240Z: Rear spoiler completed and some small things

Just a quick update: After returning from holidays, i spent some hours to finally sand down the remaining areas with old layers of paint, filler and primer:

And finally: Done. Still needs a bit of love here and there, especially around the edges, but I’ll leave that to the body shop. I Also made a little stress-test with my crack-repair and it seems pretty solid.

So finally I got it installed back on the trunk at all original 6 mounting studs, like intended from the factory.

It took me quite some hours to get that wing back into shape, but I think it was well worth it, and I’m more than happy i was able to save another OEM part which belongs to this car.

Then I got some stuff in my mailbox:

First. A spacer for the trunk / hatch damper, as mine are all toast. And more importantly at the moment: A bunch of fastener / retaining clips for the front fender side markers:

Which allowed me to finally also test-fit the other side. Note protective foil on the lamp is just there to not damage it during trial fitments:

And then I got a nice book from Autoliv in Sweden. They were the manufacturer of many of the aftermarket seat belts installed by European Import companies (along Britax). I asked them for a bit of Background information about the company and the specific seatbelts. They were not really able to help me with the 240Z seatbelts, since they’re now a global company, but instead they sent me this very cool Company history book, which they released last year for internal use only, with some very cool information. I will prepare a post about those specific seat belts in the coming months.

As for now, I wait for a few parts and information here and there, to proceed with the next steps on the car, but that should be possible in the next few days. I’ll keep you updated.