Chris,
A front cut forward of the firewall would be a piece of cake. Remove the
front guards, mark the inner guards at the cut line and cut with a cutoff
wheel. Try to get the cut as far forward as possible, preferably forward of
the strut mounts if possible, so you havent got suspension forces acting
through the welded repair (see below). Repeat for the donor front and join.
Make sure you allow the 3/4 mm for the cutoff wheel. The guards and the
bonnet are a bit forgiving for fit if you happen to get it 1 or 2 mm out for
total length of the inner guards.
Joining structural panels these days usually requires over lap joints rather
than butt joints. It certainly does for a "cut and shut" job through the
floor pan and sills. One of our professional panel beaters should be best
to advise you on this.
If you need a donor I might be able to find one.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Halpin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, 4 October 2000 13:27 PM
Subject: Re: shells
> thanks richard, do you know how hard it is to do a front-cut on a 1600? I
> would be looking to cut as far back as possible (ie just infront of the
> strut mounts), and is it extremely difficult? Also what sort of quality
> would be expected? I'm just weighing up the options between fixing (i
think
> it's way too expensive) and stripping my beloved 510.
> thanks - chris
>
>
> >From: "Richard Clough" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Re: shells
> >Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 21:28:32 +1000
> >
> >There was a rumour around a couple of years ago, that for $A8000 you
could
> >get fully built factory shells from Japan as a replacement part. This was
> >later modified to recycled US shells that were being dipped in stripper
and
> >repainted, but I dont know if it was actually happening or simply a
rumour.
> >
> >What was a fact was that 240Z's were being recycled in the US and sold as
> >refurbished cars by Nissan dealers with warranties.
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Chris Halpin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Wednesday, 4 October 2000 11:57 AM
> >Subject: shells
> >
> >
> > > was it someone on the list that said you can still get NEW shells for
> >your
> > > dime? I seem to remember this....
> > > chris
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: "Errol Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >Subject: Re: Get over it!!
> > > >Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 21:27:13 +1000
> > > >
> > > >Amen
> > > >Feral Errol
> > > >
> > > >----------
> > > >From: Mick Ralph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >Subject: Get over it!!
> > > >Date: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 8:19
> > > >
> > > >Ozdatters
> > > >I'm getting a bit tired of hearing all this flaming of people on this
> >list
> > > >who just happen to work in an occupation which is not to your liking.
I
> > > >have
> > > >had my share of run-ins with the boys in blue, some good, some bad,
but
> >at
> > > >the end of the day it would be a jungle out there without them.. I
know
> > > >they're not all perfect but the ones who drive dattos deserve some
> >support
> > > >from the rest of us and we shouldn't be continually giving them a
hard
> > > >time.
> > > >Guys like Wardy and Brad etc contribute a great deal to this list and
I
> >for
> > > >one would be pissed off if this flaming forced them off the list.
> >Forget
> > > >what these guys do for a job and just accept them for what they are -
> > > >OZDATTERS
> > > >cheers
> > > >Mick
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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