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'74 260z time killer resto-build.


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I've owned this car for a few years now and have learned a lot since the ignorant day I purchased it.  I say ignorant as I knew very little about these cars at the time.  Car was sold to me as a '73 240z but turned out it was a '74 260z in 240z clothing.  Plans at the beginning were to simply drive it and enjoy it but, that obviously went out the window as old cars require a lot of love, attention and elbow grease.  Oh yeah, and money.

 

The day I picked it up.

 

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The spare parts that came with:

 

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The suspension was toast so I went with Tokico HP blue shocks and Eibach pro kit lowering springs. The old springs in the car were so shot that once the lowering springs were in, it sat about the same height. Unfortunately I can't really say what the differences are in the feel of the car as I didn't drive it much with the old suspension setup before I put in the new.

 

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New suspension is in!  The front sits a little bit higher than I'd like but I'll look into that in the future.  As of this moment, it was much better than the original suspension that was in previously.

 

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A rolling shot just for fun.

 

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Next was to replace the gas tank as it was beaten up and had a leak.

 

New tank started out like this:

 

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Ended up like this: (I take no credit in its restoration.  I had someone locally restore it who had been doing this kind of thing for years)

 

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Next I found a junkyard '71 240z & '81 280zx turbo and for the right price, they were mine.  In hindsight I should have left them at the junkyard but hindsight is always 20/20.  Turbo engine ended up being seized.   :icon56:

 

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A while later I stumbled upon this neglected '81 Turbo which was found in a hoarders garage.  It was found underneath boxes upon boxes of clothes and other random junk.

 

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Despite it not being driven for quite a long time, we still managed to get it running.  Albeit, a bit rough.  We'll get back to that at a later date.

 

 

 

 

I couldn't resist this photo opportunity.

 

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Next I picked up a xenon front lip around Christmas time.

 

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Sags a bit in the middle which is another thing I need to address.

 

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This seemed liked the appropriate parking spot as it was the oldest car at the meet.

 

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It was time to do some restoration so I started with the front end.  The bushings were barely held together, one thing led to another and before I knew it, I had dropped the front end to refresh everything.

 

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New parts arrived.

 

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Started powder coating everything!!!!

 

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Rebuilt calipers with new seals, pistons, pads and zinc plated.

 

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Freshly powder coated, new front bearings installed, new rotors & rebuilt brake calipers looks like this:

 

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That brings us up to speed for the most part.  I'm still unsure of the direction and size of the restoration.  Maybe I'll stop buying new parts are start fixing a few of the rust spots.

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