I’m having a bit of a good momentum, lately. So I’ve decided to take advantage and continue dismantling things. The reason I take everything apart atm, is that i plan to have all parts cleaned and zinc plated at once soon. So I have everything ready for assembly when the other parts are ready. It also gives me the opportunity to check all the various parts in stock. Go through my parts in the “random parts” boxes and sort them into the correct boxes, and so on. Some of the shown parts will only be spares, as I have new / restored parts in stock. but it’s always good to…

I spent more days digging through all my collected parst and boxes, and getting stuff organizied for the final phases of the project. And then realized that I still need to replate many of the original fasteners. Since I mostly have 2 or more pieces of each item, which I need, I decided it’s better to also disassemble the spare units and take loads of pictures. this will help me put everything back together later, but will also allo wme to have nice spare-parts ready or make one-out-of-two, and so on. So i spent the recent days disassembling loads of stuff: Like the master-VAC / Master brake cylinder and brake…

So, my Carb guy started to work on the carbs and sends me regular updates. First  he dismantled everything. Some bolts were glued in by the previous owner and it was quite tricky to get them out: He checked and measured each individual component to see the state. As you can see some parts were bad, despite looking good. For e.g. this butterfly / throttle body shaft was bent and requires requires replacement One everything was dismantled, it was time for a a bath in the ultrasonic cleaner: The internals came out beautifully, but we realized that the jetting is wrong for the L24 engine on some of the carbs.…

One task of the body shop team is to clean the heater cores and pressure-test them (for leaks). So it was about time to remove them from my two heater modules. As you can see, the first one was quite rusty, and what you cant’t see is that that big middle plastic piece was molten in some areas, for whatever reason. There is plenty of surface rust inside, but nothing that can’t be fixed with a bit of sandblasting and some fresh layers of paint. Those springs and mechanical parts will be a bit more tricky to replace, but I’m sure there is a solution. Luckily, I have some parts…

Time for another long-overdue update: I’ve been busy working on many corners of my 240Z restoration project. Since it’s mostly small works here and there, I wanted to save the work until I have enough together for a proper update. I’m trying to use my time and money wisely, to ensure the car is ready to go to the body shop in August / September. So the first thing I did was to drill holes in my NOS fenders. Some might say this is blasphemy, but I need those to install my NOS fender mirrors, which I really want to put on this car: And then checked my NOS fender…

Recently, I was very lucky and had the rare opportunity to buy something large, original Nissan and a big wooden crate arrived here a few weeks ago. Inside was a pair of New-old-Stock (NOS) Left and Right Front fenders. Original Nissan parts still in its factory packing and with all the labels, etc. But more about that in a second. First, I spent some time inside the car to remove all factory seam sealer. It’s not something I had planned to, but once I realized that surface rust is hiding underneath (nothing critical), I decided to remove it all. It’s not really visible in this photo, but I think I…

Recently, I’ve been quite busy with 240Z related projects and work, but not so much busy posting about it. Time for a little wrap-up of the last few weeks. As my car will go to the body shop soon for some final work I’m a bit under pressure to prepare everything and find the missing parts. So first, I decided to remove all the parts that are not required for bodywork or which were only installed temporary. I also removed all labels and stickers from the panel. Every hour of work that I can do, instead of the body shop is an hour less I have to pay. And honestly,…

I’ve been shopping. Again. And this month’s delivery from Japan and the USA looks like this: It’s as usual a bit of a “mixed bag” with random stuff that I find and think is useful for my collection, and then some Stuff which I really was looking for, for a while. The first thing are two spare parts price list books from Nissan JP from the early 80ies, which also include the S30 parts. Completely useless, but I really liked their design and they were cheap: Then, also from Japan an S130 “New Product” information news flash. Basically, an Information to dealers about the new S130 with technical details, all…

Long time followers might have realized that the project lost a bit of its original momentum. As much as I loved to take everything apart and attempt to fix it myself – at one point I had to realize that with life evolving and me becoming more involved my job, I simply don’t have the time and energy left to spend every evening in my Garage. The Project was always meant to be a “learning-by-doing” project, but from that crappy rust bucket it once was, it has meanwhile evolved in an expensive quality build, and I also simply lack the knowledge to give the car love it deserves to become…

Those who follow the story of my Z’s since the beginning, might know that this project started over 15 years ago, and since then, I never had a complete S30 that drives. It has always been a hobby of mine, and it was intended for myself to gain knowledge about car repairs, how they work and just enjoy building something with my hands. What was once intended to be a quick-fix over 1–2 years, quickly escalated in much more than I could ever imagine. And that in a good sense. I’ve gained many new contacts, knowledge and friends. In recent years, however, I feel that I lack knowledge and experience…