Yeah it’s not like i’ve been not doing anything on the car lately but im corrently working on what is probably the most complicated assembly on the car and it needs a lot of time to figure out how to handle the adventerous electronis design of the Niles Electric company from 45 years ago. As you might know I’m a senior electronics engineer in my daily job so it’s kinda fun and i want to do it right. However it’s a bit tricky to get such an weird and oldschool design “right”. So it needs time. But let’s start with something else: Last week i loaded the hatch into my…

Just got a Delivery from the great guys at MSA today. First of all a new rear weld-in valance: And a set of rear lower corner valances. They’re from a 280Z since none are made for the 240Z. All of these panels are not the best fitment and quality but the best available ones. So my panelbeater has to  use them just as base for his final product. I wonder why nobody makes better quality panels sine these would sell like hot burritos and there are so many of these cars around the world beeing restored currently… Last but not least some small bits like the dustcaps, cotter pins and…

This post is going to be a little summary of the weeks happenings. I have some more good and bad news from the bodyshop first: The good thing: My Panelbeater yves put the door back in for aligment and thus it still has a lots of panels missing, a door already makes the car look like – ummm – a car again 🙂 Then the bad news: Someone crashed into his car (the one below is the one who hit  him), so he’s currently suffering from a whiplash injury and of course his recovery his priority first. Not sure what that means for my car. probably will not be worked…

Last friday i spent a visit at the Bodyshop. Mainly to bring him the Passenger side door so he could check fitment after he’s done with welding in that area (some parts may have moved a bit and need adjustment). I also asked  him to close the original door mirror holes in the door as i will switch to the JDM Fender mirrors 😉 And i had to bring  him some cash as well 🙂 And then i have some good and bad news. The good news is that work in the front right (passenger) sode is almost completed and the work looks fabulous. To the untrained eye it may…

Made some progress again 🙂 First i cleaned all the switches and buttons by hand so the white texture finally came back to life and is visibla again. worked surprisingly good with an old tooth brush and some dishwashing water 😉 Well and then assembled everything back together. not factory fresh but as nice as an 44 year old switch can get 🙂 Then started with the turn signal switch on the other side. seems a bit more tricky… The contacts had massive burn marks So this is after cleaning 🙂 Who needs puzzles when you have cars? I never realized how complicated these switches are until i took it…