Battery Tray, Frame Rail, Floor Pan (Pt.2) - Datsun Z Rebuild Episode 22
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- čas přidán 19. 08. 2024
- Fitting in the floor pan, mostly. No welding yet, just a lot of cutting, hammering, grinding, and repeating.
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Hey I just binge watched your channel, and have to say I am living vicariously through you right now. I started a 240Z Datsun Project car many years ago at a shop in New Mexico, tearing it down and replacing suspension, welding new floor pans, replacing the clutch, and doing many of the things that I see you working so diligently on! Unfortunately, I moved for graduate school and left my baby behind. The shop that I was working at also went out of business and I ended up donating my car to the shop owner to help him out of his financial situation. As hard as it was to leave my project behind, it felt good to help someone who had taught me so much about cars. I just wanted to write you to say that I am so motivated to see you stick through all of this, and wish you a successful completion, it makes me want to get another project car and get to work :)
Man you are so lucky that you can just go online and buy sheetmetal parts! Battery trays, floor pans, rails, oh how nice it must be. I have the next gen Z, a 1984 300zx and I can't buy any body parts anywhere. I've spent the last 6 months slaving away forming my own body panels and fixing all the rust. Just about done now, next up is doing the crushed frame rails.
Keep it up! I’m right there with you on my own DIY restoration of a rusty 240z. Just spent $700+ on sheetmetal. It feels overwhelming at times. I’m trying to focus on “one step at a time”, just like you said.
Oh man...I can't imagine how sore your neck is after working under the car with the creeper. Hope you get enough rest. Keep it up!!
Everything is sore, my neck included. This is what I get for not building a rotisserie.
Hey I heard you guys on the bracing. I'll talk about it in the next episode. I put at least some minimal bracing in before the front frame rail was completely disconnected from the firewall.
Check out a thread called 240z gets jiggy on classiczcars.com. This is what I’m using, might give you some ideas?
Dude its official! I have made it through all your datsun videos! Love it and can't wait to see what comes next! Super motivation! Keep up the great work!
Oh wow, haha that's awesome. I can't watch my older videos anymore, I cringe at myself too hard.
@@RestorationForBeginners haha to true! I'm the same way, BUT we have to start somewhere right? Have any move videos in the works or are you taking a break for the season?
I wait, forget that I see a new video! Haba
Mine needs the passenger floor and battery tray done. These videos have helped a lot in seeing what exactly to do, thanks man 👌🏻
That piano music tho. Very Nice. :D
Having picked up a 73 240Z I’ve already watched a bunch of your videos. I’ll definitely keep tuning in as I’ll need to do floors and frame rails as well as some patchwork in a few other spots. Keep up the good work!
cool man, stay tuned. feel free to ask me or other viewers any questions you might have. (btw the best way to catch me is wait until I post a new video, and post a comment within the first ~3 days, I mostly lose track of comments after that)
Very cool man. A cheap HF body hammer and dolly set might help with shaping some of those floor panels. Awesome progress, I'm about to hit this stage myself aa I'm finishing up repairing part of the A pillar in my 240.
I did end up buying a set of body hammers and dollies... now if only I knew how to actually use them
Looking good!
Yo man, that music.
It seems like every Z aftermarket replacement panel isn't even close. Most aftermarket stuff doesn't fit *well* and requires mods, but these look like they require extra work. Bummer. I hear that Klassicfab might be making Z panels eventually.
Dude first iff cool channel man!! I stumbled upon it by looking at the paint stripping video and some how you lured me in and i scrolled back got caught up and interested seen the telephone pole video / ending before 10 month break that turned into 5, then new town home now, then i watched u build the garage up, but anyways u earned a new sub, and i do you tube as well, however i do lottery videos that here nor there im starting to think about a 2nd channel on all the other projects i do. Ya know Jack of all trades master of none, but any how what was that attachment on the angle grinder/the long skinny sander? Also that jack system i have to know. By the way great job on all you do i have a feeling your channel will grow from all the hard work u do. Keep it up it will pay off!! But yea please answer my question on the skinny belt sander and the car jacking system.Thanks
oh and 1 more thing never leave a car battery on the ground , put some wood down or something, i just know its not Good To do that. I think it can drain due to grounding or something.
Did you just order the wrong floor pans (you got 260 floor pans)? Or are those floor pans just not a decent product that will work in a pinch?
