1973 Datsun 240Z Restoration

It feels great to finally see the bare metal  This stage of the restoration includes removing all necessary paint, undercoat and rust from the body.  I have chosen to perform this work at home rather that have the car shipped out for media blasting.   Today's post is kind of a hodgepodge of panel and rust removal:   I'm working carefully to expose every bit of hidden rust for repair.  All the typical rust patterns are present on this car so it's time these repairs were made properly.  While grinding the paint and rust away I discovered various body repairs where body filler was used.  In most areas where body filler was present, the rusting was made worse as a result and it was quite evident that the filler was used to cut corners and simply bury any damage.   I ran a few tests on the undercoat to determine the best process for removing it.  I find that a 20 minute saturation with aircraft stripper followed up by a good scrapin...

Happy New Year! Front End Jig Installed Kerfed Curve for Front End Jig Internal Structure for Front End Jig Revised Curve for Rear End Jig for Increased Strength Wood Gluing and Laminating the Plywood Stack It's been just over a month since I began working on the 240Z and progress was smooth until the Christmas holidays.  That's not to say that the holidays caused the slow down, rather, I was working out the design for a wooden tilting jig that was safe, strong, functional and affordable.  I'm happy to report that the jig is complete and performing exactly as designed.   Watch the videos below to see the me roll the 240z easily on the 4.5" locking casters and tilt the car on its side with assistance from my brother.  I decided, after much internal debate, to go with a home-built solution for getting the car on its side.  A rotisserie would be the dream solution and something I intend to purchase in the future should I find that I am regularly needing to do ...