With products purchased and priced from varied vendors including Otaku Garage and Jordan At Defined with labor performed by the efforts of the mechanics at Cals Toybox, bodywork and paintwill be done by Ryan Racine putting exterior to paint code Nissan BNR32 #TH1, and artistic detailing will be done by Art Guapo Solis.
The 1971 Datsun 240Z itself was an ebay buy for 2600$ which was based out of New York where it was picked up from its home outside Niagara Falls. Initially the name Frankie came from a joke by Cal about the car being a Frankenstein monster.
Build will be conducted over the course of two years (preferably) with purchases of parts where funds allows - and will be completed in sections when all required parts are purchased and is roughly estimated to be 60000$ in parts with 20000$ in labor as a rough estimate. Maybe it wont take that many hours for labor and maybe I can get deals on parts buuuuuuuuut estimates in the meantime are done for a retail market.
Right off the bat the 240Z was brought to Cal's shop to be inspected initially as the vehicle was stripped down of nonessential items to allow for a more thorough inspection for rust damage. Interior thoroughly stripped out and put into storage as stock engine, transmission, radiator, exhaust was sold off via craigslist allowing for a more thorough inspection of engine bay and interior for rust.
The build itself will be slow going initially as I purchase parts because I am a disabled veteran doing the build with part of my disability check.
Purchased August 2012 - during the trip home the exhaust fell off on the trailer requiring bungees to hold it in place to get it off.
Realizing how in depth rust COULD be on this car I smiled and started to strip it down almost immediately wanting to see the damage as I started doing research on parts.then was put into storage in December 2012 for winter covered up and readied to roll!
