This week has been the most busy one car-wise in a while 🙂 Well. I guess that’s good?! Thist itme i’ve cleaned the ignition switches again thoroughly and assembled them back. Tried to keep the original patina but clean it. And made sure all the contacts are fine. Then installed one of them directly to the previously finnished steering column: Really fun to start putting completed parts together to even bigger completed parts 🙂 Had the covering ring cleaned, since the old paint wasn’t nice anymore: Resprayed it with some rattle-can car-paint in flat black and had it drying under the lamp for a day:  And then put it back…

Was quite busy this week with the Z’s small projects that have been going on. I’ve been cleaning and exchanging the partsi n my tumbler almost daily and today i finally had them completed: Now all is packed up and ready for zinc re-plating and yellow passivating. Which means i have to wait for the parts for approximately one week before i can continue. Pretty happy with the result by the way. The Tumbler was well invested money. just took me some years to figure out how to use it properly 🙂 During preparation process i also fixed some parts which where slightly worn out. Like this one. Before: Straightening…

I want to push the bodyworks a bit so i try to get the bodyshop guy coming here and check the cars soon so i got a glimpse of what is possible and how i can prepare it the best. still don’t know which chassis makes more sense to save etc. so here’s a list i prepared with all the work that needs to be done so i can discuss it with the bodyshop-guy. TONS of work: Both cars: – Remove old paint – Remove mirror holes in doors – Add new fender mirrors (got the installation drawings) – remove rust on doors etc (if needed) – repair rear spoiler…

here we go! about one year ago i bought this beautiful sleeping fairlady: And a year later? that’s how she looks now: Completely stripped bodywork, interieur, suspension, engine, wiring, … every damn nut! And i got a lot of new, used and refurbished parts ready for re-assembly: So what are my plans for 2012? – i definitly plan to buy some key-parts soon that will let me continue work at a few points. – i will need to save a LOT money for the body- & paint-shop and hopefully get the car there. – i plan to buy a lot of replacement bodypanels so the bodyshop can start directly and…

Well, sorry for the lack of updates during the last days. im quite busy with a lot of other stuff, getting my EK9 ready for the summer and pushing a lot of other things in my life. Currently im planning a lot of stuff in the background and im waiting for the body-shop for coming here and check out the car so we’ll be able to get the chassis and body restored..  actually this probably will take another month or so.  currently im also saving money for a big part from japan (secret :D) so i don’t want to waste a lot of money on sourcing smaller parts yet.. you’ll…

Well, maybe it was the rainy day, but somehow i wasn’t sure any more if this project was the right desicion anymore. after the rotisserie was done i had now idea how to contiune. i felt kind of “lost in a project” and having no idea how to get it completed.. im pretty sure many of you guys know what im talking about. and from several old projects of mine i know, if you stop at these points you’ll never get it done.. so i called Mr. Petitjean from zcar racing team in switzerland. he’s the ultimate Z-guru over here with some pretty hardcore z-builds and some beautiful restorations. i…

on we go 🙂 1) Drilled some holes into the front chassis bars and mounted the front upper support: 2) Drilled some holes for “the brake” 3) Added some grease to the rotating parts so it will rotate easier: 4) Mounted the rear support brace: so it’s finally done now and just needs to be lifted into the two base-stands but actually two persons where not enough for the rear end so i have to do it when more people are around. really happy with the progress and hope the whole stuff is strong enough and will last 🙂