• GARAGE: Datsun missing tools for tool wall found

    Remember the rare Datsun original workshop tool wall i found a while ago? Ever since i got it, i thought one day i need to find the missing tools. A few days ago i thought i’d give it a try and google for those items. It was surprisingly easy to find them, and today the package arrived with the three missing Kent+Moore made tools: It seems like one of them (that round thing) is incomplete, but nevertheless. the wall is now fully equipped as intended for nissan dealerships. Note all the additional hooks that were placed there by the previous owner workshop. Nevertheless. it’s more or less complete now with…

  • 240Z: Hood tension rods in and weld repair attempt

    The repeating theme of this build is definitely “two steps forward, one step back”. Whenever i start to work on something, i realize there is much more work required than expected. Remember that nasty weld on the LH Door upper front in the previous post? I thought it just needs a bit of an attack with an angle grinder and some rust protectino primer. Well – once i started grinding, i realized it was a pretty cheap repair from the past,  and once some of the covering layers were ground down completely, rust appeared underneath. So it seems like it was just a simple “patch-up” work rather then a proper…

  • 240Z: Small body rectifications and Door frames in

    Today it’s all about the details. I finally found some time to work on the 240Z project again. I wanted to install the door frames but while looking at that area, i noticed the drip rails were a bit messy. Therwe was some surface rust in the unprotected areas and the rail itself was a bit bumpy. So first i got out my trustworthy hammer and a piece of wood to straighten it Nect i decided to whire-weel the entire area to remove the remaining surface rust and old primer which probably covered some more. You can clearly see this area had some rust in the past, which is not…

  • EVENT: Enter Technikwelt Solothurn – Japaner bis 1994

    A new (at least to me) Japanese themed Car event has appeared recently and i thought i’d like to share it with you. The “Enter technikwelt” is a museum about everything technical and engineering, located in Solothurn and well worth a visit istelf. Every now and then they also organized specific classic car meets in their big parking lot. Attendance is free and food drinks can be bought from their restaurant. This sunday, 14th of July, the teme is Japanese Cars until 1994. Check out all information here: https://enter.ch/de/events/oldtimer-treffen-japaner-bis-1994/ Unfortunately i won’t be able to attend, But since events like these are rare i think it’s cool to meet some…

  • OTHER: Old Fehlmann Bearing Press restored

    Before i jump back to the topic of 240Z restauration, i wanted to complete another little project. The “restauration” or better cleanup of an old Fehlmann bearing press, which i obtained from my Employer. We recently moved to a new site and had some tools leftover and was lucky to get this one for a fair price. By the way the swiss tool manufacturer Fehlmann still exists today and has nothing to do with the “Fehlmann Motor Group (FMG)” which was coincidentally the Datsun Import company in switzerland back in the day. Before i put it on my workbench i decided to give it a little brush up as it…