bracket gets bolted to the floor. So, zedd pans and bad dog rails are going in. It took me a while to find someone locally I trust to do it right. I know some welders locally, but I wanted someone who has actually replaced floor pans before. We talked to the guy who is doing my transmission. He's done floor pans a number of times and has done great work. And, thankfully, he had a slot open at his shop to do my floors today. My transmission rebuild is still pending, but there hasn't really been a rush for that due to the floor situation. I do, however, have a full manual valve body and billet servo on order. Also, I sold my weld wheels. My 260 was looking way too much like my 240, so they had to go. More on that later.

I've been daily-driving the wagon, so haven't been able to work on it lately. Thanks for the info. I ran across a pic of that emblem a while back, but haven't been able to find one for sale.

The only piece I've seen sold is MSA's pricey Lower Rear Repair Panel (which apparently they don't have right now anyway): http://www.thezstore.com/page/TZS/PROD/30-7240 I agree with cockerstar... find a donor car.