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The Ugly Duckling 76 280z 2+2


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I bought this car for $2800 in December of 2012 when I was 16. I had the head rebuilt that next summer and then had EMUSA and McKinney Motorsports welded in by my neighbor. I took off the rear bumper and ran it like that for a long time because I had no money to spend on it. 

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The interior has always been pretty clean. I turned myself a wood shift knob on my lathe to mix things up.

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I got some 15x8 steelies for a while that I ended up selling

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I ended up selling those wheels and was just recently able to afford some 15x10 -25 steelies, jpn garage flares, and some 225/50/15s. The fronts went on pretty quickly with no big issues for having no experience. I'm currently putting the rears on and going to get some extra clearance out of the fronts. 

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How the front sits right now. Want to go lower and get a BRE chin spoiler and maybe a fiberglass 240z bumper.

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Thanks for the compliments. The rear inner and outer fenders got welded up by my friend today. I'd like to learn how to weld so I don't have to rely on anyone else but I'm pretty broke right now. On the way to his house the fronts were rubbing so I'm going to be cleaning those up for some more clearance as well as grinding the back fenders down. I'm going to seal the back fenders with some 3M seam sealer as well. 

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Got invited to a meet on Friday so I'm going to try and get the rear all sealed up by then. I need to order nut inserts and a tool for them before I can get the rear flares on.

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