hi there, im also from switzerland but from Geneva...If im only near your place, i can help you in restroring your Z.

I noted that you also have an EK9.. thats a nice car..I also have an EG6 but I left it in Manila.

@ estri. hi - sounds cool, maybe once you're at the other end of switzerland let me know thanks a lot, EG are also pretty cool cars. so light and great handling

@ all:
As i mentioned before things slowed down a bit. first because of all the christmas stuff and second because of the lack of space for parts in my garage.. so i had to change things to get more space for the project and the only solition is to get the other car sleeping in there out. and now i've sourced a warehouse to store it and just wait for the weather to get better so i can roll my summer car into it's new winter-home

then i got another book and i think i have now all information ever needed to dis-and assamble the whole car


now back to the garage: I have to get parts stored seriously and need some space for working, storing books, plans and thinking so i decided to give my garage a complete workover
i will spend it some shelves and get an old desk in there i think t his well be great then in there.. and work well be able to contine at high speed rendered a little 3d-room-planner image here how it will look.
The bed ofcourse represents the car but im pretty sure it will look much better on the real shots then. good i have some christmas-vacations now and hopefully will be able to do this within the next week

well i know you're all begging for some uptades on the car, but still need to do a lot of other things.

today i was at IKEA and bought a load of shelves and boxes.


and i put the car back on the wheels so as soon as the other car is out i can move it into it's new position and prepare my garage to continue work

Nice Z.
Good luck in project.

IKEA shevling = classiest garage on JNC

Is it bad that I think the bed in the garage is a good idea?

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-Cam
1988 Mazda RX7
1980 Toyota Celica
a bunch of cool other cars I'm not allowed to list

@ camshaft: i think thos ikea shelves are much cheaper then those usual metal-shelves who cost a hell. and yeah, i know people who actually live in their garage

Here we go yesterday i managed to move my other ride (with summer-tires) into it's new location just minutes before snow started to fall again. phuh - that's what i call luck
No my garage has twice the space for only one car - great


and then i started to build up the Ikea shelves


and that's how it looks now - much better space for storing all parts. maybe i'll add another element on the left side but we'll see. I'll also move in an old desk today or next few days.
Car will come up on jacks again soon and then the project itself will contiune

How do you keep warm out there?

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-Cam
1988 Mazda RX7
1980 Toyota Celica
a bunch of cool other cars I'm not allowed to list

Nice progress so far.

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73 Datsun 240Z |73 Datsun 510 |78 Datsun B120 UTE

thanks guys

@ Camshaft: How i keep warm?
Well i have a 300W Halogen lamp, a thick jacket and i work hard

I know that.
Working in hard conditions.

just makes you love youre achievments even a bit more but yeah, a few degrees warmer wouldn't be wrong..

ok, so after a long time doing a lot of other stuff and almost completed my garage i decided it's time to get some stuff done before a new year starts and im pretty happy with today's progress

first i got the car back on jacks:


then i removed the door step on the drivers side. i wasn't able to open the door enough earlier to get that done before..


next i decided to start with the body-removal, so i started with the trunk first - was a real heavyweight


and then i removed those hatch-locks on the side:


and the sealing rubbers:


and then the aerial antenna:


looked like this then:


next step was to remove the doors, first drivers side:


and the result:


then co-drivers side and sealings:


a little through-shot:


and that's how she looked in the end:




next steps will be hood, door locks, fenders and small side windows
happy new year to you all - hope 2011 will bring you all good success with your cars and in your life

Its still old year here
And you have good progress.

Nice progress. Sweet project!

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- '71 Datsun 240z.....L28ET here we come

just another shortie from yesterday:

started with removing the door locks. If you do this, please note that always one screw should be left in place, otherwise the counterpart on the inside will fall down,
But im happy that didn't happen to me


then i got the side windows out. each window is only mounted by four small scews and a sealing rubber:


looks like this now:


hope im able to do another update today, but we'll see..

Nice progress so far.
Dont give up!

Here we go again. Today we got a little warmer winter day so it's perfect to get some things done again

1) Moved the desk and chair into the garage, so my garage-office is complete now:


2) i removed the headlight cover on the codrivers side:


3) removed both headlights:


little rusty, but ok and with H4 conversion:


say hello to mr. Frogface


4) Removed both service flaps:


5) and at the end i removed the engine wiring-harness. seems to be some kind of selfmade-harness or something. will need a new one i think...

Here we go after another hour of work today out in the cold i finally removed all the body parts. now i need to do some details and then next will be transmission and engine and drive-shaft. but i'll have to get an engine stand and an engine lifer first. so maybe i'll need a few weeks before i can do that.. but i still have a lot of small things to do until then..

got the hood off first:


and that's how it looked after:


next were the fenders:


then i got off the four radiator mounts:


and that's how she looks now. pretty naked


hoping for another update coming in soon

The structure looks to be in great shape! You're moving pretty fast on this, considering how nasty the weather is.

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-Cam
1988 Mazda RX7
1980 Toyota Celica
a bunch of cool other cars I'm not allowed to list

uh, while i got myself some glasses and can see now what i do wheather kepps terrorising us: we acutally had some ice-rain (water freezes as soon as it gets in contact with the ground) for the first time ever over here. was kinda fun to drive, but got a bit chaotic on the streets
also here a little shot for the fans of my water-bottle


but who cares, i wanted to do a few things, so i did
started with the hood latch:


next task was the wiper motor and wiper arms:


looking pretty empty now (sorry for the blurry pic )


next on the 2do list where the air ducts to be removed:


think at least one of them needs to be replaced:


looking nice and empty as well:


then i got out the battery terminals. the minus was mounted to the transmission bell housing:


went along with the speedo cable at the transmisssion bell housing:


and speedo cable finally out:


then last task for today was getting out the chrome trim from the windshield as a friend of mine will come over on saturday and help me getting the windshield out.
was kinda easy with a spatula-type knife:


but i think i bent one of the trims maybe a bit too much. we'll see if i can reuse all of them:


so next big task will be the windshield and the driveshaft. Then i think i have to do a major cleaning in my garage and at the chassis
and am just buying an engine lifter and an engine stand to get those last big parts (excepted the suspension and footworks) out of the car