2012-12-29 Car Work

I’m getting set to sell off the old Datsun 260z to get a bit more room in the driveway. I cleaned up some rust in the spare tire well and found that the red/orange engine paint I found at Kragen was a perfect match

I used a wire brush mounted on my angle grinder to get the worst of the rust out, then wiped it down with some lacquer thinner and painted it up.
other than its dead battery, the car’s electrical system seems fine. Done light, radio and all seem to be fine. Unfortunately it looks like the motor’s seized up here, too, so I put a few ounces of Marvel Mystery Oil in each of the six cylinders after removing the spark plugs and numbering the wires.
The driver door had some crows feet and dark stains in the paint do I ground it down, primed, filled with A special filler that is UV activated, sanded a lot, reprinted, refilled, sanded, primed, gel filler, sand, prime gel fill, and that’s where we are now
A have had several inquiries in the Craigslist ad but I am not quite ready to show it as I’d like to finish the paint, buff it out and see if I can’t start it.
I also smogged our MPV can in preparation to sell that, too, and found the pink slips for the mista, MPV and Datsun in my files. Only the Volkswagen is MIA, and I’m not sure what year it is. Hoping for 1975!  (Smog exempt!)

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