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Wow, it's like a car already!
They're literally like a giant go-cart. |
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Another Q for ya..
in the corner of my garage, I got a 56 bug that is over shadow by my 62 bus that has no paint on it.... how can I protect It I don't want to paint it.... Thanks just asking... |
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Still don't have this thing finished. I'm waiting on the cylinder heads still, they ended up being a mess and needing way more work than expected. The brakes are adjusted and bled, gas tank has been flushed/detailed/installed, radio is in, and a lot of the small/time consuming details are finished. I need to add some sound deadening and padding under the floor mats, finish covering one front seat, do a four wheel alignment, and finish building the engine once the hesdscare done.
I finally located a rear backrest, it arrived and I covered/installed it on Saturday. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...t/IMG_1957.jpg The original distributors were cast iron, painted black, with a brown Bakelite cap. I wanted to run a modern distributor for reliability and the adjustable advance curve but the polished billet housing and grey cap looked out of place. I dug through our leftover SEM dye and found a color that was close and tinted it for a fairly close match. I also light sandblasted the cap for better adhesion and to give it a slightly textured surface to match the original caps better. The body of the distributor was shot with satin black. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...t/IMG_1981.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...t/IMG_1982.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...t/IMG_1986.jpg |
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Looks cool.
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That chassis is beautiful! Nice job. Body on frame looks great. Wish I had that one.
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I finally got the heads back from the machine shop this week. I did a little bit of port work and had to open up the chambers a few cc's to drop the compression down to 9.4 to 1 (was at 10:1).
Before/After. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...t/IMG_2274.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...t/IMG_2276.jpg Windows, frames, and weatherstripping cleaned up nicely. Before/after shots. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...t/IMG_2013.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...t/IMG_2015.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...t/IMG_2017.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...t/IMG_2024.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...t/IMG_2019.jpg Rolled it out to clean the shop. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...IMG_2045_1.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...t/IMG_2043.jpg |
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Very nice!
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Great project. The wheels and the stance are perfect.
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Turned out great .
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Thanks guys!
Been working on the engine. Once I finished porting and cc'ing the heads and went to mount them I found out that the upper row of head studs were too short. The '65 only head I'm using use matching one year only upper heads studs which took a couple of weeks to find. I finally got a set last Friday and I'm done with the longblock now. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...t/IMG_2483.jpg The engine was missing the thermostat (most are) so I pulled one out of my parts stash and cleaned it up. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...t/IMG_2485.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...t/IMG_2476.jpg I used a solid rocker shaft kit from CB Performance to get rid of the old wavy washers and clips that retained and located the rockers. Had to shim each rocker to .005" side to side clearance, which required lapping some of the rocker stands and end caps to end up at the final tolerence. Way more work than slapping together stock parts but it'll last longer and work better. I also used later 1600 1.1:1 ratio rockers instead of the original 1:1 rockers. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...t/IMG_2479.jpg I also found out that the pistons didn't clear the webs in the block at bdc. I had to grind away a bit of the skirt to gain enough clearance. Once I had ground enough away that the engine would make a full revolution I used clay to check the final clearance. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...t/IMG_2407.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...t/IMG_2412.jpg |
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I've been out of the Volkswagen since for a while it stinks especially after they legalized marijuana in Colorado....
can you tell me who sells red carpet?? You're thread motivated me to pulled it out of the garage for an overdue wash |
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Got a little bit more done. Started a new project at the shop so I haven't had as much time to work on it, and I'm still wating on a couple of engine parts to finish it up.
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It's been awhile just seeing what you've been up too.
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anxious to see the exhaust (and hear?) finished.
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Bought a NOS regulator last night, drilled and tapped an extra hole in the generator body so I could mount it, and detailed/installed it just now.
http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...t/IMG_2718.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...t/IMG_2724.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...t/IMG_2725.jpg The stainless tubing came in yesterday so I laid out the spacing on the muffler. I'll install the engine to double check the alignment with the apron before drilling any holes. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...t/IMG_2670.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...t/IMG_2671.jpg |
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Got the engine together and in the car, muffler finished, and running today. The straight cut gears are noticeable too!
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I took the car to the local downtown Father's Day car show today, along with the '66 F100 we restored.
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Another job well done.
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Very nice and it sounds great too.
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