Datsun 240z Build (Part 17)(NEW VIDEO STYLE) How much Bondo does it have? NEW METAL FAB

[@deanmonroe55]

Just binged all your episodes. I know how life can get in the way sometimes. I hope you keep on working to bring her back to full glory. Would love to see that! Have to admit, you almost lost me when you were talking about the motor. The Chevy 350 thing kinda got to me. I'm glad you decided to do it right and stick with an original 2.4. 👍

[@DustyMacsGarage]

Dean, thanks for the support!!! Means alot you binged watched the whole series. Yeah we had to keep it classic for my wife!!! God willing, this thing will be brought back to its former glory!!!! Thanks again Dean!!! See ya in the next one!!!

[@hoedemakerbart]

Keep it stock/oldskool. Much more fun for your wife to. I wouldn't go restomod myself. I would recommend buying a complete polybushing kit for the whole car. Then you keep the oldskool feel but with much better handling, I have it myself to. Also because the stock rubber bushing cost a fortune and are almost not to be found anymore 👍👌

[@DustyMacsGarage]

Heck yeah!! Thats the plan. Thats why we didnt go 2jz or Rb or SR or even LS swap, although alot of those were tempting!! I want us to feel like we went back in time to the 1970s when we get in and drive the 240z!!

[@scottiebwaaii2602]

Alot of work has gone into this build to bring it to what it s and a look forward to when the metal work is done an the mechanical work starts.

[@DustyMacsGarage]

Scottie!!! I cant wait to get past the metal work my self 😃 I look foward to making more progress. Glad your along for the journey. As always thanks for the support!! Much appreciated!!

[@evenflo75]

man I can't tell you how inspiring it is to watch the amount of work you're doing. I spent a few hours in my garage with my 75 and just like you the more I dig the more I find.

[@DustyMacsGarage]

Evenflo, Glad it is helping to inspire ya. Datsuns seem to be the gift that keeps on giving 😂 something that helps me is a story a Buddy of mine uses: the story of how does a mouse 🐭 eat a elephant 🐘. Have you heard of this one? Appreciate the support!!!!

[@evenflo75]

@@DustyMacsGarage I have not heard the story.

[@DustyMacsGarage]

The way the story goes is the mouse can eat the elephant one tiny bite at a time 😂 😂

[@evenflo75]

@DustyMac's Garage (240z Build) lol o there's a Mexican version of an elephant and a ant. very similar but not pg lol.

[@DustyMacsGarage]

@@evenflo75 oh no 😂 😂

[@ag_trucks]

Very well done man 🤙 love it! What you are doing is incredible! Lots of time! Keep up the good work as always!!

[@DustyMacsGarage]

Thanks bro!!! Your last video's intro inspired my new intro style.

[@boostedz72]

New video style is🔥 and your metal fitment is on point!!

[@DustyMacsGarage]

Thanks Shane!!!

[@markbennett6658]

Firstly it’s a good move to do some of the video with you narrating it as a voice over, coupled with edited highlights and not too much time lapse. A lot more engaging and smoother than winging it in real time throughout👍 I’m not sure if you sanded that 1/2” of filler from the driver’s door just to demonstrate how bad it was but I think I’d have taken one look at it and decided it was junk. The 280Z door looks a better candidate although I can’t quite remember if the internals are a straight swap or directly interchangeable. You’re showing great tenacity whatever and I now get why you want to do all the fabrication and filler work before tackling the mechanicals. I’m here for the journey so keep grinding dusty (you’ll literally be Dusty Mac by the time you’ve finished 😂😂).

[@DustyMacsGarage]

Yooo Mark!!!! Glad ya enjoyed the new style of video. I sanded the door initially to see what was under neath, further I got, worse it got lol. I also didnt know if it was gonna be a simple ish repair. Turns out it wasnt 😂 Glad your along for the journey!!! At the end of the video I laid the 2 doors side by side and it appears the mounts/latches and mounting holes are identical. Appreciate the support as always!! Glad your here for the journey!!!

[@alandiaz3020]

Just finished binge watching all your videos can’t wait for the next one the car looks awesome

[@DustyMacsGarage]

Heck yeah!!! Thanks Alan, I appreciate the support and feedback. The comments always help!!! Glad your enjoying sir!!!!

[@MindDezign]

Fitzee says he didn't know he had a son out there....surprised the HELL out of him ! Check door lock and latch. Since your 280 Door doesn't have, a rubber seal in the top door window frame. It's an early door and you may luck out in the door lock latch department ( being the same )

[@DustyMacsGarage]

Yo George, Not sure if you seen the very end but I laid the 2 doors side by side on fab table. It all looks identical thus far to my eye so maybe Im lucky 😂 Appreciate the Fitzee compliment lol

[@emccallum1012]

Happened to come across your build and noticed you are in SC. You are in deep! I know the feeling. I am in Greenwood and have owned and worked on z's for about 40 years. I am currently restoring a 72, feel free to reach out if I can help you out. I have tons of pictures, parts, and enough knowledge to get into trouble. Best of luck with the build. 😁

[@DustyMacsGarage]

Yooooo!!!! Thanks for reaching out, Glad you messaged me. Are you on FB or instagram by chance?

[@zedl28et]

Great work on the editing. I need to lift my game On this part of it

[@DustyMacsGarage]

Thanks 😃 everyone has different styles of video filming styles and editing, Im constantly tweeking until I find something that makes me happy. Thats what makes KZbin unique. Congrats on 1k sir!!

[@zedl28et]

Yeah mate. I feel now I have hit 1k subs I need to put in more effort. I write perform my own backing music. I need to write lots more so it dosnt come repetitive

[@DustyMacsGarage]

@@zedl28et thats cool. In some of my older videos I recorded some of my own guitar music in a few!

[@zedl28et]

I thought I saw a guitar I. One of your videoed

[@blue32nu]

I like the rotisserie wheels

[@DustyMacsGarage]

Thanks!!!!!

[@melissamcelroy6848]

I sure did. Another awesome video and Great work.

[@DustyMacsGarage]

You are 1 of 3 I think that made it to the very end 😂 thanks 😃 Love ya

[@landonmarx4753]

240 280 use totally different bolt location and door strike plates. They are not interchangeable. You'll have to fix or find a 240 door. I would spot weld the holes shut and beat the panel back to shape.

[@DustyMacsGarage]

Did you watch until the end? I sat the doors side by side and looked at the latch placement and mounting holes, and they look identical. I wont know for sure until I try and mount one but they look identical. Time will tell I guess 🤔😂

[@280mph]

at 5:17 in the video, is that orange tool a magnet? i have bunches of rust spots to repair on my Z car and when the time comes i wanna be extra prepared

[@DustyMacsGarage]

Yoooo!!! Jacob, yes that is a magnet from good Ol Harbor Freight. Good luck with your Z bro!!! Glad your watching some videos. Im editing part 24 for this weekend as we speak!! Stay in touch. What kinda Z you got?

[@adinlouw]

I sure did, always do

[@DustyMacsGarage]

Heck yeah!!! Made it all the way to the end!!! Right on!!!!!!

[@hoedemakerbart]

Awesome. You got great skill with metal work. Im doing a similar challenge now on a 67 chevelle that came from Michigan. Extreme rust bucket

[@DustyMacsGarage]

Thanks for the kind words!!!! Good luck with your chevelle!!!!!

[@hoedemakerbart]

@@DustyMacsGarage thanks. Im in the same ball park like you. You will get that 240z done, just keep going! 👍

[@DustyMacsGarage]

@@hoedemakerbart thanks!!!!! We gonna keep getting it!!!

[@dustinyoung3265]

New videooo! Lets go!

[@DustyMacsGarage]

Yesssir!!!!

[@ratrodsafrica]

Only someone who has actually done it, will know how much effort it takes to do what you are doing boet! You got the most important skill that few has: Persistence! Well done man. Oh, and grinding bondo must be the worst thing ever! I get you on the mess it makes 😅

[@DustyMacsGarage]

Div!!! Your right lol sanding off bondo absolutely sucks 😂 As always appreciate the support. thanks for the kind words!!! Trying to stay persistent!! Kids and wife have been sick past few days so luckily I had done all the physical work early in the week and just had to finish editing in between looking after them. See ya in the next one Boet!!!

[@hoedemakerbart]

@@DustyMacsGarage the chevelle im currently doing is horror to. They put all kinds of heavy tar and bondo on it. 3 floor pans in the rear over each other 🤡

[@DustyMacsGarage]

@@hoedemakerbart holy smokes!!!!! That sounds 🌰 nuts 😂

[@hoedemakerbart]

@@DustyMacsGarage yeah it's a challenge. Michigan winters... They probably thought lets put enough tar over tar.. do you have an email i will send you some pictures from the chassis etc 🙃

[@DustyMacsGarage]

@@hoedemakerbart if you reply with your email I will kindly send you mine. I had a buddy who got his youtube hacked by posting his email in the comments so Id rather be safe. Or you can look me up on Instagram Dusttymac or on Facebook Dusty McElroy

[@hoedemakerbart]

Where the metal is extremely thin and you need to fill some holes or any small spots you can also use lead ( old school

[@DustyMacsGarage]

Ive seen it done but never messed with lead myself before 😂

[@hoedemakerbart]

@@DustyMacsGarage yeah. Its actually pretty easy same like soldering. I like to use it also as less as possible. Better weld 👍

[@simonJobin]

I sure did😀

[@DustyMacsGarage]

My man Simon!!!! Good looking out sir!!!!

