1975 almost bagged 280z

[kyle55553]

Last update for a while

Pretty much just gunna be a photo dump. The car is all packed up and I'm in Colorado now. Planning to resume work on it in the spring. Would like to point out that I screwed up painting it and now I have to strip all the primer off when I get back cause it's not compatible with my topcoat. That's all folks!

[anti.engineered]

well done dude killer work

[kyle55553]

I'm digging everything but the drag racing seat. But nonetheless I dig.

Yeah im starting to wish I got a seat more like a corbeau or bride, but I don't have that sort of funding either. The Kirkey was cheap, and I like the oldschool style of it. Oh I can pick it up with one finger, that is nice too.

[Greasy63]

I'm digging everything but the drag racing seat. But nonetheless I dig.

[kyle55553]

Just a slight update. Wanted to take some photos of how the roll cage sits in the car after I officially welded it in place. Also welded the harness bar in place last night.

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[kyle55553]

Just curious, isn't there a way you could get the cage to fit better in the car? The main hoop and front down bars look awfully restrictive of ingress/egress and vision.

I didn't upload any photos of the side of the car once its been welded onto the actual body of the car. I think youll be much more pleased with the way it sits. FYI the picture when its finally painted blue, the cage is dropped through the floor still. wanted to get the top painted before I couldn't spray the top side easily.

I think there is a picture in a post above where it is sitting close to where it sits welded in.

Oh but there will also be door bars installed so yes ingress and egress will definitely be harder. but with a quick release steering wheel I hope much of that difficulty will be taken care of.

[I_Haz.:R32]

Just curious, isn't there a way you could get the cage to fit better in the car? The main hoop and front down bars look awfully restrictive of ingress/egress and vision.

[kyle55553]

Got some more work on the rollcage done this weekend. Also started on the body work, got a good bit done fixing the fuel door mess. Not perfect yet but it's getting close. Lot of shit going on right now in the personal life, but short story is that the Datsun might be making a Colorado trip, subie isn't sounding so well this morning.

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[kyle55553]

If this ends up looking like your avatar, then I'm cool with it. I like it so far.

Yea that's the plan! I found that image on google awhile back so I'm not sure who made it, but it's pretty close to what I want. Color is probably lighter than I want, and like I said no spoiler as of right now.

[driftsucky]

If this ends up looking like your avatar, then I'm cool with it. I like it so far.

[kyle55553]

roll cage update

So finally got a working notcher in the barn. this whole rollcage process has turned into a much harder endeavor than I thought it would be. Not much to explain about how I did any of this, because it was pretty much just 12 hours of trial and error, cutting as little off each pipe as possible to get the right fitment. I would suggest to anyone building a cage on their own with no experience, just don't give up. Also the biggest help was designing something to hold the pipes in place while you look around and make measurements. Once I figured out how to hold the pipes in place things got much easier. Basically just used ropes and pieces of wood, which you can see in one of the pictures. Currently about to get off work and work on cutting the pipes for the X that im going to put between the strut tower tonight. After I get the X in place its a matter of cutting 3 sided squares below the main supports and dropping the cage far enough through the floor to fully weld all the way around the pipes!

More updates will be coming, starting on body work as soon as the cage is fully welded in place!
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[kyle55553]

What are you going to do for a spoiler on the back?

Asking because I've got a whale tail that would look sweet on this.

Honestly planning to go spoilerless. but we will see, it will be a final decision once the rest of the aero is in place.

[Jlyons617]

What are you going to do for a spoiler on the back?

Asking because I've got a whale tail that would look sweet on this.

[kyle55553]

finally bagged

Photo dump.

Didn't get the car caged like I wanted to, but I tried to notch some pipes last night and ended up breaking my notcher, hopefully can get new tools today. Also bought my paint yesterday. Went with Metallic mahogany brown like I was planning.

Got a lot done last week and weekend. Brake lines are routed through the cabin of the car and new lines to each brake and master cylinder. Sorta crossing my fingers that I did proper flares on each line, I think I did but who knows!
also finished mounting all the air struts, and most of the suspension parts (broke a couple things (spindle pins)) so I just got the car able to roll around in the driveway, not safe to drive on the road yet.

Put the wheels on and we set her on the ground on sunday afternoon. Wish I had better photos but here they are!

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second to last photo is my finger touching the ground through the passenger side footwell.

last photo is my job trying to weld the fuel door shut. ended up heating the quarter panel up too much and warped about a softball size dent below the door. learned my lesson though. hopefully I can smooth it out with fiberglass and body filler.

[kyle55553]

how are you planning to adjust front camber?

well I plan to get techno toy tuning lower control arms so I have more adjustability, but I was kinda hoping that I built the towers with proper camber, atleast the amount of negative camber I want. About to post photos with the wheels on and on the ground. From the naked eye it looks like I did a good job measuring when I built them. But like I said I'll prolly be able to fine tune once I have the money for the control arms!