My RB26 260Z Project

[acsmyth]

Awesome @EF Ian

Still my favourite car on here, serious amount of work going on there but will be worth it in the end.

You can always make more money, a not so wise man once told me.

 

[svensktoppen]

Mad is good, keep it up

 

[EF Ian]

Progress, yet more rust. Lots of cancer to remove:

Quarters are fitting better now:

 

[chopaholic]

That work looks fantastic so far Ian, interested to see what the welding and seam work will be like.

What sort of measures are you going to put in place to stop any future issues? Have you seen any of Steve Richardsons posts on Facebook? He often talks about it quite a bit about GTR's he is working on, how he removes layers, treats, primes and welds is certain ways to prevent anything rusting there again.

 

[EF Ian]

That work looks fantastic so far Ian, interested to see what the welding and seam work will be like.

What sort of measures are you going to put in place to stop any future issues? Have you seen any of Steve Richardsons posts on Facebook? He often talks about it quite a bit about GTR's he is working on, how he removes layers, treats, primes and welds is certain ways to prevent anything rusting there again.

Work looks great so far, worth paying for it to be done right. I sort of wish I had gone into something like this a while back.


Anywhere inside that can be, will be spayed with epoxy, anywhere its possible weld thru primer is being used, all seams will be well sealed and all cavities will be well oiled and waxed. Anywhere the original design was overly complicated and was leading to trapping of dirt or moisture the design is being improved.

Open to any suggestions.


I follow Steve on Instagram but not on facebook, perhaps I should be.

 

[stevieturbo]

I'd imagine after all the work, the dipping/galvanising process would surely be the best for future protection ?

Although if you can keep the car in a heated garage...that alone will work wonders.

 

[EF Ian]

I will look into getting it e-coated, but I doubt I'll have the funds for it.

 

[svensktoppen]

What they are planning to do will be absolutely fine for how you will be using and storing the car.

 

[EF Ian]

What they are planning to do will be absolutely fine for how you will be using and storing the car.

Yeah, it won't be a daily and will hopefully barely ever see a wet road.







Progress:

Rear wing support is finished.

Little bit of rot in the rear frame

Not anymore

 

[EF Ian]

Having an explore to see what is needed. As you will see, its quite a lot. Its scary how much work is needed.



You can see evidence of not so good work here:

Not exactly tidy work is it:

Rocker test fit:

And with the door:

And the patchwork continues

Its coming on, but still such a long way to go, what horrors are yet to be revealed. Just hope my savings hold up to the amount of work.

 

[svensktoppen]

You're like a kid at Christmas now

Outstanding work, it will be fantastic once done!

 

[EF Ian]

Update Time

Doesn't look too bad??

Or does it?

Oh wait, there it is:

 

[amcm1]

Good to see people still doing proper restoration work. Too many 'restoration specialties' are just plating over the top of rust without even replicating the factory panel and covering it in waxoyl

 

[RevT]

This is going to be unreal! I’m just very glad it’s not me paying for it.

 

[Apis]

The tinman skills are fantastic. Not just those little corner pieces and so on, but adding that little piece inside the sill with the swaged holes and I'm not sure it's even going to be seen? Lovely work.
My wallet trembles just looking at that.

 

[svensktoppen]

Stupid question - why was it painted before all the metal work?

Great craftsmanship and attention to detail

 

[TalkToFrank]

It wasn't painted before this work this time but was painted a few years ago, unless you're referring to the weldable paint primer I think is being used, probably Bloxide ?

Some job Ian, must be nice to know it's progressing!

 

[stevieturbo]

The old repairs are just the reality of old rusty cars. They may not have been pretty....but it's clear they seemed to be structurally fine, and certainly they don't seem to have rusted too badly from when they were done either.

And as you're finding out....it is a mammoth task to do a better job, which if it's just someone keeping a car on the road, that expense simply isnt needed. Certainly some of the old welding repairs look a lot better than you see on the likes of car SOS etc !!

But with old stuff where panels are not available, and patches need done....patches just get done as trying to replicate panels is such a huge task.
I'd definitely want that in a heated garage after all that work has gone into it, to try and keep it as dry and mint for as long as possible !

I've just started some repairs on mine...and it really is horrible work.

 

[Sam.]

Work looks great. Good to see them peeling back joints and doing it properly.

@svensktoppen: Looks like it was epoxy primered straight after blasting to stop the shell flash rusting.

 

[weeloaney]

Stupid question - why was it painted before all the metal work?

Great craftsmanship and attention to detail

That just blue primer, which I presume was done after blasting just to protect the metal surface from rusting while the work is going on

 

[acsmyth]

Jeepers that is some amount of work bud, the quality of the new work looks outstanding. Certainly not cutting any corners.

 

[stevieturbo]

Strangely....only just found this online tonight.

Another view of rust repairs and fabrication. And more interestingly from a local with a Alfa 75. I don't want to detract or take anything from this thread but it seemed sort of relevant ? Some serious rust on this one !

25 year old Alfa 75 back from the brink (hopefully)

So almost a year a go i bought a Alfa 75 with the intention of doing just enough to get it through the MOT and drive it for the summer. The plan was to then take it off the road and do another bit over the winter. It wasn't serious money, I've always had a notion for one of these and they...

www.mig-welding.co.uk

 

[svensktoppen]

Christ, that Alfa

Fair play, having the skills and time and resources.

I thing it's fair to say that undertaking something like this, even "on the cheap", is never going to show any kind of return. Classic car ads are full of "spent X on restoration", complete with receipts and all, and even asking prices are nowhere near that.

All labours of love.

 

[mayweather]

We are witnessing something very special here, I need to see this car in the flesh when it’s done.

 

[Gambit]

The amount of tinwork and quality is staggering fair play for going that deep into it majority would have just thrown the towel in a long time ago