Sometimes it’s the little things that make all the difference. In this case we have a 1973 240z that was in need of a bumper re-do to make it as beautiful as the early cars. This car first came to us last year with the idea to re-spray the engine bay and replace the tired 2.4L with a factory long-block 2.8 and a new set of SU carburetors. It turned into a half restoration that was finished just in time to deliver to the customer for Christmas last year.
It came back to us a few months ago to have the bumpers smoothed and re-chromed with all the over-riders removed and their respective holes filled. A few weeks ago Rob and I took a trip to the chrome shop to check on the progress and ended up making a few changes to the bumpers to be ensure that we would be happy with the finished product.
The bumpers were finished on Tuesday and I was given the task of prepping and carrying out the re-assembly. All related brackets were repainted and all new zinc plated hardware was used. We were also able to source all new bumper rubbers because the both the front and rears had seen better days.
I had a little trouble finding shots of the car before the change but there is one at the San Jose Auto Show from last year where you can sort-of see the front over-riders. The newest shots show the nice change that took place after all was said and done. So now the customer has his beloved Z back again just in time to enjoy for Christmas, a nice gift indeed.
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