Nissan 240SX.

[Shelby 427 1965]

Hi everyone! This is my current project. I'm working on a nice, mostly stock Nissan. I'm not overly into what most people tend to do to these things. I've borrowed the wheels off a rally car of some description and painted them gun metal, played with the suspension to give it a bit of camber at the front, and made an exhaust from a McDonalds straw. Paint shall begin after the weekend!

I'll paint those wheelnuts and give it a wash when I get a chance.

The colour she's gonna be.

Thanks for looking!

- Tomo

[Vrschoof]

hmm i would make it an amateur drifter

at least give it a nice lowering

just because a friend of mine had an chalk orange w. black roof one haha

nice car and pretty clean so far keep it up

[Shelby 427 1965]

Oh that's as low as it's going to go mate! Function over form.

[Custom Mike]

I can't wait to see that color on it Tomo, it should look great! I love the McDonald's straw exhaust too, great use of whatever you can find!

[ll Brandon ll]

I will be following this one. Love the look of the interior.

[Shelby 427 1965]

Thank everyone I have a question to ask. This purple paint, I sprayed it and it looks rather.. bright. Too bright. I'll be using grey primer.. but will I need to maybe have a black base coat? This is the look I'm going for:

Thanks

[Custom Mike]

A black base coat will definitely darken the final color, try it out on a plastic spoon or some scrap you've got laying around first though!

[LAone]

Looking good so far. I love the color choice.

As for you color base question, yes you should use a black base to darken up that purple. Test it out on some plastic spoons first.

[Shelby 427 1965]

Did a bit of work on this. Primed it today, did some work on the interior. Made an iPod and a lead for it to the radio.

Tomorrow, black base coat.

Cheers!

[lanesteele240]

i love the ipod. but you should upgrade to the ipod touch.

great work. cant wait to see the paint

[Shelby 427 1965]

Cheers! And no thanks haha, I'm happy enough with my iPod classic and iPhone tag team. Sprayed the body today. It was NOT Midnight Purple. It was a weird silvery grey. Not cool. Some stern words with the automotive store will be had. I don't know whether to leave it the silvery colour or try something else.

[ll Brandon ll]

You could maybe leave it as a base and spray on a candy or clear purple?

[Shelby 427 1965]

@Brandon: Nah I just left it as it is. It turned ever-so-slightly more purple after lacquering.

I decided sod it, I got a good smooth finish off it so I left it the weird colour.

Midnight Purple, it is NOT. Last time I ever go there anyway.

[Ira]

Nice Paint!

[Davewilly]

Nice...keep posting the progress!

[LAone]

Paint came out great, not the color intended but still great

[Shelby 427 1965]

Thanks guys... The colour has grown on me, a LITTLE. Still so disappointed it's not Midnight Purple though.

I finished it there now. The outdoor pics tomorrow will really do it justice though! Thanks for looking.

The side markers have been fixed since those pics were taken

[lanesteele240]

smoooooooth as glassssss. great build. cant wait to see whats next

[jrherald420]

Looks good, color looks fine too. My biggest issue with it is the front wheels, with only the front wheels negitive cambered in it looks weird. If the fronts are going to be like that the rears need to be a little bit also.