Ninehigh
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| posted on 7/7/10 at 07:25 AM |
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Found: restoration project
However there are 2 problems which I hope someone on here might know about..
First of all the "garage" I've seen it outside of (I found it a few years ago and saw it a few days ago still there) looks like
it's been closed for a while. Is there any way I can trace the owner (bearing in mind it's probably a business)?
Secondly if I do manage to get it home there's a couple of spots of rust... all the way through. Surface rust I can handle but holes are a
different matter. Is there any way of repairing this with fibreglass or similar or should I just get someone with a welder?
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coozer
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| posted on 7/7/10 at 07:29 AM |
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Bit vague there, I take it your pilffering it?
Anyway, a picture tells a thousands words??
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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r1_pete
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| posted on 7/7/10 at 07:32 AM |
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Rust where? bodywork, chassis??
Chassis and structural must be welded.
Rusted panels should be replaced, glassing rust in my opinion is bodging not restoring.
What is it, is it worth the effort etc. etc.....
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cliftyhanger
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| posted on 7/7/10 at 07:35 AM |
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Need more info re the rust...but if on a non-structural area then fibreglass can be used. Not as easy as it sounds as all the rust will need to be
removed first, and the area cleaned up to bare metal first. Really welding is the answer....
As to ownership, I would start knocking on doors. I doubt DVLA will help as you do not have a valid reason for an enquiry, unless you issue a parking
ticket! They "may" pass a letter on to the registered owner though, but not really sure.
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BenB
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| posted on 7/7/10 at 07:42 AM |
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Blue glue  and new metal is IMHO the best answer. Glass and metal expand at different rates. And it's a bodge in my opinion.
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 7/7/10 at 07:45 AM |
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It's a Nissan 300zx, the old one with the pop-up headlights.
The rust is in the bodywork, no structural damage that I've seen yet. I'd like to offer £50 or so as it's in a right state but it
looks like a good polish, some bodywork repairs, and a bit of seat refurb inside will get it good as new. Then a set of tyres and a good engine
service might be enough to get the car running.
In fact it's pretty much exactly
this but without the turbo
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thunderace
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| posted on 7/7/10 at 07:57 AM |
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i dont see any point of trying to restor that,you can buy a very good 300ZX taga TWIN TURBO FAIRLADY with low milage for under £2k on ebay ,i seen one
go latst week for £1400 1991 with 42000 on the clock and it looked like new taga TWIN TURBO FAIRLADY .
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pmc_3
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| posted on 7/7/10 at 08:06 AM |
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Chance are if its sat that its had an engine problem, very expensive to fix the 300zx. I nearly bought one about 5 years ago, every receipt for a
service was over £1k! 
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 7/7/10 at 08:36 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by thunderace
i dont see any point of trying to restor that,you can buy a very good 300ZX taga TWIN TURBO FAIRLADY with low milage for under £2k on ebay ,i seen one
go latst week for £1400 1991 with 42000 on the clock and it looked like new taga TWIN TURBO FAIRLADY .
Oh the Batmobile style one? Never too keen on that.
As for engine work, as long as there's nothing major I can do 99% of it myself
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 7/7/10 at 08:58 AM |
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I reckon you just want to paint it black and get a picture like your avatar.....
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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r1_pete
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| posted on 7/7/10 at 09:11 AM |
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would you be thinking along these lines:
 
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 7/7/10 at 09:25 AM |
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Lol
Was going to keep it red, but seeing as it would have to be sprayed, that matt black that's in fashion these days?
I'll worry more about getting it to my house first!
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cliftyhanger
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| posted on 7/7/10 at 09:39 AM |
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I doubt they would take £50 for it, it would weigh in (if it has alloys) for about 3 times that.....
Best to get something that you have an idea will be OK. Restorations are notoriously expensive, and people tend to find that out once they have spent
far too much anyway.
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 7/7/10 at 10:19 AM |
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Well yeah this is on the basis that I'll have a good look at it, I'm just thinking how difficult/costly it would be to repair what I know
about.
2 Holes of rust,
tatty leather seats
new tyres
engine service (anything else is likely to be in this department)
and who I get the V5 and keys from
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Canada EH!
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| posted on 7/7/10 at 01:34 PM |
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Be very careful with rust on old Nissans, they had some major problems.
The Canadain office kept telling them they didn't know how to build a car to prevent rust.
The Canadian office had rusted panels that were replaced on warrenty shipped to their training centre and invited the Japanese engineers, I was there
when they opened the doors to a large garage floor covered in badly rusted body panels.
It was damn near a comedy watching these engineers running about photographing and picking up panels and yelling at each other.
Changes were made.
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 7/7/10 at 05:40 PM |
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Well it's not going to matter if I can't legally get it. If I can't missus is after a 70's or 80's 911, and I just want
something to fettle
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deltron63
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| posted on 7/7/10 at 06:28 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Ninehigh
Well it's not going to matter if I can't legally get it. If I can't missus is after a 70's or 80's 911, and I just want
something to fettle
you might as well dig a big hole and fill it with money. ( ask my boss ) 
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 8/7/10 at 08:46 PM |
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Update:
Called the DVLA today and they've given me 2 options:
I fill in a something 880 form to request information on the last owner, or I fill in some other form (66?) to request to be the registered keeper.
With this one they contact the person last on their list to confirm it and if they don't hear anything I become the registered keeper. I then
contact the previous owner...
However the previous owner might well be the person who sold the car to the garage several years ago.
Anyone know the legal situation if the previous owners are uncontactable?
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