Time to finish off my old split

[Black Sheep]

Ive been driving around in my half finished car now for a while and I feel its time to treat the car to its final stage and get it done .

Gone are the Porsche wheels , going over to 205 pcd and a set of replica BRM's for the mo
Gone to are the Beard High backs . In is a Bernard special

( please excuse the bad phone photo )
Gone to is my trusty 2165 , this Motor that Martin (Boom Boom ) and me put together a few years ago has seen my well .
  In go's My new 82mm crank and mystery Cam  hope to see +200 bhp with this little package will post pics as Its being built , again a Martin and me special 
Also out go's my old VDO and stock split gauges

In go's hopefully if all go's to plan a set of six Aviator VDO gauges with "chicken head switch's " , you would normally find these on an old electric guitar , best match I could get to split knobs 
Ive got a new Split RHD carpet set in the pipeline to . Harvey 
Gonna rig up my line lock to use as a staging brake , Clean up the paint in a few places too .
New rag and headliner too .
Plan is to get this all sorted before EBI4 next year so my ride will look every bit as good as those amazing lookers I've seen there for the last 3 shows

Watch this space 

[kev d]

They never get 'finished' really though do they..
See ya
Kev

[Black Sheep]

just time for a quick update .
I've bolted up my nice new CSP 205 pcd rear drums and the rear tyre look lime their going to sit in just fine .
Having stripped down my king & link spindles to ditch the lowered spindles I've found that Im going to have to remove the beam and re-position the sway-a-ways 
Also looks like I'll need to narrow it a tad too to get the new 4.5 BRM's to sit right  hey how , here we go again 
Having a bit of a problem tracking down the switches I want for the dash pods , was going to use chicken head switches but these look crap 
So I'm trying to find some small 70's stye rocker jobies , I've found simple on off ones but me being me I want three pole ones for lights wipers and my oil cooling fan .
Also has anyone got an idea for a tidy way of wiring up a line lock switch ? I've lost the one that came with mine so I'm looking for a neat looking replacement 

Has anyone tried to fit an anti roll bar to a 2"narrowed king and link front end ? want to look at improving handling a bit as the old gal move's about a bit at high speed 
Also got given an old split fuel cap today to weld up and fit a blow off to , just to keep those track officials happy .
will post some pics soon as Ive something interesting to show
Laters Glenn

[wolfswest]

Glenn,

I know what you mean, these switches just aren't what you are looking for.  A nice alternative are beaver tail switches. Common switches in sixties and seventies italian sportscars.  for example:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ferrari-Maserati-Beaver-Tail-Light-Switch-Pair-OEM-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem255b2788b6QQitemZ160443107510QQptZVintageQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

these are iron ones, but you also have models where the "beaver tail" is surrounded in black plastic, hope you understand me.  These are in my opinion even more sexy then the ones in the ebay link, but I'm at work and don't have much time to google. 

If you are interested in them, try to buy them from an alfa, fiat, lancia lover...  these are the same switches but less expensive then the ferrari ones... 

I really like your fat bisquit interior.  nice,

Dem

[wolfswest]

http://bringatrailer.com/2008/09/30/bat-exclusive-dusty-socal-64-alfa-romeo-sprint/

second picture, on the dash you see the plastic ones, these are the long shaped ones, you also have smaller models, that are even more beaver tail curved, check it:

http://www.google.be/imgres?imgurl=http://www.autodrome.fr/ferrari_308_gtb_vetroresina_interior.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.autodrome.fr/ferrari_308gtb_vetroresina_76.htm&usg=__hQKqVQOF-UxbYAEX793fX55vZJc=&h=960&w=1280&sz=277&hl=nl&start=4&tbnid=jnRkpCSi4VkuKM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dferrari%2B308%2Binterior%26um%3D1%26hl%3Dnl%26biw%3D1231%26bih%3D548%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1

in the right corner, center console.. 

the last ones like in the ferrari 308 are my best choice.

[Black Sheep]

Thanks for the links Dem , think I may have found these similar lucus switches on flea bay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180537324230&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

May have to see if the seller has two of these 

[wolfswest]

yep, that's the stuff I'm talking about.  go for it! 

[71CALRIPPER]

Why the change in rims dude ?

[Black Sheep]

New look , and to raise some funds for the engine hop up . I got a mate who had 6 suitable BRM's so off they came 

[fahrvergnugen]

New look , and to raise some funds for the engine hop up . I got a mate who had 6 suitable BRM's so off they came 

Damn....2 spare wheels, think of all that weight.

Nice plans, keep us visual updated please

Paul.

