I live in las vegas and am building a 1972 240z. I just finished painting it this weekend and need to start reassembly next weekend. I hope to have it finished by the end of januray. Right now it has a l28 with su carbs, cam, header and electronic ignition. After the car is on the road and all the bugs are worked out it will be getting a t3t4 turbo with mega squirt stand alone fuel injection. Suspension is all tokico and the brakes are stock with the exception of slotted rotors. It will get a full 4 piston caliper upgrade later. Well check out the pics and let me know what you think. ALL work has been completed by me.

This is where she sat for 10 years!



Found out why she was parked.

Pulled out the old.

time for a rebuild and new block.

 

Some new parts.




Heading to the exaust shop.


Engine finished up for now.


Brakes and suspension.

 

Time for body work.

 

Heading to the paint booth!

 

Well thats were she is as of 12-31-06 at 3:00 pm I think she will be finsihed in a couple more weeks!

 

looking good looking good one of these days we will get together and stuff

 

Very nice job! I love the new color too.

Those wheels are gonna look sweet too. I had a set of 17's like that on my car for a while.


Rod.

 

very nice work... but why did you back to the stock SUs... i woulda stayed with the tripple webbers...

 

Sweet! Welcome back! Are you the one and only BigJim from Got-Z?

 

Thats me

 

I wont deal with tripples, they are a MAJOR pita to tune. I'm putting in a mega squirt setup with turbo. I planned to do a t3t4, extrude hone intake, custom turbo cam, big throttle body, etc. But for now, ill drop in my stock l28turbo with mega squirt and drive her for a while. I need to enjoy the car for a while since ive never even driven her yet.

 

very nice work jim, gotta see some pix with the new shoes on it

 

Soon, very soon!

 

I really needed that - thanks!!. Mine is in the bondo with primer and body part all over the place stage. One of these days I'll get some paint on it. It looks really sweet Jim. Great work.

 

Sweet Job! I love the orange paint. I just finished my ZX in silver and black, but toyed with orange or yellow paint idea.
I want to restore a 240 one day. But I have been on mine for a year and dont want to restore anything now, just wanna drive it for a while.
But your Z is gonna look sweet! Keep us updated with pics!

 

I love it ALOT! I like the original green paint, but the Orange is nice too :-)

 

I'm wondering how much was the cost of your paint job. I plan on getting my car repainted within a couple months. Your paint looks like it came out excellent

 

Its was done by me, so i figure i have $200 or so in materials. A nice job will set you back anywhere from 1200 and up. You can get a quickie job done for 500 or less and it will be decent for a daily driver.

 

BigJim's got some paint skillz!

 

hes got more tha paint skillz, hes got body skillz too.

 

More work by bigjim below.

 

damn, I wish I had a space to do that. I'm going to have it done professionaly, lol maybe I can rent out a workshop for a couple months for projects

 

I miss that car! That was the one i shouldnt have sold

 

So theres the famed red turbo...

 

Sigh I don't suppose you ever got around to the T3/T4 hybrid turbo? I didn't see it anywhere posted in your ad..

Daniel