blake culp Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 I wanted to start a project thread detailing the restoration of an early 260z I bought. The very early stages are missing, in my excitement of picking up the car I forgot to start taking pictures. I found the 260 in San Antonio TX, it was a rolling shell, with no interior. The glass is all good, the body is pretty straight, and the rust is very minimal. First order of business was to remove the suspension and get it up on a rotisserie The rotisserie is just a inch or to too short, so i can't make a complete revolution because the rocker panels hit. I'll probably just put the castors on concrete blocks if/when i need to make a complete revolution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blake culp Posted April 21, 2009 Author Share Posted April 21, 2009 Next the glass came out, and i finished stripping the shell. The only thing in the interior to even strip was the pedals and steering shaft, so that part was easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blake culp Posted April 21, 2009 Author Share Posted April 21, 2009 Now I'm finally ready to start the long process of preparing the car for paint. After a failed attempt of hiring a mobile soda blaster who said my paint is too hard for him to remove, i have decided to use aircraft stripper, wire wheels and a small siphon feed sand blaster to remove the old paint. In some areas like the roof I plan on just scuffing and shooting over the old paint, the old paint seems to be holding fine so I don't see the need in stripping it. These are the only two areas of body rust i have found so far. Starting the patch on the top piece The bottom rust spot is almost finished I am going for a very clean, more modern look with my 260. The fender turn signals really show the cars age in my opinion so I'm going to fill them with welded in plugs. Ill be doing the same with the rear bumper indentations. Rear turn signal plug Tacked in Smoothed out Filling the bumper indent Front turn signal, the pictures are smaller and its hard to see, but I'm really starting to get the hang of welding these plugs in. I'm by no means an expert welder, but I do have some experience and I have a guy I work with who IS a certified welder to answer all my questions. I welded in all these plugs in one saturday, so hopefully next weekend ill finish the other side. My goal is to have it painted in a month, middle of may 09, but I still have a lot of prep to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZZZeee Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 (edited) Fourteen months and no update. I'm a little bit disappointed. Did you lose interest or is time a factor? I hope everything is okay there. Edited June 17, 2010 by ZZZeee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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