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got any updates mull

Sorry, not lately. Still got heck of a lot of editing to do on a video

that's supposed to roll on a big car show here in Sweden. Not sure

if it'll go online - but if it does, I'll post the link here.

 

I'm also waiting for a TIG-welder to come and patch some holes

before I can wrap up the lead soldering.

 

Times flies, uggh! :)

 

If any updates, I'll post 'em here for sure! : )

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You got a mail from The Pete Brock? Whoa... That's way above the top

of any anticipations. Wicked! Thanks for quoting the mail!

 

Yep THE Pete Brock, of BRE fame. Pete still enjoys datsuns and is working on a V8 510 at the moment(the "new" Yuma Rocket), along with his Cobra Coupe project.

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  • 2 weeks later...

Updates have been a bit scarce lately - I know - "Sorry" :)

 

Last thursday I learned that my 1 year job contract (that expired the next day)

wasn't going to be extended - so: no job anymore. No more immature boss.

 

...and more time for the car! =)

 

The plan is to send the car off to sandblasting again to have some sand

sprayed at the new welds, subframe and frame rails - as well as some areas

that some parts that were covered up last blasting (f.ex rear hatch hinges).

 

After that, it's off to the paint shop to get some epoxy primer on the body...

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god... that is impressive.... Im working on my V8 project 240Z... and I have.. literally a rust free 240z.. complete($1200)... I am just scraping off enough paint to seam weld and reinforce mine... there is literally ZERO RUST in the common structural areas... there was a small patch of bubbling(completely covered by the gasket) on the drivers side lower corner of the windshield lip... and I found some in the passenger side toolbox lower corner... something caustic had spilled in there... other than that... ZERO.. just like new.. even inside the rockers... you poor poor soul.. to have been screwed like that... I would have crushed that sucker and started with another... I got one that had not seen the light of day since 1986 or so... and it was driven in Southern California and Arizona for it's first 14 years... maybe it got rained on a dozen times...most of the Zinc plating on interior relays and stuff looks brand new... it never had AC...

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The plan is to send the car off to sandblasting again to have some sand

sprayed at the new welds' date=' subframe and frame rails - as well as some areas

that some parts that were covered up last blasting (f.ex rear hatch hinges). [/color']

 

After that, it's off to the paint shop to get some epoxy primer on the body...

"update" : )

= monday 24/4

= ~friday 28/4

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Well done mull! Im stunned! You have to come to a trackday-meeting in Norway when you are done... -maybe we should arrange a swedish/norwegian Z-car meeting sometime..?

 

Are you going to install a roll cage? Do you know if there is any pre-fabricated cages which is useable?

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WOW those videos are great! How many video tapes did you go through?

23 and counting ;)

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Not all tapes in this pic... : )

 

Well done mull! Im stunned! You have to come to a trackday-meeting in Norway when you are done... -maybe we should arrange a swedish/norwegian Z-car meeting sometime..?

 

Are you going to install a roll cage? Do you know if there is any pre-fabricated cages which is useable?

Norway is on my to-do-list.... ; )

 

I'll have a custom made 10+ point WRX-style cage mounted in the car

once it passes its initial registration.

 

Pre-fab cages can be found at JEG's:

http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10002&storeId=10001&categoryId=24207&parentCategoryId=10775&langId=-1

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I like those jegs cages but there is a thread about them on here somewhere...

really good price and I can MIG weld in my sleep so that may be a good route...Maybe I can find someone with a TIG welder that I could borrow for a day...that would be really easy to weld around tubes with in low clearance situations like near the roofline.

 

here is the thread... http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=70213&highlight=jegs

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Update : )

 

Sandblasting No.2 is finished.

 

 

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Here he is, the little bugger : )

 

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Battery tray. Loving it! : )

 

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Drivers side whatever-its-called-mount : D

 

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Battery tray and firewall - add some compressed air and sand - ét voila!

 

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The floors are longing for some epoxy primer : )

 

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Before and after : )

 

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I love Allblästring!

 

Tomorrow it's time for "Hugo" to say hello to some epoxy primer : )

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