At least you still have a place to work on the car. When my parents wanted my shlt out of the driveway, I had to sell everything for super cheap.

Take it off their hands, I am sure they won't mind

so i got the car moved into my new work area last night. huge thanks to carlos (StricNyne) and my buddy jeff for helping me out. i did end up getting a 6x12 open trailer from uhaul and the car fit in there like perfectly. i forgot to take pics though. we managed to load it, transport, and unload it without any problems thankfully, i just wish i had some more straps to use. now i just have to move my welder and a bunch of other crap in there and i'll start getting some stuff done.

AND, i am done with the chassis sandblasting w00t!
so my car is rust free now, well as much as i can help it anyways. still have to do some small spots on the fenders, doors, random brackets. but other than that, all that's really left is welding up all the patches and some painting

here are some action shots of me doing some sandblasting yesterday before we made the move:

I really like the attention to detail that you are showing here. With that being said, if I send my car to you with a big bag with a dollar sign on it will you do the same for me :P

Good build, keep us posted!

thanks man! honestly i don't ever want to do this kind of crap again lol. it's a lot of hard, tedious work. although they say the first time is the hardest/longest right?

Quote, originally posted by tEknoS13 »

m tr4nch, you should shows us the "SHOW STOPPER" next time.

lol wut

Quote, originally posted by nightsauce »

i know you said they were expensive, but how much were the z32 hubs/bearings altogether? I'm in the midst of purchasing parts for my 5lug/z32 brake upgrade, but i havent purchased the hubs ( the key component i know :-( )

the rear hubs themselves weren't bad, they were $101 each. the bearings with the lip though were $204.42 each
the price for the bearings w/o the lip was $90.34 each. big friggin difference. i should have just got those and searched for a pair of the thicker e-brake anchor pins (more info on that stuff can be found here).
oh well, the way i see it is that i won't have to buy new bearings for like another 10 or so years if that. so fcuk it

Quote, originally posted by antp »

That is the most sweetest thread ever keep it coming. you have just proved that no car is 100% rust free but you will be able to say MINE IS! GOOD LUCK man. JUST AMAZING

thanks d00d
and thanks for your first post being in my thread haha.

keep up the awesome work!

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Quote, originally posted by tjmhillz »

damn matt your car is coming along nice.. when i get home ill help out.. ill be carless for a while though dropping my car off in delaware to get some goodies done to the motor heheheh

There are goodies for a motor in Delaware?? ...That's news to me

I have the exact same car, black 93 base model

first day i got it

mine was rusty as well, but you have inspired me to fix the rust!
my car will be rustfree by next week

Amazing job man

S13 Doorpanel Upholstery Write-up
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread/347292

Quote, originally posted by StandardProspect »

mine was rusty as well, but you have inspired me to fix the rust! my car will be rustfree by next week Amazing job man

I hope the previous owner gave you a 1yr head start

i guess that did sound kind of rediculous

ive been working on my rust for a long time and the final step is getting the frame and part of the floorpan patched. My car is coming back from the motorsports shop next week all patched up

i didnt have as much rust as matt, but he inspired me to get all of mine fixed. his resto however is much more meticulous than mine.

Keep up the amazing work man
this is the best 240 restoration ive ever seen

Nice resto. I need those new interior door pieces now.

I LOVE MY S13!!!!

Quote, originally posted by WOLFANATOR13 »

1 million thumbs up on this restore! but also makes me cry when i look at my chassis' and know there is that much rust coming out on mine! keep up the awesome work!

thank you everyone for the comments. i'm happy that i'm inspiring all of you it makes me feel good about what i'm doing and keeps me motivated.

sorry there hasn't been any updates in a while, i've been busy with "life" stuff lately hopefully soon though i will have some updates for you guys.

thanks man. i saw your thread best of luck with everything.

Quote, originally posted by rcabrita »

Its funny because Trench started a thread while spending months and months trying to become "rust free" and you plan on doing it by next week? I hope the previous owner gave you a 1yr head start

Quote, originally posted by Coolwhip »

So this is where you been hiding, damn good thread man, awesome work.

haha thanks man.

Quote, originally posted by StricNyne »

yeah tranch is the man !!! the guys dedication to perfection, and the work he did on my car is a direct reflection of his skill !!! his car once finished it gunna be balls to the wall

i try not to half-*** anything

Quote, originally posted by ThatSRguy »

i almost hate rust as much as Matt

lol

edit: 777th post.. am i lucky? heh

Good job thus far, and I'm looking forward to motor swap time

i was actually looking at your adapter brackets. i'm holding off on buying anymore parts though until i know how much bodywork/paint is going to cost me. i'll let you know.

Quote, originally posted by chitown_240sx »

WOW!!! This is the best thread ever ... I usually don't read this things or stay on the forums long enough to read them but, damn. Wut your doing to ur car is the same thing I want to do to mine. I know u put up the links to where u got ur OEM placements parts but, the midwaypartsteam.com link does not work. Are those the only two u use???

thanks yeah they actually changed their website name to http://www.onlyfactoryparts.com so try that instead.