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one of the wheels needs some massaging on the inner dish so I will have to take it into a wheel shop, so right now it’s riding on 3 of the wheels and a spare… loaded up on the trailer and I will be getting it to my house next week sometime to finally start messing with it and see if it’ll run.

Got the polishing as done as I’m going to at this time. Maybe one day I’ll take them apart and do a full restore but on a car that may not even run, I think these are good enough for now.. also 3d printed center caps for them.

Used some wheel paint and a paint brush and cleaned up the mesh, began polishing with mothers and the high speed polisher.

scored these wheels today for less than I could get some crappy eBay wheels for.. was told that they were enkei that didn’t seem right to me… after a good cleaning I discovered they are made in England compomotive wheels… 3 piece 14inch. pretty sweet pick up. Should have them mounted up and on the car in a few days I was just looking for rollers to get the car home, I think these are much better than just rollers!

He wanted to trade for my Datsun rosdster, but yes he will sell some of them I believe.

3 years later nearly and still waiting. 🙂

I’ve had a few Datsun projects over the past several years, but between other hobbies, my kids, and work, I never really felt like I had the time to give them the attention they deserved. Recently, I changed careers and started a new business, which has given me a lot more flexibility in my schedule. I finally feel like I’m in a place where I can properly take on a project again. Most recently, I had a ’67 Roadster shell. As much as I liked it, it was just that — a shell — and I realized I needed something more complete so I could tackle it one step at a time instead of starting from scratch. So I traded the Roadster for this complete 5/78-built 280Z. It’s an L28, 5-speed car, and seems to be mostly rust-free aside from a couple common spots in the front wheel well/frame area. For now, I’m keeping the long-term plans intentionally vague. The car has been sitting as pictured for about 25 years — and it was parked even before that — so I truly have no idea how long it’s been off the road. First step is a thorough cleaning and then I’ll start working on getting it running. I’ve brought plenty of 4-cylinder Datsuns back to life over the years, but never a Z — and definitely never one with fuel injection — so this will be a bit of a learning curve for me. If I can get it running, I plan to leave it ratty for a while. I may sand it down and hit it with a budget spray job — maybe tractor paint — possibly lower it a bit and find some cool wheels. This will definitely be a budget “ratsun” build. I’m going to try to document the resurrection here as I go. I’m sure I’ll need advice along the way. At the same time, I’m trying to spend less time on social media and more time actually working on cars — so we’ll see how that balance goes. Also, for fun — here are our his-and-hers kei vans we just brought in from Japan. They run and drive great and have been a huge hit in our small town.

Pick me up on your way.

I picked up this Chevy 305 swapped 1987 Jeep Wrangler.. It has a comp thumper cam in it, hei, headers, edlebrock carb, flow master, and aftermarket intake.. It’s not quick but it sounds super cool… got it as my fun desert cruiser for checking trap lines and going shooting with my kids, camping in the summer etc.. It only has 90,000 miles on the chassis, it’s only gonna be a easy project just trying to clean it up and get it really reliable.. so far I’ve just been going through all the wiring that you can tell was just thrown in quick to get it running, installed some slightly better looking lights on the front bumper and took the ones off the hood, and just threw some 32 x 11 1/2 tires and steel wheels on it… the only major modification I plan on doing currently is a ford 8.8 swap, I don’t want the V8 and larger tires to snap my Dana 35.

Pokémon journeys

I was hoping for a round one knockout because I knew if that did not happen tyson would lose.. was awkward for sure. Jake paul is a horrible boxer and a clown. He would not win against anyone similar in size and age that actually is a boxer (like the tommy fury fight).. I have a boxing gym and I have a few fighters that would light him up.

If mike tyson wins this fight tonight than the US is finally back to normal.

Currently, my thought is that if I can just get it to not rot any further, at least in the next long while by removing most of the rust and encapsulating it we live in a pretty dry desert climate where we are in Idaho and it probably won’t get too bad in the foreseeable future and I will keep a headliner off of it so I can keep an eye on it. There are no plans to make this car nice just a beater fun driver…. I might do your idea of bonding backer panels underneath the holes, then a fiberglass filler…. I think as long as I can get most of the rust at Bay and keep it from seeing moisture anymore, I should be able to slow it at least to a crawl. My worry is that in the corners and seems around the edges. it’s gonna be hard to get all the rust out of there…

removed the messed up driver fender and wrecked front bumper… test fit an extra fender and tried straightening out the core support and front end bits.. it’s coming along… a little frustrating I’m color blind and thought this is an orange fender since my wife said it was orange, turns out it’s mustard yellow…