A to Z

I went ahead and Armor All-ed the interior a bit yesterday. Sure woke things up. I went ahead and ordered the carpeted cover for the dash, and will copy how my dad did it years ago with 2-3 hooks made out of bailing wite to hold in place on the defrost vetns. Also will need to do some more painting of the red surfaces, as both sides of the tranny tunnel really need it. Also will need to get a can of SEM in black this time as the console in the ashtray area is REALLY bleached out. Door panels, some work on the door weatherstripping so the door will close flush, and I think I MAY be able to move forward on the body work and under the engine compartment. The engine compartment still has several items that need to be attended to.

Hope springs eternal.

I should also mention, I was able to go back and give each bolt area on the dash trim piece a little shot of paint to hide some installation scrathces. Turned out great! That's it for today.

Instead of black, I decided to buy some GOOD paint in a finish that should mimick the original grey. This stuff works great as long as it is in short bursts swigning the can.

I painted these earlier in the year, and the paint was horrible, leaving a lot of runs in them, etc. So, I sanded them smooth with 150 grit sandpaper and masked them back off.

Painted and re-installed, plastic portions awaiting Armor All.

looks good, doesn't work though. I put a new LED light in it....oh well, another small down the road "fun" job I suppose.

Having installed the dome light yeaterday, I was able to tape it off and spray the area around it with my SEM interior paint to remove a couple fine scratches etc.

THIS...and a lot of patience and strain got it on!

11-27-2021 UPDATE: Ok, so with renewed vigor and the troubes of yeaterday behind me, I was able to get the side mirror bolted on, reattach my painted rear view mirror, Touch up around the dome light after yesterdays installation, straighten things up a tad, and re-spray my tailight frames. To get the side mirror on, I ended uo threading a bolt into it with a nut on it as well, dremel'led the bolt head off, and then backed the nut off to clean the threads. Thus, making it a stud sticking out of the mirror. At that point, I was able to take my cobbled together wrench and finally get a nut started on it and then I was able to cinch it down. SUCCESS!

1-26-2021 UPDATE: Some days....you just can't get much done. Today was a rough day. Screws refusing to go in....wrestle, wrestle, etc. well the trim is in, I got the side mirror STARTED....talk about a fight.

Little 240Z has it's share of slight door dings etc like this. there are 2 schools I figure....one is the leave them, clear over and let them add "charm" to the car....the other is to use a bit of glaze and block them out, spray to blend it in and then clear. I am of the school, of remove as much of them as possible. Opinions? This is it for today, Gentlepeople, Cheers and Happy Thanksgiving! God bless each and every one of you. Peace.

Dremel in the holes to clean it up is a lifesaver.

Passenger mirror layout. I found out the the factory mirror rotates 180 degrees, so you can use one on the passenger side as well! Since I like the "dainty chrome" look of it, I bought one used, so it matches the original patina on the driver's side and went ahead today and marked it and drilled the mounting holes. The idea is to do everything for the doors NOW, so once closed up, that's it....in theory.

yeah, the cap needs Armor all!

once dry enough I set the dash trim piece in place without bolting it down to just be "there" and out of the way! Yes the piece seem to have a slight bend in it, but it's not noticeable. I didn't do it!

sprays glossy, dries satin.

rear view mirror getting a clean up and paint, using the same paint:

saving this texture was all worth it, I think. mounting bolts got a blast of paint too, why not?

Well, here we are again, same stuff, but satin black. To use this, and not have any runs, you have to use it in quick short bursts from a distance. It looks great if done this way, Death by a thousand cuts (or quick bursts while swingin the can). I used it on my dash metal trim against the windshield. The trim has a woodrain texture to it. If you just sandblast this piece, you loose it and then just have smooth metal. I carefully cleaned it up with the brass wire wheel and steel wool, it worked! here are some pics:

driver's door had a bit of rust on the inner face. I went ahead to took it off with the brass wire wheel attachemnt in my electric drill and painted it. It wasn't supposed to run.... darn it! Well, it's hidden, I guess.

now the left (driver's) side: NO HOLES! Happy about that!