Recent content by tjyak50

This project alive and well. Just about done with the re-wiring which took longer due to work conflicts. Cut a new aluminum panel but its no good. will use for a template and make another. Truthfully this will be more of a street-rat-race car than a pure rat rod. BUT... I have some really...

Ehh. Who wants to see an import rat racer anyways. Its gonna get a Chevy v8 if that helps.

Initial goal is get it running again with a race interior, custom panel and wiring. Decided against flat black rattle can, in favor of matte OD Green. Panel work tomorrow and wiring. Cut and welded all this week.

I was thinking about doing lever-lock toggle switches for Ignition, Fuel Pump and a red-guarded toggle for Start. Or maybe buy one of those race-car switch bars. Trick will be hiding some kind of kill-switch for security. I thought about recessing a super-mini toggle switch in the base of a...

Just a clarification.. When we talk about re-wire this means EVERYTHING right? I am still dismantling the unwanted crap from my car. Pull EVERY wire except the spark plug wires and rewire everything, right? Tj

My 1973 240Z with Triple Sidedraft Weber carbs. Pack rats ate the wiring and the floors were rusted through. So, I am gutting it to become a ratty race car. Stripped interior with simple race seats and 5 pt harnesses. Flat black rattle can paint. Going to try to hack out my own custom aluminum...

RatZ. This will be my first "rat", thanks to the pack-ratz. Its actually very liberating to not be confined to Stock or Original anything. Just how I want it. It needs to be safe, and thats about it.

Newb in Phoenix. My brother borrowed my 240z for a while and it broke down in Tucson (pack-rats invaded it and lunched the wiring). Its getting a rat-rod makeover now. Race car interior, no ammenities, race seats, harness, rattle can inside. Flat-black rattle can exterior. I'm here to...