Definitely didn't order the wrong floor pans, the seller asked for all the details before accepting the order. TBF, I think they'd be easier to fit if I had cut deeper into the trans tunnel and firewall, which I wasn't comfortable doing. It does the job, but as with most sheet metal repairs, it takes some work to get them to fit. It doesn't help that the original floor pan has been crushed and stretched.
Have you ever thought about mounting the car on rotating stands? So that you could turn it upside down, you'd be better off working on the floor. Wouldn't it be better to use a milling cutter to clean the welds?
Yeah, I should've probably done that from the get go. But I'm almost done with this phase of the repair, I'm getting it shipped off to get acid dipped soon. So maybe when it comes back, I'll build one.
@@RestorationForBeginners So you're nearly done with all the rust repair? Right on man that's awesome
how much hours are you in the garage a day for this ? ^^
Hey, it isnt related to the video, but I was looking at your engine dissasembly videos, what books are you using for this restoration? Im starting my 280 from the frame
I just realized. Ive been working on my own kinda revival series for my 94 toyota pickup, and i was in the process of editing when this uploaded. I'm not doing nearly as much as you are in terms of repair or restoration, but the amount of footage is still a lot to compress and edit. I can't imagine what it's like for you lol. Any tips of the trade?
It's seriously no joke. I probably spend 4-8 hours per episode editing, cutting down 10 hours of work down to 10 minutes. I found it to be easier if you only record the important bits to begin with, instead of having the camera rolling all the time.
Another word of advice if you want to build subscribers fast: Most people aren't interested in the details, they're only watching to be entertained. I chose to cater to the 1% of the viewers that ARE actually interested in seeing the details of the work, mostly because they own a Datsun and are working on them themselves. And that's my thing, but It doesn't help viewership. If you want lots of views and subscribers, don't bother being informative. Be entertaining, and skip the nitty gritty details.
@@RestorationForBeginners Ah, alright. Yea, im mostly recording for the same reason, kinda as a tutorial for how some things work (even if I'm not really qualified for that lol). Just showing off some common issues and how to fix or replace certain things. Also to show off to my friends and auto class. Honestly not really interested in subs or views. But thanks for the tips. I have been recoding way too much, and end up speeding up a lot of footage, or just trashing some all together :P
Well, the Z is looking really good so far. Keep it up man. Loving the vids. And thanks for the tips!
Is episode 24 your latest? Where did you get the cribs with the wheels at?
I'm curious if your rear hatch lip is also rusted out. Its something I need to fix on mine haha.
Yes, but it's not bad enough that I think i have to replace anything. I think just some spot welding might suffice.
what the heck is that tool you are using on the rust proofing near the large hole that you were cleaning up, cool!
@sarblade it's a needle scaler
@@mbeck2663 Nice thanks, I've seen one of those, must be pretty loud when working with it tho
SUPER loud.
loving the detailed progress! im getting the engine out of my 280z then gutting the inside to do the same exact thing as you. any tips or regrets so far from the floor install that youd share? also what is that tiny little sander you keep using? i only have an angle grinder and sander for rust and youre making me question whether i need to do another tool purchase.
Haha the best advice? Just have a professional do it. Seriously.
You're watching about 15 hours of work shortened into 15 minutes, this is about a third of the actual work that was needed. Granted, I don't work very fast, but that's just how it is for novices without fancy fabrication/metalworking tools.
If you have plenty of time and are willing to learn as you go along, and willing to spend a little on basic tools, there's nothing impossible about it. Just takes patience, is all.
Also, that's the harbor freight 8-inch belt sander. I have a review video on it, check it out.
@@RestorationForBeginners I’m willing to learn by doing it myself, just a bit nervous and these videos and guides help! Also want to make some sort of wooden tipping jig to help
where do you buy floor pan?
What tools did you use?
what music do you play?
Great work again! Man those zedd findings floor pans don’t fit very well at all! I bought some KFVINTAGEJDM ones, cross fingers they fit better than those! Did you test fit the seat supports as you went? Are you doing outer rockers or are yours good?
they won't just weld back in without some significant modifications. I'm actually debating fabricating my own, but I won't be able to do that until I figure out what seats I want to use I guess?
Hey how are you doing with the KFVJDM pieces and the fitting them up? I’m in process of building a rotisserie to get a new perspective on floor replacement and frame rails reinforcements for racing
What year is your 280z?
77 sir
@@RestorationForBeginners nice! My first car was an 83 280 zx. One of My favorite cars to date.
@@benh580 haha a man's first car is a special thing... Even if it is a pos 4cyl automatic honda accord, I bet that sucker is still rolling around somewhere
So much rust