JSM Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 (edited) I think this one takes it for me! Pretty darn scarry. You should see the pans! It's finally out of here after a year or so. Best thing is sitting in my yard it went up 40% in steel weight! Edited May 18, 2011 by JSM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19762802+2 Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Did you periodically wash it with Salt water? I thought my first Missouri Z was bad.. I'm surprised that thing lasted long enough to rust through in that many spots without getting crushed at some earlier point in its life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSM Posted May 18, 2011 Author Share Posted May 18, 2011 It came from Oregon, then sat in this guys back yard for 10 + years here in FL. I think the Turbo ZX I got from the same guy was almost as bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inZane 240 Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Awesome & sad at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 (edited) Like a battle of rust, versus scrap steel prices. i would like to see someone plot that out to find the optimal time to trade it for cash. Edited May 18, 2011 by cygnusx1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rturbo 930 Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 I was gonna post my old '72 240z, but now I'm not gonna bother. Was the cowl removed, or did all of it rust away? Looks like the latter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSM Posted May 18, 2011 Author Share Posted May 18, 2011 If I recall, most was rusted away which got tossed. I didn't have to unscrew it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datsun723 Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Holy jeebus!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaaJeHaa Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Damn! My challenge to you: Make it a show car within a year:P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abc_was_here Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 (edited) I will play haha I wish I had taken more pictures of the rust this car had now! Not as bad as yours but bad enough, frame rails were pretty gone too same with battery tray and fire wall Edited May 18, 2011 by abc_was_here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSM Posted May 18, 2011 Author Share Posted May 18, 2011 Damn! My challenge to you: Make it a show car within a year:P LOL, too late. She hit the scrap yard this morning. Received a staggering $140 for her! It was cool to watch the claw grab her and finish her demise. I was able to save all the windshield trim at the last minute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 JSM, thanks for the recent scrap price update. Last time when scrap was $600 a ton, I 'cashed in' 4 cars from the back yard (not any rust on them....) I currently have one worse than that, and maybe it's time to get the boy working on the bolt recovery and parts salvage to get it off to the scrapper. It's worse than that one though. BIZZARE thing is that the panels rusted from what looks to be the inside out---with holes in the middle of hte panels, hatch I don't dare open now as the last time I could see it flexing where the struts go (disconnected them, but afraid if I lift it, the glass will crack now!) The car is rusted in all the places you usually don't see them rust (and on an S30 that is saying a lot!) I got to get a photo and try to load it up. Guy I bought it from got it for the title with the intentions of making a tube framed car... but you know how those projects go. I got it since it had a title...but more because it was free and had FIVE original date-matched steel rims with the hubcaps! Perfect for my Fairlady Z of similar vintage (which suffers not from the tin worm!) I think I'll recover the bolts, glass, and particular chassis bits and make a run with the unit body to the steel scrapyard by the house! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluDestiny Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 I trashed my 280zx turbo parts car in the same condition as your's and got $160. It was back in November though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abc_was_here Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Ya that car got scrapped too, but I didnt have a trailer to tow it off, so I sold it to a guy for 20 bucks if he came and got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkumaNoZeta Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 More rust = less weight in my book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSM Posted May 19, 2011 Author Share Posted May 19, 2011 (edited) JSM, thanks for the recent scrap price update. No problem. The scrapper behind me was telling me to take it home and rip all the copper out and aluminum. He's like you'll get another $100. I am just out of space or I would have. I live in a deed restricted home owners association community. Fortuneately my garage is on an alley in the back! No one has said a word on my “stuffâ€. One other thing to note copper wire in insulation is going for $1.30 a pound! Wire cutters will be my new friend on our garbage runs my wife and I do together. Edited May 20, 2011 by JSM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModernS30 Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 I'm gonna have to start cutting unneeded bits from the z body harness. Weight loss anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 "One other thing to note copper wire in insulation is going for $1.30 a pound!" Oh, the Z-Mainity! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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