[@dayslife]

nice progress ! don't know why, but you make me think for some reason of Karl, from make it kustom 👍👍maybe the way you use the paper templates😊

[@DustyMacsGarage]

I know Karl from Japhands Kustoms, I love his channel too. Im following his cab-over build he is kollabing with Half*** Customs right now.

[@dayslife]

@@DustyMacsGarage yup, i follow Brent too, so talented, these guys are , bags of knowledge all over ...

[@hoedemakerbart]

I have a 240z now to. My first one i didn't finish it was even worst then yours. Almost everything was gone. I could have finished it but didn't have enough skill back then. I learned alot in the Meanwhile

[@DustyMacsGarage]

So you building a Chevelle and a Datsun? Thats sweet!!

[@hoedemakerbart]

@@DustyMacsGarage i have a 240z and a 1970 fastback Mustang restored allready ( both cars took me 5 years). The chevelle i am working on now is for a friend... The chassis was also have gone. The chassis i did last winter, now working on the body this winter

[@hoedemakerbart]

@@DustyMacsGarage be sure to use the correct door seal on the Datsun first before you do the final Bondo and paint! Many immitation are to thick. I found the correct rubber profile. If need send me your email i can send the measurements. It's important because with many immitation door seals they are to thick and then you need to SLAM the door.

[@DustyMacsGarage]

@@hoedemakerbart I gottcha. You got a great fleet with the Z and the stang!!

[@DustyMacsGarage]

@@hoedemakerbart noted!!! Are you on instagram? If so look me up on there Dusttymac

[@morganmcelroy1510]

I sure did

[@DustyMacsGarage]

You earned a special suprise 😂 😉

[@landonmarx4753]

You don't have the strike plate in your 240 body...but check all that out. It's as much work or more to make that 280z door work.

[@DustyMacsGarage]

Yeah I know I dont have strike plate in the 240 but just eyeballing everything side by side they look super close. Next day Im working out there I will try and bolt 240 door on the 280 and see if it works, then the 280 door should bolt up to the 240.

[@landonmarx4753]

Sorry d...I'm commenting as I watch...hope it helps

[@DustyMacsGarage]

No worries bro, I do the same thing watching other videos sometimes 😂

[@landonmarx4753]

Fyi...that first doors not a 240...google 240 latch it's totally different. Looks like someone switch two 280 doors already maybe.

[@landonmarx4753]

Can't include a pic or dm you so...just doing the best I can w words.

[@DustyMacsGarage]

@@landonmarx4753 well if thats the case then I know the door swap will work 😂 either way I will have to do some investigating lol

[@landonmarx4753]

My concern for you is the swap to 280 doors was done poorly. 3/4 in of bonds is first sign. Which means they won't fit well. Look forward to seeing this car evolve. Truly trying to help. My dad bought a 240z new in 1972 has it to this day. So I view up around these cars a d know by look what's stock and not.

[@jackbrown6913]

Mate, is that bondo dust bad for your lungs - like the silica in the benchtops is now a big medical problem??

[@DustyMacsGarage]

Hey Jack, Its defintley not good to breathe in 😂 I dont know that its super toxic like posionous but it definitely irritates your sinus and stuff.

[@jdstead]

Guttsiest move I ever saw, Mav...putting a patch in the middle of a compound curved fender. Not easy but it looks pretty good.

[@DustyMacsGarage]

Lol Jason, if you think that was crazy... Wait till you get to the build video where I tackle the upper windshield frame/roof area 😂 it has all kinds of compound curves lol Glad to have ya watching the build 😃

[@jasonrogers8754]

Did somebody shoot that door with multiple rounds of buckshot?

[@DustyMacsGarage]

It sure could pass as that 😂

[@jasonrogers8754]

@@DustyMacsGarage lol bt in all seriousness how you tackled that fender, I've never seen anyone do it that way before. That was awesome right there.

[@bigjes113]

Bro i can tell you this when you finish with this car lol your wife is not getting it no more 🤣😂

[@DustyMacsGarage]

Yoooo Jes!!!😂 😂 I just hope when its done, that she will let me drive it some 😜😜

[@landonmarx4753]

Just trying to save you or at least help you know what's up.

[@DustyMacsGarage]

Oh yeah I know, and I appreciate it bro. Im not a expert on these cars at all 😂. Forums arent much help sometimes because peoples comments contradict. Some say certain years can swap certain parts, and then others will say opposite so its kinda like I gotta try it out and see I guess 😂 time will tell for sure. I will keep ya posted on my findings lol

[@landonmarx4753]

Hit me up in real life if you wanna chat offline

[@DustyMacsGarage]

Right on!! Look me up on instagram Dustymac or Dustymacs Garage and Dm me and we can chat sometime. Boutta hit the hay for tonight tho

[@landonmarx4753]

I sure did

[@DustyMacsGarage]

My man Landon!!!!!! Good looking out sir!!!!