Nismopunch's '71 Z buildup

Norcal510 · **Posted:** Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:44 am

Wow nice.

You got lots of work done. Looking good!

Almost mordor time.

Nismopunch · **Posted:** Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:58 pm

Yeah I need to order some frame rail and floor pans from Canada...AKA forged in the pits of mordor canadian tux style

Nismopunch · **Posted:** Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:19 pm

work continues..

cleaned gas tank off so i can use aircraft paint remover easier

poor stamp is going bye bye

ughhh russsttt, going to clean up rust then por15 the tank

can you guess what this is?

rust there, rust here, rust rust rust. tail panel is coming off next so i can fix more of the dents on the lower driver side. cheers!

john · **Posted:** Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:27 pm

This is just about the point where I would probably give up. Congratulations. :tu:

Nismopunch · **Posted:** Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:36 pm

datsunfreak wrote:

This is just about the point where I would probably give up. Congratulations. :tu:

believe me, sometimes i wonder if it is worth it..but i am learning a lot and hopefully i'll be able to pull off a decent job :oops:

john · **Posted:** Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:04 pm

Quote:

hopefully i'll be able to pull off a decent job :oops:

You will.

Norcal510 · **Posted:** Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:18 pm

Very nice!! Tail panel time.

Nismopunch · **Posted:** Mon May 02, 2011 7:28 am

apologies to all in advance, I KILLED A 280Z ON SATURDAY :twisted:

so my day started off kinda comical, for those of you familiar with manga. however this junkyard zed with no where near as cool...autotragic '76 280z left to die

oh sweet almost no rust engine bay with complete battery tray and clean frame rail

hmm whats that?

going home

so i now have what i need and more to repair my 240z. i only wanted 1/4 of that clip but they said it was too much work to take apart, and just gave me the whole thing..

work won't start on the major structural stuff till after i move later this month. sucks i have to move all this stuff again...bah

Norcal510 · **Posted:** Mon May 02, 2011 7:53 am

Had a good time that day. Sad to see a z get chopped up but it was for a good cause. :tu:

DeRuX · **Posted:** Mon May 02, 2011 3:05 pm

Damn, I hope that part is going to help.

Also you should of seen if they had a taillight for the truck.

Ballz · **Posted:** Tue May 03, 2011 4:38 am

Was that Pick n pull San Jose?

Nismopunch · **Posted:** Tue May 03, 2011 6:36 am

DeRuX wrote:

Damn, I hope that part is going to help.

Also you should of seen if they had a taillight for the truck.

thanks bro! haha yeah it's actually ivan's pops truck, we asked and they wanted wayyy too much money for one taillight :shock:

@Ballz - no it wasn't pick n pull, they always hate on me when i want to cut stuff

datsun200l · **Joined:** Sun Apr 24, 2011 10:41 am **Posts:** 42

cool project :mrgreen:

would be super without the evil rust man :evil:

that 280, it looked like the devil z in wangan manga, heheheh :mrgreen:

Norcal510 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 27, 2011 7:59 am

Updates...

Camshaft · **Posted:** Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:01 am

Did that Z's previous owner have the same last name as you?

Nismopunch · **Posted:** Tue Jun 28, 2011 7:07 am

Camshaft wrote:

Did that Z's previous owner have the same last name as you?

LOL far from it, but yes i love manga as well :tu:

i'll have some updates shortly. temporarily painted the car...getting sick of it sitting around hiding naked in the garage. still have no 220v in the new garage as the dryer is in the house...ugh...so cant use welder to finish up the big stuff yet.

Nismopunch · **Posted:** Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:20 pm

Been a while so I thought I would post an update. Car is lightly sprayed with a colored primer so it can see the light of day haha. Even was able to go to a few local meets, and it really felt great to drive the car again. Finally got my fuse panel replaced and nice big fuse/welder outlet installed at my new house! Should be doing a lot of work in the coming months. Anyways here is a few pics..havent uploaded anything with the car yet

Picked these up from a local buddy of mine. Tokico lowering springs with illumina shock inserts. Nothing crazy, but now I can cut up my original strut assemblies for coilovers later!

Got around to stripping the clip finally. It was a pita moving this from my old house to the new house...

There are subtle differences in the panels, but for what I am stealing from the clip I wont be having any issues. Looking forward to drilling out spot welds...yay

Also picked this up along with a s13 shell that is being coverted to an all stock beater/spare car...debating what to do with it...lots of friends screaming to not put in the zed. I love my triples and the simple n/a setup...but I am curious about swapping..so im on the fence on this one.

schassisowner · **Posted:** Fri Sep 30, 2011 5:50 am

leave it L powered

this reminds me of my 78 i had.... unfortunately i had to scrap mine.

nice job saving another one

Norcal510 · **Posted:** Fri Sep 30, 2011 6:49 am

Rb OR L w/tripples??

Doc · **Posted:** Sat Oct 01, 2011 12:11 am

Nice Zed! Good to see so much restoration-pics! Good luck!
Have to restore my SPL311 Fairlady this winter.

Nice Grocery getter too! Own an Altezza as Daily (but the more JDM RHD 3SGE Blacktop RS200-Version

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