RCVTR Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 (edited) Attaching the rear section was pretty straightforward. Edited March 13 by RCVTR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhaag Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Impressive craftsmanship! John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A to Z Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Wow. Good job. that's a lot of work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCVTR Posted March 17 Author Share Posted March 17 Thanks for the positive feedback! It's all a matter of commitment, deciding on the best plan we could come up with and then figuring out how to do it. If we didn't have each other to bounce ideas off of and keep each other fired up, it probably wouldn't have happened. So, now that the body was back together, The outer wheel tubs were mildly crushed and we wanted to put wider wheels and tires on. So the next phase was preparing the rear fenders for ZTrix Subtle Z bodywork. We had the body, now comes the work. To fit wider wheels, you have to modify the fender opening and wheel tub, so that the tub is at it's maximum height out past the fender opening: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A to Z Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 A lot of progress! finding the motivation to keep going is key. A lot of projects stall and never get finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCVTR Posted March 27 Author Share Posted March 27 Z Trix bodywork was a custom fit all the way. We trimmed the rear fenders along the top shoulder, then scarfed the back side along the edges to get it to blend into the existing panel. Applied a seal coat, then bonded them on. The front fenders required quite a bit of work to get the hood gaps right. Lots of small problems to solve, but it came out well. I'll let the photos tell the rest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCVTR Posted March 31 Author Share Posted March 31 The right side door had rust along the bottom edge seam, indicating that the door skin had probably been replaced and the seam was rotting out. So we folded the seam open and removed both door skins and the 11 lb. door beams. Blasted away the rust, fast-etched and painted the inside with rust encapsulator paint and sealed the seams with epoxy and folded them back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCVTR Posted April 16 Author Share Posted April 16 (edited) We did a lot more paint prep than we should have, because the painter was not going to apply his paint over someone else' prep. But I think we did save a lot of his time, by taking care of some problem areas, especially where the rear fenders did not quite fit the damaged sheet metal behind them. Edited April 16 by RCVTR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCVTR Posted April 16 Author Share Posted April 16 Then it was off to paint. The boys did an amazing job! Worthy of a $50 bottle of tequila and a celebration! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A to Z Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 WOW, you have really gotten after it! Massive amount of work done. I bet you're tired. very pretty. GOOD JOB! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCVTR Posted April 23 Author Share Posted April 23 (edited) Can't be tired yet! It finally got to the point where we were building a car. We decided early on to go with vintage Datsun race suspension mods,parts and brakes from Design Products (dpracing.com), the super trick front crossmember from Apex Engineered and camber plates and Evolved steering knuckles from TechnoToyTuning (T3). As it turned out, when we got the rear struts installed the car was squatted in the rear. After taking some measurements, the struts were shortened to 240 length! After a night of tossing and turning, I did some research and discovered that T3 has a problem solver for that in the form of a riser block that works with their adjustable camber setup and it was problem solved!! Edited April 23 by RCVTR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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