Hello all, I thought I would start a thread here after looking around the forum for a bit. Guess I'll start out with a little intro, I'm Evan, a 24yr old full time college student, studying Healthcare Technology Management, I have two years left . I also work full time at a Big Box Home Improvement store to help pay for my addiction, enough about me. The Z
The previous owner had purchased the car in Arizona and trailed it up here, but had run out of funding for the project. This is where I stepped in. I was going to give everyone the long drawn out story with all the details, with a month to month play by play, but Ill just let the pictures do all the talking and get everyone caught up to present day over a few posts, if you have any questions feel free to ask.
Day 1
The engine had a blown headgasket and a slight knock
Nothing inside the car was salvageable, the dash was like a artist rendition of the Grand Canyon, the original seats missing replaced by some 90's Eagle Talon seats. The wiring was cut and spliced every which way.
The shell was rust free and inlcuded a LD28 crank and all the fixings for a Stroker build. Through it up on ebay and paid for the car, parts car, and some other goodies.
The donor... 78 5 speed w/unknown mileage. This was a daily driver summer and winter, and the corrosion at taken its toll.
The project car had sunroof added at some point, well that had to go
I had a roof from a 49 Chevy pickup with about the right angle that was to rough to save around the window frame so I stole the center and it matched the crown of the Datsun pretty close
Finished in place, and I couldnt stand how it looked, it sounded like an oil can.
So I ripped the roof of the donor car and began the long process of transplanting just the skin
I hadnt yet realized how much work I had got my self into
Started to cut the roof off the project car and came across this historic relic behind the head liner
Next Fix, the lower core support from hell
thats the limit for this post, to be continued...