Nothing big today, just removed those ball joint mounts so i can get them sandblasted and powdercoated soon: before: After: And cleaned the engine mount bracket (That big front bar..) for easier sandblasting as well:

Can’t be happier! Usually good and simple plans never work as i thought, but this time it worked very well. istead of sourcing some new JDM Fairlady fender mirrors i decided to buy sume used ones, but these were too damaged, so i bought a set of New 510Mirrors which seemed to be actually the same, just with a shorter base-mount. i decided to swap the old 240Z base to the new 510 Mirrors to have some kind of new 240Z mirrors: 1) before – you can see how the 240Z base is longer compared to the 510 (left) 2) Disasembled everything: 3) and interchanged the two base mounts: 5)…

After another 1,5h sanding by hand out in the cold garage finally the wing has no mor old rattle-can paint left 🙂 Also got those old emblem-pins out. Now only need to replace the broken screws then it’s done 🙂

Nothing big today either, just started to sand down the wing i bought recently. Before: After 1,5 hours sanding by hand – one side done (still need to do the rear side, but don’t have any feeling in my arms anymore, so decided to quit :D): Sadly figured out it was broken and fixed once in the past, but not a too big problem:

So after i got my new delfir-chips i decided to make a little how-to: 1) Add Delfilr-chips and the parts you want to clean-up into the tumbler: 2) Add water (water 1:4 delfir chips ratio), and 2-3 drops dish washing fluid: 3) add a bit of random grease to one of the screws (this will give all the parts inside a thin grease cot which prevents it from immeadiatly starting to rust!, you will need to bath them in grease remover before giving the parts to the galvanizing-company!!) 4) Put lock on the tumbler, let it run 🙂 5) wait. have a beer meanwhile. check progress after about 8-12 hours…

Today i visited Ruedi Schnüeriger, former head of the Datsun-z-club Switzerland, to pick up a used, but cheap genuine datsun rear wing: As you can see it needs new screws, a bit of sanding and new paint, but otherwise it’s in great condition 🙂 Sadly his Zed was underneath a winter-Pjama, so i wasn’t able to see much of it, but outside is the son’s latest Z-car project. A black 240Z. That needs some work to get the proper look again – typical swiss 70/80ies style Z with rear louvres, massive vented hood and widened fenders (steel job in this case) extra gauges and stuff. like the wheels, forgot to…

So you remember stripping the old screws from paint and rust didn’t work with the nutshell grain delivered with the tumbler? thanks to Markus’ Ford Project blog i found the information on which abrasives i need to get thos damn parts clean again 🙂 I finally ordered a set of PL-M Delfir Chips, 1x1x1cm he recommanded at a local company which makes abrasives: Polyservice after a few days of waiting they finally arrived here, so i hope i can try this stuff soon: