m tr4nch's restoration/build thread !! (56k = death)

Post by **fourLUG_hero** » Tue May 27, 2008 8:23 pm

Happy birthday dude. I give you INSANE amounts of respect for tackling a rusty car like that. And I thought MY car was rusty.

Post by **robbie2009** » Fri May 30, 2008 5:28 am

Hey nice project man. I would never have patience for something like that. About that Ka Crossmember, would you be willing to sell it?

Post by **tfreker** » Fri May 30, 2008 11:01 am

good luck cant wait to see the end result

Post by **Kalypso** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 10:01 pm

great job - its exciting to see that many new parts, well done

Post by **speedyrb** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 3:15 pm

hey nice project you have going there. where did you get all the oem parts for the radiator support? did you go stright to a nissan dealer or is there a website you got them threw?

Post by **Dittoz7** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 3:39 pm

SEX!

Post by **cemtoes** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:25 pm

amazing build thread, subscribed!

I hope all goes well with the rest of it.

Post by **future240owner** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:57 pm

Amazing job. I can't imagine how much you have learned from this. Keep up the good work man. We are all going to want a grand total in the end. Something like this has always been an idea but to much time and money need to be dedicated.

Do you go to school? Where do you work?

Post by **UsJdmTuner** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:28 pm

nice build very inspiring.. can you tell me your setup on sand blasting..

Post by **iandrew89** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:47 pm

great job your doing with this car keep us posted

Post by **Kalypso** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:01 pm

m tr4nch wrote:
yup, the plan is to get the whole car sprayed in KH3 super black again

are you going to paint it in the garage?

Post by **WhiteKnight** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 12:55 am

Do u know there a MACE hanging on your doorknob in one of the photos? Are you near Newark where u would need it?

Post by **tjmhillz** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 3:29 am

damn matt i didnt even know u had a build thread going.. get that **** done.. u and los with the never ending projects lol...

Post by **MastaYu** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 6:22 pm

THis restoration has inspired me

Post by **nightsauce** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 6:24 pm

lol gotta have the newark jokes. i'm from born and raised in newark. never had a problem.

O and GOOD work on the restoration. i'd love to see the final product. looks like you have a long road ahead of you

Post by **lazyboi444** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:17 am

HEY M TR4NCH...I was wondering the Suspension Bolts you ordered and All the little things you ordered did you order them as individuals or as like a bolt kit...What company did you order thru? Same for the Fuel tank sending unit

Post by **pflicht** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:42 am

So uh... where are those picshurz you promised???

Post by **RCA** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 1:54 pm

You better hurry up!You need to make it to E-Town!

Post by **pntang** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 7:10 pm

WOW...dedication is an understatement...u living my dream...i wanted to do that when i first got out of high school but couldn't find the time to do it...and i can't afford a second car...now i'm on my 4th 240 but i think it'll be my last cuz as soon as i'm done w/ college my dream will be realize...good luck w/ everything man and major props

Post by **m tr4nch** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:03 pm

alright, i know i've been slacking with the updates lately. for the last 2 or so weeks i've been working on building a rotisserie. i got this far and i realized this is taking way too long and i'm only like half way finished so i'm abandoning that project for now.

i started with 2 bed frames that my dad had lying around in his garage, and ended up with these:

definitely not done as you can see..

so back to the car.

got the 2 chunks of frame rail off.

then i started on the seam where the floor meets the rocker on the passenger side.

also got my sweet undercoating gun from canada to spray inside hard to reach areas like my frame rails and crap.

so that's about it for now. tomorrow i am going over to the metal fab shop and picking up some sheet metal for the frame rails and i'll be doing some more cutting on the floor/rocker seam on the driver's side:

Post by **m tr4nch** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:22 pm

thank you all for the nice comments. they keep me motivated

to answer some people..

speedyrb wrote:hey nice project you have going there. where did you get all the oem parts for the radiator support? did you go stright to a nissan dealer or is there a website you got them threw?

i order all my nissan stuff from midway parts team in AZ, http://www.midwaypartsteam.com

future240owner wrote: Amazing job. I can't imagine how much you have learned from this. Keep up the good work man. We are all going to want a grand total in the end. Something like this has always been an idea but to much time and money need to be dedicated.

Do you go to school? Where do you work?

i have definitely learned a LOT through all of this. yes i go to school. i work at a movie theater making minimum wage (almost)

UsJdmTuner wrote:nice build very inspiring.. can you tell me your setup on sand blasting..

(page 1) i use an air compressor with a sandblasting gun and a bucket of sanitized play sand. all i do is wheel the car out into the driveway and blast in the open so i don't get sand all over the garage. when i'm done i just wheel it back inside, sweep up the sand and run it through a screen to remove all the crap.

Kalypso123 wrote:
are you going to paint it in the garage?

i want to do it in the garage myself but my mom doesn't want me to for some reason so i gotta take it somewhere to get it done.

WhiteKnight wrote:Do u know there a MACE hanging on your doorknob in one of the photos? Are you near Newark where u would need it?

LOL yeah i know, my older bro got it from medieval times like 20 years ago

nightsauce wrote:lol gotta have the newark jokes. i'm from born and raised in newark. never had a problem.

O and GOOD work on the restoration. i'd love to see the final product. looks like you have a long road ahead of you

thanks. you go to njit eh? i went there for a semester a couple years ago..

lazyboi444 wrote:HEY M TR4NCH...I was wondering the Suspension Bolts you ordered and All the little things you ordered did you order them as individuals or as like a bolt kit...What company did you order thru? Same for the Fuel tank sending unit

i wish there was a bolt kit.. i ordered them all individually from nissan. same with the sending unit. read up a little in this post for midway^

rcabrita wrote:You better hurry up!You need to make it to E-Town!

yeahhh i'm trying we'll see what happens though.

Post by **RCA** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:15 am

m tr4nch wrote:for the last 2 or so weeks i've been working on building a rotisserie.

ROFLMAO! OMG, only you would stop an awesome full car resturation to make a rotisserie!

You are quite the character!I stoped suscribing to this thread.I am waiting for the official:m tr4nch's rotisserie build thread

Post by **hbpignosePA** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 2:37 am

lookin good man, thats the approach im gonna take with my s30....

im thinkin tube frame

Post by **m tr4nch** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 1:47 pm

alright another update! got a lot of ish done today. so i went to the metal fab shop i went to last time and they didn't have the gauge of metal i needed for the frame rails, so on monday i'll be going to this other place around here to pick some up.

did some more cutting and grinding on the floor/rocker seams. DONE with that until i start sandblasting

cancer..

Post by **2.4Loflove** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 2:31 pm

now that's some dedication, keep the updates coming!

Post by **StandardProspect** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 2:35 pm

your build never ceases to amaze me

you really know how to fix up a 240 the right way!

cant wait to see more

Post by **g love** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 2:57 pm

Your a doctor to the cancer know as rust on that 240, kick its a$$ seabass!

Post by **op.tic** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 3:38 pm

Dude you have seriously inspired me to start up my 240 build. Ive started taking pictures at the end of every day i work on it, so maybe i'll start a build thread some day with a huuuge thanks to m tr4nch for the motivation.

Btw, im going to try and duplicate your chassis dolly tomorrow.
Modified by op.tic at 11:48 PM 7/4/2008

Post by **mirochuki13** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 7:46 pm

rcabrita wrote:I am waiting for the official:m tr4nch's rotisserie build thread

lol... Do it.

Post by **Black on Gold** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 6:23 am

Great ****ing thread. I'll continue to watch this one.

I hope to one day be able to do this. Being 19 and not much $$$ doesnt help. But im working on it

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