[herbieharv]

hi glen
heres another link for switches
http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.eu/VWP-onlinestore/switches/lever.php

ive dealt with them before and seem pretty good plus martin has got the catalogue in the workshop

[Black Sheep]

Sent of the new crank , flywheel , pressure plate , and counter weight pulley for a bit of a spin today .
With luck will start to bolt it all back together next weekend 
Won a few VDO gauges on flea bay , got a new orange needle fuel and fahrenheit gauge's , not heard back on the aviators yet , so going to run these for the meen time .
Also got a pair of 3 pole Lucas switches on the way 
hope to pic up the new wheels for the weekend and tear off the incorrect but very new rubber on them , need to look at the best way of distressing them a bit
( don't do shiny smooth black paint me  ) any ideas ? not involving a shoot blast cabinet 
Kept my old michelin rubber so will wear it again , but I'm gonna shod a pair in 6" slicks to 
May even break out the camara for a few pix 

[Black Sheep]

I have got to be the most fickle , indecisive guy I know 
 Gone now are the MWS wheels also on the going list are the front drum's " which I'm halfway through rebuilding "
In are my new today wheels " ohh shiny"

Also in are a pair of CSP 205 front disc's king and link stylie 
Only problem is the rear offst is ridiculess on these wheels , So I'm going to have to narrow it a lot more 
Tyres also may be a problem too . the firestone wide oval's are very cool and sticky but their only 60's  thats a whole 1"1/2 smaler than I need 


I used to indecisive but now Im not so sure 

[herbieharv]

Glen slowwwwwwwwwww down I can't keep up 

[Lids]

some centrelines on vzi, might have better offset 5.5 rears : http://www.volkszone.com/VZi/showthread.php?t=658454

[Black Sheep]

Cheers Mike ,sent him a pm and another guy on there too , see what happens 
Thing is I quite like the deep inset and there's room to remove a bit more from my A arm's .
I never really finnished them off to my liking when I took 18mm out of them before , so I guess I can go back yto them and start again 

[Rocket Ron]

Need to swap for some ercos not so deep :-)

[herbieharv]

Need to swap for some ercos not so deep :-)

i 2nd that ercos all the way

do i get commission ron?

[Black Sheep]

Need to swap for some ercos not so deep :-)

Thanks for the offer Ron , but I prefire the look of centerlines 

[Rocket Ron]

Need to swap for some ercos not so deep :-)

i 2nd that ercos all the way

do i get commission ron?

ggod try 

[Shubee2 (DSK)]

I have got to be the most fickle , indecisive guy I know 
 Gone now are the MWS wheels also on the going list are the front drum's " which I'm halfway through rebuilding "
In are my new today wheels " ohh shiny"

Also in are a pair of CSP 205 front disc's king and link stylie 
Only problem is the rear offst is ridiculess on these wheels , So I'm going to have to narrow it a lot more 
Tyres also may be a problem too . the firestone wide oval's are very cool and sticky but their only 60's  thats a whole 1"1/2 smaler than I need 


I used to indecisive but now Im not so sure 

What Size are the Rear Wheels? and what is the Back Spacing? I have some that may work for you? http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=983173

[Black Sheep]

Hi Gary , thanks for the link  .
 My wheels have a 3"1/4 backspacing , so there's not too much differance to your ones .
I'm looking around first to see if I can find a pair with a more easy to work with back spacing of around 4"1/4 to 4"1/2 .
But if I end up going down the cut and narrow some more route with my A arms I may just be interested in a spare pair for the slicks 

Glenn

[Rocket Ron]

Hi Gary , thanks for the link  .
 My wheels have a 3"1/4 backspacing , so there's not too much differance to your ones .
I'm looking around first to see if I can find a pair with a more easy to work with back spacing of around 4"1/4 to 4"1/2 .
But if I end up going down the cut and narrow some more route with my A arms I may just be interested in a spare pair for the slicks 

Glenn

have a set of bubble front new and unused, rear 7 " used but great condition 4 1/2 " back space   

[Lids]

ron he doesn't do shiny, same goes for his paint as well!

[herbieharv]

hi glen just checking you havnt changed your mind again???

its been awfully quiet the last few days on here and im concerned 

[kev d]

Know where there's a set of chrome 8 spokes & white letter tyres if ya fancies...

[Black Sheep]

Picked up a few nic nak's today from a very nice man on Southsea common 

Also got my NOS ZX's mounted onn the 3.5's  Got another NOS 205 70 15 Michelin XWX on the way too , just need to find another one now 
Has anyone got any pic's of nice Oberg instalation ?
Cheers

[Diederick/DVK]

when it comes to placement it think the berglar is a good example.

[JSL]

Hi, were the front discs etc off Chris?

If so they are my old discs its great finding out where bits end up

Love the build dude!! Looking forward to seeing it develop!

Cheers,

J

[Black Sheep]

Hi, were the front discs etc off Chris?

If so they are my old discs its great finding out where bits end up

Love the build dude!! Looking forward to seeing it develop!

Cheers,

J

Yup  , their finnaly going to see some use