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PostPosted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 5:56 pm 
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I've finally gotton round to tackling the tin-worm in the Zed.
Needless to say, the more bog I removed, the more rust I found... :cry:

I have new sills to fit (from Rare Spares),
but I have some extra sections I'll have to fab up myself.

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ohh nasty. Pretty much the same as mine, exept on 1 side i had no metal behind where you cut out at the sill :shock:

any more pics of the rust in other areas?

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Yeah Chris, it's a bad spot for it.
The outer panel overlaps the sill at the rear, & creates a moisture trap.

I have the driver?s side & the top of the rear wheel arch?s to do as well,
But I'm only doing a section at a time so I don?t get too overwhelmed with the job at hand.

More photos to come when I fit the new sill into place & tackle the other areas?

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When replacing structural members such as sills, just make sure the car is supported so no unnecessary misalignment forces are placed on the body. Otherwise the door openings etc may get out of alignment. Good luck :)

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Thanks for the comments guys,
And thanks for that info Richard :wink:

15/7/06,
Just come in from the shed to warm up
& to let my testicles descend from my armpits ('Blackadder' joke).
It?d damn cold here atm?
I've got the new sill tacked in position & it?s looking pretty good! :D

Questions & comments welcome!


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thats a bad bit of rust you got there, its looking good with the new sill though good luck with the rest of it mate.

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I'm doing much the same to the same spot on my 180B SSS.

Good to see that Datsun kept their method of construction consistent across models - the 180B coupe has the rear quarter overlapping the sill in exactly the same manner, leading to exactly the same rust problem area :roll:

I just keep telling myself that the only difference between a little spot of rust and a big one is the size of the patch you need to weld in :?

Seriously though, its a good feeling to look back when you've finished and its all nice and new again. You look like you're well on the way.

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do they make sills for most models or just the popular ones?

good work going on there man, i think it's pretty chilly anywhere south of the border....

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Thanks guys.

Yeah, I'm feeling much better now that the new sill is in place.

Aaron, I believe they have various replacement panels for different models.

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No matter how bad things seem, there's always someone worse off :shock:

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Thanks for that Dave.

I've heard of that Zed.
Apprently that dude in northen europe bought it from Califonia via Ebay
Mustn't have looked that the photos close enough :shock:

He sure loves the body saw... :?

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I hate to say this about a Z - but I think when they were pushing it out of the workshop they should have just kept going in the direction of that skipp bin...

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25/8/06.
I'm slowly getting there.
Fairly pleased with it so far...
Here's some more photos from today:


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Some inspiration for you lurch!

http://www.voodoo-people.com/~daz/mull/wmv/

this Z was supposed to be "Rust free", but ended up being quite a big project!

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Look 4 posts up mate :wink:

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