Well they speak for themselfs .. it wasn't the best weather for good pics.. and well the time was short lots to do

enjoy, please feel free to comment


Nice with shadow of me in it and random interior parts slinging around in the car




Side of the car, wing still has to be installed, the 280zx logos still held in place by tape



The cage after 4 hours of cutting, measuring welding and notching



Weld detail of the left support beam



Another angle ...

so much more to do!

well have fun!

 

Sweet, and its a slicktop w/ euro spec bumpers?! Im lovin it. Awesome work on the cage too. You never cease to amaze me, frank

 

Thanks for the compliment! Well yeah but it is nowhere near finished .. im debating the 4" carbon cowl hood .. should i ?

 

Dude that Z is tight, nice work man. Sure makes me miss driving a slicktop. Someday my '81 will be fixed, too much going on right now. But verry nice job Frank. It looks like it is ready to tear up the tracks.

 

haha nope it still basically is a zxr ( minus decals) so not that rippin, loads of suspension upgrades to make, and well the wing naturally has to be mounted asap!

 

WOW, nice job.

Some people will probibly end up stabbing you for doing that to a ZXR, but, not me, me likey.

 

Jup i know.. however it is not a MINT never repainted dent free ride .. so ill take my changes .. next to that i don't want a 8 mile trailer queen, it would belong in a museum, not my hands!

 

Awesome!

Very Nice.


Rod.

 

frank, i like your thinking. i built my cars to drive and get beat on as well. no point in having to trailer a car around. besides, the zxr was designed to homologate the wing for racing, so might as well race it and test the wing!

 

damn very nice, now i wish i had a slickie...bumpers look sick too. what is the headliner , looks wood or something? Badass all in all.

 

HAHAHA!! Wrecked, obviously, you haven't had a Z car long enough to experience the all too common headliner 'separation'!

That's what's left of the foam cushion still attached to the roof when the vinyl headliner has been removed.

It's something everyone with a 280ZX will experience at some point in their relationship...

Cheers,
LWW

 

you lauging at me l-dub. That ain't cool...no, it looks shiney looking and kind of cool, so thats why i asked. Oh and my zx didn't have a headliner when i bought her. I like it better that way though, easier to run wiring and little speakers.

 

I'm just teasin' w!

 

Designed to be road legal in AU, eg note the low diagonal 'door bars'.

 

Thats bad bro, i'm going to be doing the same no to far away so keep your pm box open. Nice job.

 

wow 260det, did you put extra spot welds in the factory seams? to stiffen it up more. looking good. hey did you buy a kit from like msa or a company, or is that a fab shop doing all the bends, cause i gotta get my roadrace car done.

 

He lives in Down under .. so now i think it is safe to say we got the bend in a shop.. if you want i can ask the dimension and angles of the main hoop, and the front hoops ( that go over the door ).. These i will have bend somewhere in the next month.
Anyhow nice work 260det .. good to see more people being serious about the s130 and not just seeing them as part donors for a s30

 

THat looks great and I see you got the harness mount points already welded onto the cross bar.

 

LOL you said Euro Spec....do they call them that in Europe? I am kinda partial to my US spec bumpers....... J/K guys. Cage looks cool...HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!!!!!

 

Yeh the body has been stiffened up (after repairing the rust ) as part of the improvement list. Got a shop to do the main hoop bends then one of the club guys who is a welder and I did the rest.

Lot of work these S130's but I really like the tin top two seater so.......

 

well we call em Bumpers .. we call the US bumpers Forklifts LOL

 

I just call 'em UGLY