New Zealand Datsun Club

Hi guys, first time posting on here but have been to a few meets in christchurch with my white 1978 260z its been locked away in storage for the last 3years as i was overseas, and unfortunatly my dad took it for a drive to check every thing over and ended up in a deep ditch at low speed. luckly it was a low speed crash so all of the glass and lights are ok and so far it only looking like the lower rear A arm is slightly bent. skip forward to a week ago and i finally have a garage to work on it down here in my time off the interior is

Oh man, that's almost reason to divorce your dad, was he little johnnying it?

Haha na it was after a small rainy patch with buggered rear shocks and the cheapest tyres i could find just to get it driving so mostly just a bunch of small factors adding up

Started stripping it down and its not too rusty so far

OUCH!

On the bright side it's a good chance to catch and address any hidden rust while it's getting fixed, looks like a fun car.

Are you the guy I bought some D2 strut tops off a while ago or was that someone else?

Na not me mate, i did pick up a set of the BC coil overs to put in but now going with the Techno toy tuning full kit
http://www.rawbrokerage.com/techno-toy- ... 70-1978-z/

finished getting it down to a rolling shell so i can start paint stripping in the next few days. any recommendations on removing the carpet type sound deadening that's molded into the tar like under seal?

Time to make a mess Stripped the bonnet and has almost no damage

I spent a few hours chipping the sound deadening off my shell with a flat blade screwdriver and a rubber mallet.
It chips off OK and I used turps to clean the residue off, came up really good.

Spend another two days putting it all back on as close to stock as I could get it.

Good luck. Have a chat to Warrick (2 Doors) if you want some of the best panel work done in CHCH. He's worked on several S30's and first class work.
There is more rust to find I'm sure.

Good luck, looks like a lot of fun.