just picked up a 240z

atomman · **Posted:** Sun Feb 17, 2013 2:43 pm

Ater a busy afternoon i finally have a 240z

work starts on it tomorrow

Kennymonster · **Posted:** Sun Feb 17, 2013 6:55 pm

Any details on plans? motor work?

If my eyes aren't deceiving me, those look like legit Watanabes.

Skellington · **Posted:** Sun Feb 17, 2013 7:16 pm

Looks like a good start.

atomman · **Posted:** Mon Feb 18, 2013 2:59 am

Hello

Been in a garage for 9 years off the road the guy stated doing the floor pans and then gave up,
Its got a 260, 2.6 up front with janspeed header and exhuast and a R200 diff out back and twin Su's,
Starts and drive but a bit rough, so carbs need looking at and the brakes it's had 4 pots up front and 260 rear callipers and disc's which need bleeding but sort of work,

Plans are to finish off the welding build some coil overs for it and some camber plates and get it a bit closer to the ground, I also have as set of weber 40 DCOE's lying round and some ZG flares.

The wheels are minilites 8 x 15's they do look alot like watanabe's though , the fronts look abit to wide with the offset and the backs look to narrow, So im thinking new wheels or just some wider backs,

Wanna try and get it done by the end of March as there is a show i wanna take it to, i can see some late nights over the next month :lol:

nwclassichonda · **Posted:** Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:52 pm

atomman · **Posted:** Thu Feb 21, 2013 5:45 am

been on it the past couple of days trying to sort out the floors, welding was started by the previous owner about 9 years ago then he gave up because he couldn't really weld :roll:

I've spent 2 days going over all the welding checkin its actually bonded and redo'in the bits which haven't and seam sealing and general tidying up.

Made some floor rails and grafted them in to, made them a bit thicker than usual so if i do ground the car out it will bit stronger,

Sorting wheels out the next few days, think im going with banded steels in 10 x 15 and 9 x 15 ( need to check fit before i get them banded thou) I have got archs so gonna stretch the tyres a bit I rekon

DmK66 · **Posted:** Thu Feb 21, 2013 5:53 am

Banded steels and overfenders, eh ?
Top Job

atomman · **Posted:** Thu Feb 21, 2013 6:17 am

DmK66 wrote:

Banded steels and overfenders, eh ?
Top Job

yeah

Been looking at loads of different rims over here in the UK and I cant find any I like in the sizes i want

So im just gonna make some steels to suit :tu:

Was thinking painted black with those red extended ally wheel nuts you an get to go with the red vinyl inside ?

DmK66 · **Posted:** Thu Feb 21, 2013 2:54 pm

Black steels never look wrong, I reckon.
Any idea what car the steels you have are off ? I've been after some old style 14" or 15" steels for a while but all the old British rims with the right PCD seem to be 13's. TR5 wheels are ok but they have holes, I'm after something Lotus Cortina-ish looking.

atomman · **Posted:** Thu Feb 21, 2013 3:45 pm

im going shopping round the local scrap yards tomorrow for some,

from looking around volvo do a nice 15 with the right PCD but they have got holes in them or they do have a space saver rim in 15 that is solid, i think :lol:

i have been looking at alot of wheels the pst few days

DmK66 · **Posted:** Fri Feb 22, 2013 12:50 am

Happy hunting.

atomman · **Posted:** Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:05 am

found some wheels on the weekend

just need to get my arch's on and measure how much to band them by,

Also nearly finished all the welding, under floor frame rails are on, so are the seat rails inside, just a bit of welding on one sill to complete :tu:

atomman · **Posted:** Tue Feb 26, 2013 3:04 am

postman turned up with these this morning

schassisowner · **Posted:** Fri Mar 08, 2013 5:23 am

that looks clean dude..... is that a 140 volvo beside it.... those are sweet too :tu:

atomman · **Posted:** Fri Mar 08, 2013 12:48 pm

yeah its an amazon , my friend i share the workshop with has a nice 2 door and he got this for spares, there's not many left over here.

atomman · **Posted:** Sat Mar 09, 2013 8:13 am

wheels came back from banding yesterday

pretty happy with them.

interior is coming on to all painted up and sound deadning in

new jute fitted and vinyl and new carpet

Then 6 police turned up and evacuated me because they think there is an unexploded WWII bomb next to my workshop :shock:

will find out later if im aloud back in

Eric · **Posted:** Sat Mar 09, 2013 12:10 pm

I like the steelies!

MikeRL411 · **Posted:** Sat Mar 09, 2013 2:48 pm

[quote="atomman"]Then 6 police turned up and evacuated me because they think there is an unexploded WWII bomb next to my workshop :shock:

will find out later if im aloud back in[/quote]

Say nothing went "BOOM!" please!

atomman · **Posted:** Wed Mar 13, 2013 3:05 am

update from the weekend,

Had the tyres swopped over on to the back rims,nice little bit of stretch,

Then 6 police turned up and evacuated me becuase there was a suspected WWII bomb found next to my workshop

After a few hours I was aloud back in, it was only a weight off a fly press in the end.

tried the backs on, think I could of gone wider but will prob need to space them out a bit when I do the back coilovers.

yesterday was coilover day

off and ready to go

cut round the spring perch with a hacksaw then a quick tap with a hammer and off it comes

clean up the rest off the weld and slide on the bottom ring,

then the threaded adjuster

All back together ready for test fit

bolted back on,Wheel clears the shock just,

Tomorrow I will put it back on its wheels and see how low it is 8-)

Datsun style · **Posted:** Wed Mar 13, 2013 4:20 am

Good stuff...love the steelies!!

just picked up a 240z

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