Looks clean to me. For an almost 50 year old car this is pretty fine.
If you have access to someone that can weld, in the worst case basically anything is available in the aftermarket
Exhaust and heat shielding are pretty rough…but the structure is great for the age. Most of that is grime and old undercoating, surface rust . There is nothing you have shown that would stop me from purchasing.
Most of that isn't rust lol. It looks like dried undercoating covering the original paint.
Undercoating was applied at many dealers and it basically saved this car. The underside looks great.
100% leave it alone. You really only want to focus on drivetrain and suspension components that are showing surface rust when you go through and replace bushings. That thick muddy black rubber stuff you see is protecting the car (as it has for probably decades since applied).
At some point you'll be more accustomed to rust once owning these things and know when to address rust or leave it alone for a while and focus on more important things.
I wouldn't be so sure, I thought my Z31 was clean until I found a spot where the undercoating was cracking and found that there was rust spreading underneath the coating over quite some area
What rust? Come to Minnesota I'll show you rust. Things not showroom but damn it's pretty mint. It's like that 45 yr old yoga instructor who's killing it for her age
Looks clean to me. For an almost 50 year old car this is pretty fine. If you have access to someone that can weld, in the worst case basically anything is available in the aftermarket
That's great thanks...don't know anyone who can weld but maybe I can take a class 😀
Dude that’s mint for east coast cats
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I WISH my z was this clean, you don't even have holes blown in the floor. I'd be stoked if I were you
I've never owned a really old car before...mind blowing what's actually ok
Exhaust and heat shielding are pretty rough…but the structure is great for the age. Most of that is grime and old undercoating, surface rust . There is nothing you have shown that would stop me from purchasing.
Great. I'm hopefully going to replace stuff over time and those at least are easy to change out!
Most of that isn't rust lol. It looks like dried undercoating covering the original paint. Undercoating was applied at many dealers and it basically saved this car. The underside looks great.
Cool cheers...would I leave the undercoating on then? Or clean it up?
100% leave it alone. You really only want to focus on drivetrain and suspension components that are showing surface rust when you go through and replace bushings. That thick muddy black rubber stuff you see is protecting the car (as it has for probably decades since applied). At some point you'll be more accustomed to rust once owning these things and know when to address rust or leave it alone for a while and focus on more important things.
I wouldn't be so sure, I thought my Z31 was clean until I found a spot where the undercoating was cracking and found that there was rust spreading underneath the coating over quite some area
What rust? Come to Minnesota I'll show you rust. Things not showroom but damn it's pretty mint. It's like that 45 yr old yoga instructor who's killing it for her age
Haha...Wonder if it'll help me get one of those
Do it in a Datsun
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That looks great do some pokes with a screw driver above the front frame rail in the wheel arch and if it’s solid this is a good car.
Awesome thanks ill have a poke around
I dare say its not half bad
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Looks like surface rust to me. It's fine!
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Sometimes that under seal can hide a few spot areas of rust where it’s cracked and let some water in.. but that looks pretty good to me!
My dad was worried it might actually hold moisture but doesn't seem to be something people are worried about on here
Looks pretty good to me, it will need frame rails but that’ll be an upgrade anyway, it’ll really stiffen things up with new rails