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« Reply #30 on: July 21, 2020, 14:08:58 pm »

Looks like you still have one of my surgeon general stickers...ha ha!
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« Reply #31 on: July 22, 2020, 04:12:14 am »

Good eyes Don. And the seats have the release handles on them that my dad bought from you 25 years ago.  Smiley
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« Reply #32 on: July 22, 2020, 15:49:30 pm »

Cool...!
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« Reply #33 on: July 22, 2020, 16:39:42 pm »

Go for it.
I always liked the articles in ultravw about your car.

Henk!!!
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« Reply #34 on: July 22, 2020, 20:52:09 pm »

One of the sexiest Cal-Look ever done and you ask yourself what to do with?  Wink Wink
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« Reply #35 on: July 22, 2020, 21:18:38 pm »

What size and lug pattern are the Americans?
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« Reply #36 on: July 23, 2020, 12:29:44 pm »

Still such a cool car!
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« Reply #37 on: July 24, 2020, 09:02:00 am »

What size and lug pattern are the Americans?
5x130
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« Reply #38 on: July 30, 2020, 01:42:31 am »

What size and lug pattern are the Americans?
Yeah, Porsche bolt-circle.  7” in the rear and custom narrowed 4” in front.
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« Reply #39 on: July 30, 2020, 03:41:37 am »

I have a set of 14 x 7 and 15 x 8 in the Chevy pattern. Bought for a great price but ment for a 1st gen Camero. Guess I could drill another set of drums and rotors.
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« Reply #40 on: July 30, 2020, 10:43:19 am »

Ha - I did the same on my TTDs - narrowed 7s to 4 on fronts but needed to narrow the beam 3 to get them to sit right.
You need to narrow the beam Dave?

What size and lug pattern are the Americans?
Yeah, Porsche bolt-circle.  7” in the rear and custom narrowed 4” in front.
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« Reply #41 on: August 13, 2020, 02:36:57 am »

Yeah, narrowed the beam 2 1/2” before you could buy narrowed beams.  Probably 1995.
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« Reply #42 on: August 13, 2020, 02:41:49 am »

So...Been a stressful week.  Had some time to kill this afternoon and decided to stop at my buddies shop and look at the 67. One thing led to another and before long  I had jerked off the turbo and carburetor. Polo shirt, khakis and my brown dress shoes, standing in the back seat floor removing all the turbo stuff for the last time. 
Next thing to do is pull the motor. I may wear more suitable clothes for that.
My friend has an old Vertex magneto. Hmmmm...
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« Reply #43 on: August 13, 2020, 16:01:26 pm »

So...Been a stressful week.  Had some time to kill this afternoon and decided to stop at my buddies shop and look at the 67. One thing led to another and before long  I had jerked off the turbo and carburetor. Polo shirt, khakis and my brown dress shoes, standing in the back seat floor removing all the turbo stuff for the last time. 
Next thing to do is pull the motor. I may wear more suitable clothes for that.
My friend has an old Vertex magneto. Hmmmm...


Don't you just hate getting your nice clothes all dirty with what you thought would be a 5-minute wipedown? I'm excited to see some progress though, it's always good to get something done, no matter how small.
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« Reply #44 on: August 14, 2020, 06:03:00 am »

Can’t wait to see it back out Dave!!   No more stinger distributor?
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« Reply #45 on: August 14, 2020, 10:55:37 am »

Don't you just hate getting your nice clothes all dirty with what you thought would be a 5-minute wipedown? I'm excited to see some progress though, it's always good to get something done, no matter how small.

Like Andrew says !!  Grin Grin
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« Reply #46 on: August 14, 2020, 15:21:00 pm »

So...Been a stressful week.  Had some time to kill this afternoon and decided to stop at my buddies shop and look at the 67. One thing led to another and before long  I had jerked off the turbo and carburetor. Polo shirt, khakis and my brown dress shoes, standing in the back seat floor removing all the turbo stuff for the last time. 
Next thing to do is pull the motor. I may wear more suitable clothes for that.
My friend has an old Vertex magneto. Hmmmm...


Don't you just hate getting your nice clothes all dirty with what you thought would be a 5-minute wipedown? I'm excited to see some progress though, it's always good to get something done, no matter how small.

That's usually the more imprected productive times,  getting in the shop, looking at things, thinking to just thigthening a bolt and ending with more stuff done in a few hours than the last few months  Grin Grin
You can clean or buy new clothes, good time is priceless  Wink
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« Reply #47 on: August 15, 2020, 18:41:36 pm »

... the car did fall over from what you did to it though...
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« Reply #48 on: August 15, 2020, 19:35:00 pm »

Eh?  Huh


... the car did fall over from what you did to it though...
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« Reply #49 on: August 16, 2020, 16:25:38 pm »

Eh?  Huh


... the car did fall over from what you did to it though...

it was meant as a joke... sorry, it must be my sense of humour. the nose is supposed to point to the left in the picture, not down.  Wink
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« Reply #50 on: August 18, 2020, 17:31:15 pm »

WOW, look who's here Shocked  I had to set the computer screen on the floor and lay on my side to view your pic... WTF!?!  I'm OLD for christsakes!


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« Reply #51 on: August 18, 2020, 18:55:57 pm »

WOW, look who's here Shocked  I had to set the computer screen on the floor and lay on my side to view your pic... WTF!?!  I'm OLD for christsakes!




yes!  Grin

does this make me old too?  Huh Grin Grin

sorry to highjack your tread Dave. with all due respect, I am glad for you that you are working on your car. I love your car (I have the picture of the line up with your car in California, it also had troy's white ragtop in it. his vw trends feature had the same location as that shot)
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« Reply #52 on: August 18, 2020, 19:06:11 pm »

Sorry.  I don’t know how to fix that picture...who’s old now? 🤣. Sure is nice to hear from you Sarge.  Hopefully can get out there and see everyone again soon.
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« Reply #53 on: August 21, 2020, 11:18:55 am »

Dave what kind of suspension set up did you run in the front and the rear when you were running deep in the twelves?

Branden, its always had the same simple set-up.  Stock torsions in the rear with bus snubbers and cheap oil shocks.  In the front I had a 2.5" narowed beam with drop spindles and three way drag shocks

What size is those rear tires and what is your gearbox ratio like.
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« Reply #54 on: October 03, 2020, 01:52:45 am »

Rear tires are Firestone slicks with Caldwell recaps.  20+ years old and NLA for a long time.  Going to have to replace them with something new, but not many good options.
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« Reply #55 on: January 30, 2021, 01:44:24 am »

Stuff is happening...slowly...
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« Reply #56 on: January 30, 2021, 01:45:43 am »

Yeehaw
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« Reply #57 on: January 30, 2021, 01:46:48 am »

I feel so much lighter...
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« Reply #58 on: January 30, 2021, 03:37:38 am »

I feel so much lighter...

Lighter is a good way to feel... except for my car, lighter just means I need to get my shit together and fix some rust. Glad to see you're still plugging away, slow progress is still progress!
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« Reply #59 on: January 30, 2021, 06:32:12 am »

Stuff is happening...slowly...


Wow! If that were mine . . . I'd have bricks in my toilet right about now!!
AWESOME Dave!  Cool
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