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My 74 260z Restoration


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Hello all!  My name is Brent and I live near Denver, Colorado.  I have a 74 260z and a 72 240z that I picked up for pretty cheap.  I will be working on the 260z mostly for the next few months. I recently obtained a garage/shop to work out of.   Unknown mileage on the 260, but it reads ~33,000 miles.  The 260z has a rebuilt motor, but I am putting it aside and swapping in a 1JZ( I am still debating on which motor i want to swap in, but it will more than likely be a Toyota straight 6 or the 1UZ).  I have already started stripping everything off of the car to assess the rust and fix them promptly.  I have a couple of holes in the frame rails near the sway bar connection and the floor pans are rusted out, so i will be putting in a new set of both for good measure.  The battery tray area has minimal rust, but i still have to remove the paint to make sure nothing was covered up.  There was an area of concern near the lower part of shock tower, but will need to remove the paint to know what i will need to do.  Here are some pictures to give you an idea where I started and where i am currently at!  Thanks for taking a look!  

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MORE PICTURES TO COME!  

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  • 3 weeks later...

Hey a fellow 260z owner in colorado! 

 

I'm in Frederick.

 

Curious, do you know if that motor is a L28 or the stock L26? I may be interested in it if you feel like parting ways with it. Any idea what you want for it? I can even get it locally with my own trailer :) 

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