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Title: nevada-look Post by: danny gabbard on July 23, 2008, 18:49:19 pm my 62
Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: Rennsurfer on July 23, 2008, 18:51:57 pm NICE! Besides being a great year... many of us were born that year.
;D Love the decklid vents. Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: Fastbrit on July 23, 2008, 18:52:23 pm Don't ya think you've taken the dechroming a bit far, Danny? I mean, no taillights, no glass, no nothing.
Minimalism at its finest! In the words of Mies van de Rohe, "Less is More"! ;) Looking good! :) Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: peach_ on July 23, 2008, 18:55:41 pm :D
like the deck lid ;D Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: Donny B. on July 23, 2008, 18:59:33 pm Quote many of us were born that year ...and some of us graduated from high school that year... Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: j-f on July 23, 2008, 19:20:00 pm Quote many of us were born that year ...and some of us graduated from high school that year... My father was 7 years old in 62 :D :D Great car Danny. No more info about the futur look of the car? Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: danny gabbard on July 23, 2008, 19:52:57 pm keith I was just practiceing my hole filling skills. hopefully I'll start getting it ready for paint about oct.
Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: John Rayburn on July 23, 2008, 20:21:47 pm Danny, does the Nevada Look include cactus?
Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: Jim Ratto on July 23, 2008, 20:30:23 pm hookers and slot machines
Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: nicolas on July 23, 2008, 20:46:16 pm sand and atomic waste?
Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: danny gabbard on July 23, 2008, 20:50:23 pm well ya ! and I'm to cheap for the hookers
Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: SOB/RFH on July 23, 2008, 20:52:43 pm Cool car!!! What engine size? :)
Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: danny gabbard on July 23, 2008, 21:43:35 pm someday fuel injected 78/90.5 motor , someday!!!!!!
Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: danny gabbard on July 23, 2008, 21:54:42 pm a few chassis pictures
Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: Donny B. on July 23, 2008, 21:59:29 pm Those "A"s or "B"s? Just curious. Sure looks nice. I like the classic brakes on an early car. I have B brakes on the back of my '66. I couldn't pass them up as I got them cheap and it was a bolt on.
Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: bugkeeper on July 23, 2008, 22:07:06 pm Wow, I am impressed! Do you leave the tunnel open? I have never seen this before. Don't you get a stbility issue if you cut this piece out of the pan? Lookin real good!!
Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: Austin Larsen on July 23, 2008, 22:26:22 pm i think its goign back in
Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: danny gabbard on July 23, 2008, 22:27:07 pm The brakes are Bs on all for corners. and the center of pan bolts back in with quite abit of hardware, if you look close they are aircraft nutplates hard riveted along sides of tunnel.
Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: Donny B. on July 23, 2008, 22:35:33 pm I love the workmanship!
Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: Jon on July 23, 2008, 23:15:09 pm Super nice work Danny! Please keep the in progress pics coming, they are truly inspirational!
The rear view sort of resembles the face of Adolf... :o Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: John Rayburn on July 23, 2008, 23:22:57 pm Super nice work Danny! Please keep the in progress pics coming, they are truly inspirational! Oh my God ! It does! It's like seeing Jesus on a tortilla!The rear view sort of resembles the face of Adolf... :o Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: Carlos De Alba on July 23, 2008, 23:27:34 pm Super nice work Danny! Please keep the in progress pics coming, they are truly inspirational! Oh my God ! It does! It's like seeing Jesus on a tortilla!The rear view sort of resembles the face of Adolf... :o Whats a Tortilla??? is that an old skool kind of mushroom?? Nice work Danny!!! 8) Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: John Rayburn on July 23, 2008, 23:29:22 pm You know , it's one of those round jobs..
Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: Carlos De Alba on July 23, 2008, 23:32:33 pm You know , it's one of those round jobs.. Thanks John......... Ok, lets "bounce" back into topic!!! Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: louisb on July 23, 2008, 23:35:38 pm Damn nice looking Danny. Decided on a color yet?
--louis Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: bugkeeper on July 24, 2008, 07:48:58 am Can someone shed some light on the brakes for me? What are those? What was that question about A or B? I am stumped ???
Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: speedwell on July 24, 2008, 08:19:11 am Can someone shed some light on the brakes for me? What are those? What was that question about A or B? I am stumped ??? porsche brake drums model A OR model BTitle: Re: nevada-look Post by: danny gabbard on July 24, 2008, 16:58:36 pm thanks everybody. hopefully about oct I will start preping for paint, and the color most likely L-87 and then the NOS empi 5 spoke will go on and a red interior of some sort, that still up in the air. first need to finish shop ! and get back to work. again thanks for all the nice words about car.
Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: Dave Galassi . on July 24, 2008, 17:09:12 pm [/quote] Oh my God ! It does! It's like seeing Jesus on a tortilla! [/quote] John, that is one of the funniest things I've heard in a long time! I can't stop laughing! Corn or Flour? Typical Danny, beautiful work, rough spelling! I, too, can't wait to see the car. Best of luck with setting up the shop. Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: Harry/FDK on July 24, 2008, 17:38:31 pm Cactus Adolf is surely inspiring.
Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: empicolector on July 24, 2008, 17:50:24 pm my 62 can't wait to see more Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: danny gabbard on July 24, 2008, 18:46:48 pm and a few more pictures . The cable and rod end, takes place of original clutch cable and tube
Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: empicolector on July 24, 2008, 19:20:52 pm nice danny
Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: Harry/FDK on July 24, 2008, 19:40:31 pm Awesome work.
Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: vulgaris on July 25, 2008, 21:16:23 pm there's a dirty hotel somewhere in Reno called cal-neva. I got left for dead there one night in the 80s everybody else was cuffed and stuffed, i made it back to Sac by hitchhiking
you could call your Bug a cal-neva look Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: QUEENJOJO on July 25, 2008, 22:26:48 pm COME ON GABBARD...STILL STUCK ON THE RED!
Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: danny gabbard on July 25, 2008, 23:45:56 pm I've fallen off the wagen again!!
Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: ian c on July 26, 2008, 00:45:43 am Cal-Neva was a really hole... used to go there when I lived in Quincy, CA. Even the free drinks were grimy and crappy. nothing wrong with free drink mate !!! Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: Rennsurfer on July 26, 2008, 03:04:37 am COME ON GABBARD...STILL STUCK ON THE RED! I think the red interior will look awesome with any light or white color. Anything else... maybe not-so-much. Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: danny gabbard on July 26, 2008, 03:29:00 am OK how many drinks did it take till the drinks were'nt so bad !!!
Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: Sarge on July 26, 2008, 04:36:59 am I'd paint it red and leave the Pearl White for the interior... :o ::) ;) Lookin' good, Danny!
Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: John Rayburn on July 27, 2008, 00:07:30 am [/quote] John, that is one of the funniest things I've heard in a long time! I can't stop laughing! Corn or Flour? Typical Danny, beautiful work, rough spelling! I, too, can't wait to see the car. Best of luck with setting up the shop. [/quote] He always seems to appear on flour tortillas, the burrito size, however I 've seen one news report of him showing up on one of those 4 inch soft taco corn jobs! Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: nicolas on July 27, 2008, 13:05:16 pm John, that is one of the funniest things I've heard in a long time! I can't stop laughing! Corn or Flour? Typical Danny, beautiful work, rough spelling! I, too, can't wait to see the car. Best of luck with setting up the shop. [/quote] He always seems to appear on flour tortillas, the burrito size, however I 've seen one news report of him showing up on one of those 4 inch soft taco corn jobs! [/quote] sorry, but we need Carlos to make a appearance without prior notice and some real good explenation on the subject, just to make sure we know what we are talking about here. Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: Sarge on July 27, 2008, 13:38:25 pm sorry, but we need Carlos to make a appearance without prior notice and some real good explenation on the subject, just to make sure we know what we are talking about here. Carlos is real busy "in" Russia right now plus he's converting Nick's into a strip club, rememember? ::) ;D Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: nicolas on July 27, 2008, 14:03:33 pm sorry, but we need Carlos to make a appearance without prior notice and some real good explenation on the subject, just to make sure we know what we are talking about here. Carlos is real busy "in" Russia right now plus he's converting Nick's into a strip club, rememember? ::) ;D ah yes, but he feels so close ;D Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: danny gabbard on July 27, 2008, 15:34:12 pm like a paint striping club? Hey everybody
Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: 57speedster on July 31, 2008, 07:55:29 am Danny, what makes it a neveda look? are you living in neveda and if so were about, northern or southern
by the way, the car is looking good. Vaughn Title: Re: nevada-look Post by: danny gabbard on July 31, 2008, 15:48:27 pm hopefully late sept or early oct will be moveing to carson city for good
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