The Restoration of SRL311-0275

[Alvin]

losing track...forgot about this one! Excited to see paint. Which one will be driven?

[jamesw]

They all will be driven Alvin But I think I am going to keep just 275 - as she is the one w/ the balanced and blueprinted engine, aluminum flywheel, LSD, etc.

Cheers
James

[Datsun.David]

Glad to hear that you are back to making some progress here... Carbs look beautiful.

dw

[jamesw]

After 12 months - huge progress! I didn't believe it was going to happen but it actually did yesterday. Here are some progress photos since it's been 12 months and all.

<plug>now you can see why I need to sell my 1500s to make room and some money for restoration parts from JT lol<endplug>

Cheers
James

[JT68]

Looks Excellent! Very jealous...I am so far behind on paint/body due to all the other projects ....

One day though....

Gonna be pretty.

[notoptoy]

She's a beauty!

[Alvin]

can't wait to see it together, love that color!
ps looks like you are in good hands I spy a cobra nearby

[Alvin]

James!
update?

[jamesw]

My car is still stuck at the body shop. It's all painted but the color didn't come out right on the front of the fenders where the lead messed it up. Needs touching up and cut and buff still. Body shop owner not calling me back after 3 calls...

Cheers
James

[Gregs672000]

James, I'd be on that shop hard if they have not cut and buffed her yet as the paint starts to harden more and more and it becomes more difficult to remove swirl marks. The silver may not be as sensitive as the black cars I've done, but still...
If she swirls in the sun, the BEST wax I've used is Eagle one Nano-wax, hands down. I tried EVERYTHING, including meguiers swirl remover... Still swirled. Out of desperation I did the Nano-wax and it performed exactly as it said it would.

[jamesw]

Wow - it's been 3 years! Well she's back in the garage and I am working on her again. Hopefully I can make a lot of progress this winter while it's cool down here.

First step will be to oil up the engine using the oil pump and drill trick, then crank her over a few times by hand.

Cheers
James

[Linda]

Great that you finally got it back from the shop. Looks good, some assembly required.
Look at that giant electrical schematic on the wall...handy
Linda

[jamesw]

Lots of enthusiasm and made some good progress this weekend. My son and I got the engine oiled up using the drill method. They we cranked her over a few times using the starter! Next up is getting the cooling system and fuel system back in and ready to break in the engine and new C cam. I also put in the 123 distributor and I'll need to static time that and do the valve gaps too.

This weekend was also parts inventory and sorting day. Oh my was that a lot of work! Surprisingly after 8 years I'm not missing too much.

Cheers
James

[Skyman]

Nice James! You're looking good these days. Have fun getting her back together.

[jamesw]

Thanks Kyle! I am enjoying the project so far - how do you eat an elephant? One step at a time. At least the car is clean so a joy to work on.

James