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    How to Restore to a new frame

    in Miscellaneous Tech

    Posted · Edited by 240ZR

    I Had an amazing Z a few years ago, before I got 6 back to back deployments and got a wife and a kid, and of course she helped me get rid of it while I was on deployments, it became hard to lug it around after the 3rd PCS move, and she left my anyways.

     

    I am still in the Military, I have access to free or nearly free garage use and tools, recently for the sum for $250 I bought someone’s old Hybridz, an early ‘70 with an blown L28 shoehorned in in and some crazy 240sx Modded 6speed in it (not 100% how he got it to fit but there was a thread on one of the z boards about it evidently)

     

    But the car is CLEARLY showing its age... I looks more like a Rat Rod than a Datsun at this point; the frame rails are rotten, most of the underside of the car is rust, (but then again its a 42 year old car; can I just use a Kit like http://www.jegs.com/i/Jegster/550/942705K1/10002/-1 and rehang the car back on this? Or is it better to Put the cage in then take it to a body shop and have the body redone? I am losing the weight of all the fatigued steal and fixing the major rust issues, I am not afraid to put a decent interior in the car it, it’s not a trailer queen or a track car, it’s a daily driver, and well I want to be able to pick up my girlfriend in the car and not have her refuse to get in a race car, or because its dirty, oily smelly or unsafe looking, or any of the complaints anyone’s wife has had over the years..

     

    So I have a few schools of thought here but, I am sure someone here can tell me are the steps? Cage first then Body? Body off and Cage? Build the tube frame take apart the Mechanicals, move them to the Frame then do body?

     

     

    I've never done a Frame off restoration but I want to I think I have steps and a process before I get too far. I asume tho Body is Last.

    Getting my New Girl into Her S130? a game of sorts...

    in Non Tech Board

    Posted

    Its just a project car, for now, its going to be a show car/fun car, for sure I'd let you drive it.... if you did some work on it V, Its going to be restored to be group 4 car, the basic story of how I am getting is, ESTATE AUCTION!!! BO YA~!! They didnt know what to do with it... it must of sat in the guys Garage for a few years in its current state, Im'ma photoblog the restoration when i start it... (did i forget to mention its a replica, with a SBC in it and a Porsche 6 speed?) :burnout:

    Getting my New Girl into Her S130? a game of sorts...

    in Non Tech Board

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    thats fine I am done with mine... worst case... I pull her magic and fast l28 and stuff it in my 71 parts/donor car :flamedevi....

     

    The reason i don't want to do like turbos or anything for her yet... is I am making her do all the work... after all you reap what you sow... I just want her to understand how much work and effort go into each and every hybridz... and hopefully get her doing things like changing her own oil, changing her own pads, and what not instead coming to her brother on me for help with the simplest things..... also helps me from buying a flux capacitor for my car from the mechanic.... or maybe some blinker fluid... XD anyways I dont have the pateints to make another s30z monster car anytime soon, my heart has been stolen by Lancia.... and my next car will be a Lancia.....a Lancia Stratos, has walked into my life for a mere pittance....ok now... John... I NEED GO FAST BITS!! NOW!!!:burnout:

     

    Going to be a 5 years Restroration, car was wrecked and torched but I am so in love with the car I am going to restore it from the frame up... Important thing is the Engine is OK!!! and so is the Gear Box! Be a nice place to sink my money when I get back.:mrgreen:

    OTM vs. Veritech-Z: Loudmouth_Z vs. Camo Zzzap

    in Non Tech Board

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    Humping the tail pipe? :mrgreen:

     

    It'd be cool to see how a stroker stacks up against smaller cube turbos!

     

    How much boost? lol how much RWH we talking??? I am stopping/stoped at 550 horse.... anything beoynd that and its pointless IMO... and that point its all Epeen bragging rights with the amough of weight our cars have.... b/c then again you are all using drag cars... mine will be Auto-X when its done....

    Getting my New Girl into Her S130? a game of sorts...

    in Non Tech Board

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    Well i have a new girl for the time being, been talking to her for what seems like ages now.... shes pretty smart and very interested in MY Z... i want to get her into HER Z, and prove to her an l28 is a potent set up, so what i need are cheap, easy things she can do to her car to. A) keep up on mantiance. B) keep it safe. C) show her a l28 can make as bad ass of a Z as my SBC....

     

    Rules: Nothing Crazy. No dropping trannies no adding turbos.. no noz... nothing crazy...

    Parts:need to be cheap, and user friendly, eg, no megasquirt, she can steal any parts from my 72 240z she wants that where removed in the SBC, LSD, Disc, and coilover conversions. Be creative....

    OTM vs. Veritech-Z: Loudmouth_Z vs. Camo Zzzap

    in Non Tech Board

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    OTM and I kinda figured that a little friendly rivalry would help us get things done a little quicker...I suppose at some point we'll need to hammer out the details, the location and so forth. Maybe we'll make a digital paper plate award that we can edit into our signatures...

     

     

    Winner gets bragging rights + Pics w/ loosing car in humilitaing pose.....

    OTM vs. Veritech-Z: Loudmouth_Z vs. Camo Zzzap

    in Non Tech Board

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    deal me in I am 23... my car is older then me, and my car was low budget when i did it..... >:) but then again look at my 1/4 times >_> BTW I am running on PURE N/A, ♥♥♥♥ power adders... maybe I can see you all in 10 at a shootout... build a GOOD SBC and make monster power all day, my dyno curve is more of a flat line then a Curve >:)

     

     

    you know one cheap Big power set up i love is the 383.........local auto parts place sells complete stroker long block for about $1800 plus core

    ..... SBC with a 350block + 400Crank = Winner IMO

    Looking for Wangan! Do you have it?

    in Non Tech Board

    Posted

    So I am kinda bored shirtless here waiting for my deployment, and i was going to make some DVDs to take with me or maybe compress more anime to my IPOD, but the thing is I've sen 90% of what I had on the Ipod, so i dumped everything, and started loading stuff i haven't seen, Bleach, Angelic Layer, Initial D 4th Stage, and a ton of other stuff, when someone asked me if i had seen Wangan, I had only heard of it passing, I know the pics of the engine are like a Triple Munki set up or something.... and its called "Kashi Z" or Demon Z/Devil Z..... other then that i know nothing about it. I must of spend 45 mins looking around, for Wangan torrents, and so far I have found several CDs and a Game..... Dose anyone have it on their computer? (I have pretty fast Internet here)

    Question: Have you Seen many "Historic" Datsun cars for sale?

    in Non Tech Board

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    I've though about a Scarab.... my question is is it really more historic then like a "frist 100 car" or is it just historic to 'Hybridz'ism? as much as I'd like to get a real scarab, its IMO not the same 'Historical wow' as like a 432 or a BRE car....

     

    Well nothing will happen soon, and nothing is set but Imma keep my eye open for a BRE 510, or a 432-R... Anyone seen one for sale in the last few years, so i can get an idea about price?

     

    Then again a Scarab at the right price would make me almost as happy...

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