Tamyia 1/12 Cursed Datsun 240Z, Dad Edition

[Gumball]

  So my dad over the years has owned many super cool cars one of which was a 72 Datsun 240Z, one of his dream cars he wanted ever since they first came out. The story goes that the first owner purchased the vehicle brand new from the dealer. The car was enjoyed for a number of years before at some point the original owner got t-boned at an intersection. The car was then sold to the second owner whom proceeded to fix it up, repairing the car and adding some triple Weber carbs, and Brembo brakes. The car was once again enjoyed for a few years before getting t-boned at an intersection. The car was then sold to my dad. My dad proceeded to add a stiffer rear end, an aftermarket stereo, and the beefy rear tires. My dad got in about 5 accidents in about 2 years, each time getting t-boned in an intersection. He got into so many accidents he gave up repainting the front fenders, with the final accident sending the radiator into the fan cutting a perfectly circular hole in the rad. At that point he gave up and scraped the car. The 1970-72 Datsun 240z has been a favorite of his since the day it came out, so for fun I thought id rebuild the car he remembers having.

Throughout building this my dad got increasingly exited over the progress i was making over it, constantly asking me when it would be done. According to him, if you discount the right hand drive, I practically nailed it, with the cherry of top being the recreation of his screwdriver on the passenger seat. The original kit was a garage sale purchase of a half built 1/12 Tamiya Datsun 240ZG and a 1/12 Tamiya 240Z rally car. Considering this was a already built and broken kit, i guess you can consider this a model car restore. Sadly many of the parts where broken by the time i got my hands on them, resulting in me fixing the front steering in place, although the suspension still works just fine, and a couple more problems like the sunroof glass (i couldn't find any blue tint glass) and the missing panel behind/under the grill. A few other things however worked out in my favor, like the primer getting peeled off by the tape on the front fenders, and the brown paint looking bad. But regardless of me massively missing the mark to give this to him for fathers day, it made him really happy, he wont stop talking about it! Mission successful!

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[Spottedlaurel]

Great to see it finished, captures the look of the original really nicely!

You were very lucky in finding the road and rally car versions to combine into one build.

[Gumball]

19 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Great to see it finished, captures the look of the original really nicely!

You were very lucky in finding the road and rally car versions to combine into one build.

Thanks! im not sure how rare they are, haven't seen any rally ones for sale anywhere, however iv seen quite a few 240ZGs for sale online. Perhaps they all ended up in Ontario?

[RAMBENNA]

this is awesome way cool build, you did a very nice job

[Gumball]

23 hours ago, RAMBENNA said:

this is awesome way cool build, you did a very nice job

Thanks!

[doorsovdoon]

Very nice work. Multi coloured patchwork cars were such a common sight when I was growing up, you don't see them at all anymore except at shows.

[Gumball]

12 hours ago, doorsovdoon said:

Very nice work. Multi coloured patchwork cars were such a common sight when I was growing up, you don't see them at all anymore except at shows.

Thanks! I seem to be delving deep into mismatched body panels, and multiple tone paint jobs for the past few projects now. I really do enjoy doing them up with multiple colours, it really makes them pop with an added realism to it. I dont put any of my kits in any shows, let alone see any multi coloured stuff at shows either, so i guess you can call me the odd one out! 

[mustang1989]

Very good idea and very well carried out.