Project 02

[mpower5266]

11/22/2009 Part 2

Cut some more rust out of the rocker.



Then worked on the bad spot in the trunk.

[mpower5266]

11/22/2009

Today I cut out some of the bad rust spots.

Cut out the bad section on the fender.



Then went to work on the rockers.





Hopefully I can get some of these parts welded back on later this week.

[stealthfighter1]

making me want to sell my 240sx and put the dough into my 280z

[Burn535i]

wow. amazing work. with that much attention to detail with the gauges i can only imagine how the rest of the car will turn out. keep it up

[schroedin]

Looks good! Sick work, I wish I was that patient.

[mpower5266]

I promise this is the last gauge cluster update.

11/19/2009

So pulled out the cluster that I am going to used in the car, and took it apart to clean it. A coat of primer on the rings that hold the glass in.



While those were drying cleaned up the gauges.



Then a coat of semi glass on the rings.



All back together, and very very clean.



And finally with the bezel I made.



Check out those super low original miles.

[mpower5266]

Went with a brushed finish. I may make another one, Im not totally happy with this one.

[mpower5266]

11/18/2009 part II

Test fitted.



The drilled out the holes for the brake light and trip reset. After having it get caught on the bit last night and about 30 minutes of fixing the bends in it I made sure it wasnt going anywhere.



Then some more sanding and fitting and sanding and fitting and well you get the point.



Now I just need to decide how to finish it. Im thinking something like this.

[mpower5266]

11/18/2009

So transferred the pattern over to aluminum. Cut it out and sanded down the edges a bit, then started on cutting out the gauges. Drilled a few holes so I could get the snips in.



The got out the nippers to clean it up a bit.



All three cut out, cleaned up, and sanded almost to where I need them.



Then drilled out the holes for trip reset and brake light, and cleaned them up with the nippers.



Still need to do some sanding to get it to fit how I want, then on to working on the finish of the plate.

[ff_drift_lol]

nice! what a cool little car. you seem like a do it yourselfer I like that.

[mpower5266]

I feel like I should start prepping the Bav to try and make you feel better. That rust is really not that bad. You'll mash it out.

You are more than welcome to fly out for the weekend and do some welding........ That would make me feel alot better, haha.

Boring semi update today.

11/17/2009

A little bored today so I decided to try something. I have never been a fan of the wood grain around the cluster.

So I took apart an old broken one I have laying around.



Starting the template.



About halfway done.



Almost there need some more trimming.



I have never tried anything like this before and I know teasers suck. If I can make this work I will get some more pics up later.

[TheNeek]

I feel like I should start prepping the Bav to try and make you feel better. That rust is really not that bad. You'll mash it out.

[raffi91]

This build is making me miss my 2002 , cant wait to see this finished.

[WhiteStripes]

Coming along nicely. Too bad about the bondo and more rust...

[6erWebb]

go nick go! I wish there was some labor type stuff to do to my project...Im just waitin' on some moneys right now.

Looks great so far, mad props.