Restoring, saved from rot away

Well, my first profession was car mechanic, and I still influenced by that but what I do with this car is something different.

The good news is that it is not roasted. Significant roast is nowhere at important locations. Nevertheless at the right front corner, where it is broken a little, unprofessional repair is performed but hardly visible, and I can’t do anything with it. Fortunately the plastic bumper covers everything and it can wait until I get it fully repaired. The twisted driver side headlamp is also due to this problem. If they let it go on the MFK then I will be happy. Update: According to Adrian it is fine for the test.

I painted what was possible against further oxidation. The coat colour differs in about 95% otherwise perfect match. I have no esthetical ambitions but only focused on the main target. No more roast. So came the alloywheel-gold on to the full hood and some small parts of the front fenders.

I got supported as well

The small spots on the roof and A beam are still behind

The off side mirror is changed. This was very interesting since the half door has got to be disassembled for this routine. It is black, so if I get it right now the car has 5 colours. The MFK officer is going to go in mad. Or Adrian. Not a big deal but it is still visible.

The fender grounding

 It was like I dismounted the whole interior

 The headliner is also renovated. Pic will come

This part is also not in this horrific shape anymore

The moulded parkingclock is also gone. I have got a hard time with it.

Snapshots from underneat are very interesting. For example here is a pump which is responsible of circulating oil in between final drive and its cooling. What kind of demand have they planned here that needed an additional cooling?

The cooler of the final drive

 Or her is the screen wash pump what you only can access from underside of the car. I got the answer. Center of gravity. For sure. However, it is under everything and when all parts are in place you can only hear it but not visible.

By the way the car has 12cm clearance. It is not easy to put even your hand underneat.

 Its flying, isnt it?

My work is done so far, now it is Adrian on the scene.









A boring list about basics:

Driving belt with waterpump, just ordered. Already disassembled.

Back struts. Bump stop rubber is missing. It is on the way already. Update: Done.

Anti sway bar bushings. All to be changed.

 Breaks are fine. The rotors are missing about 0.001mm

We could not even try it out normally but the clutch feels like not perfect. The gear hits the whole drivetrain when it is switched in. The power steering gives noise but it can be normal from the age. With cold engine the acceleration is not ok but it is better after warming up. The exhaust smells like a Jeti.

E.g. here where the mud sits in and never dries out, it is clear.
I mean no rost but mud only. Its under the front fenders.

This is the engine oil cooling. It is made from iron stainless steel I guess because it is in mud and wet but no signs of harm at all. There is a little unlucky hole at the front right corner. VPM. Very Purposely Made in order to let cool air coming to it. Here was the accident as well, you can see the grey colour of grounding paint around on the other parts.

So far all fine, no tank-trap to be hang on. There is not even considerable roast recognised on the floor pan by lifting the car.

The kids are very much waiting the time when we all can sit in drifting cruising down to the city.

All in all, restoring is in progress. I mean the kids and me did it. Adrian not, he only repairs cars.

So came to its place the inside mirror what Aron managed to broke, from NL from Erica together with the bump stops, outside mirror, sway bar bushings, headlamp shade and a very overused front bumper ornament. We are waiting for parts from USA too. Hood struts what we need to modify a bit once arrived to be fully handy. Some sway bar bushings also coming from there for safety reason, a pair of bump stops too, brand new and a hopefully better front ornament. Update: The parcel left 5 days ago from NC USA, took a round in Florida and returned to its sender. Today it starts again. I will arrive in this lifetime. Update: The parcel left in the 14th day of countdown again from the sender city. It sits now in Florida again. How long, we do not able to know. The back door seal is fixed. No need of change. The roasted chassis in this place is also repaired.

I obtained wintertyres. The stock sized 215 probably has never been a populare size but for today it is hardly marketed but only for some kg of gold you can buy it. The size 195 is the one you can use and it is even better than the 215 for the winter. Very elegant and practically gives better grip and handling. Needs to be measured for the totalcar.hu

The neighbours were asking if it was a delorean and when I said it was Nissan then they have no idea any more.

P.S.
The neighbourhood can relax now, we are not fixing cars in the underground garage, and it even not going to placed there anymore. The Z3 got back its place. Update: Letter arrived from the property management. Warning! No car repair is allowed in the underground garage. OK, got it.