Blue '71 Project

[Doraemon]

Looking grrrreaaat! Love the blue color. And never thought about polishing chromed parts if it was possibe.

[cwd240z]

The upper one is for the return line.

Thanks!

Great progress. Did you polish the license light housings by hand or machine? I started mine by hand and think I’m going to grab something from harbor freight to speed up the process.

Thanks for all the pics, looks great.

Thanks! Yeah I used a bench top buffer on those. If you have a lot of pieces to polish, I'd definitely recommend it.

[bertvorgon]

I found this guide to compounds very good. I just polished some vintage back pack stoves, made of brass, using the red rouge, as brass is relatively soft.

https://blog.esslinger.com/guide-to-buf ... heir-uses/

and cleaning the buffing wheel

https://blog.esslinger.com/tips-and-tri ... polishing/

Make sure you wear a dust mask, some problematic metals in buffing compounds you do not want in lungs.

I used a 6" buffing wheel.

[cwd240z]

Haven't made a lot of progress lately, but did some work on the engine bay wiring harness. Went through it all and repaired some bad wires and terminals. Took off all of the old harness wrap, cleaned it up, and re-wrapped it with new harness wrap. Didn't take many pics, but here's a during and after shot...

[cwd240z]

Finally had an opportunity to shoot some blue on the interior. It turned out okay, especially considering it'll be covered with sound deadening and carpet.

[cwd240z]

Working on getting the fuel tank installed and all of the million related hoses

[Heinrich]

that looks "clean", very nice.

[Stu]

Looking good. Are you using a base/clear or single stage?

[cwd240z]

Thanks guys!

I've used single stage on everything up to this point. When I do the exterior, I'll use base/clear.

[Stu]

Thanks. I’m thinking of doing the same but not sure if I want the inside of the doors to be B/C or single stage. I’m thinking B/C for everything you can see (jambs, inside doors, under trunk lid) but single stage for floors, firewall, roof, inside pillars. Basically the pinch weld at the doors and windows would be the transition.

[cwd240z]

Thanks. I’m thinking of doing the same but not sure if I want the inside of the doors to be B/C or single stage. I’m thinking B/C for everything you can see (jambs, inside doors, under trunk lid) but single stage for floors, firewall, roof, inside pillars. Basically the pinch weld at the doors and windows would be the transition.

Either one would be fine. I mainly just did single stage on the engine bay, inside the trunk, and interior just because it was more simple and quicker to paint, especially in tight quarters. Also it was less expensive than base/clear. But when I paint the exterior, I'll use base/clear for sure.

[cwd240z]

Got all of the fuel hoses and such installed, ran the rear wiring harness back into place, and started routing a battery cable. Also started building a battery tray and figuring out where I want to mount that.

[cwd240z]

Finished up and mounted the battery tray. Ended up making it the size for a group 24 battery, the size that fits my Z, so I can swap batteries between the two cars. Also made a little box for a master disconnect switch. Drilled a hole in the firewall for the thru connection for the positive cable and routed the cable most of the way through the cabin.

[510rob]

nice!

[cwd240z]

Finished up all of the rear battery cables, all ready to be hooked up to the battery. Not pictured: battery hold down and j bolts.