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« Reply #300 on: June 24, 2014, 14:55:54 pm » |
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« Reply #301 on: June 25, 2014, 00:33:00 am » |
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Thanks j-f, Bob & Lee.
I pick up parts now and again when I see stuff I need. Hoping to get it out to get the suspension and brakes done soon.
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« Reply #302 on: June 25, 2014, 12:57:10 pm » |
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If you don't fancy finishing it and ever want to sell it...... Drop me a PM  Such a cool car, and one of the ORIGINAL threads from the start of the "Lounge"  |
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« Reply #303 on: June 25, 2014, 16:52:31 pm » |
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Thanks Lee.
It is a true '80s Cal-Look survivor. It's been there and lived the life.
If I could stop bleeding cash, I could think about finishing it.
Our oldest daughter is getting married in Dec and boy that's expensive.
The Mother-of-the-Bride is going all out.
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« Reply #304 on: June 25, 2014, 17:23:16 pm » |
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« Reply #305 on: June 26, 2014, 02:06:16 am » |
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I'll take those Denham heads you bought from Louis ... I think you timed me out by 15 minutes or so ...
Think of the cake you'll be able to buy!
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« Reply #306 on: June 26, 2014, 02:52:40 am » |
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Me being a simple guy on the outside looking in ! With all the progress you have done on your cars in the last 35 years , Would it not be EZr to just buy a car and drive it ? Really !!
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« Reply #307 on: June 26, 2014, 02:55:48 am » |
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I mean ... since you're not usin' them and such ... ^^^
I've got a really nice 2332 waiting for some induction!
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« Reply #308 on: June 26, 2014, 21:58:18 pm » |
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« Reply #309 on: June 26, 2014, 21:59:17 pm » |
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Me being a simple guy on the outside looking in ! With all the progress you have done on your cars in the last 35 years , Would it not be EZr to just buy a car and drive it ? Really !!
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« Reply #310 on: June 27, 2014, 07:09:52 am » |
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Thanks Lee.
It is a true '80s Cal-Look survivor. It's been there and lived the life.
If I could stop bleeding cash, I could think about finishing it.
Our oldest daughter is getting married in Dec and boy that's expensive.
The Mother-of-the-Bride is going all out.
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« Reply #311 on: June 27, 2014, 15:26:54 pm » |
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Me being a simple guy on the outside looking in ! With all the progress you have done on your cars in the last 35 years , Would it not be EZr to just buy a car and drive it ? Really !!
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« Reply #312 on: June 27, 2014, 16:25:29 pm » |
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Me being a simple guy on the outside looking in ! With all the progress you have done on your cars in the last 35 years , Would it not be EZr to just buy a car and drive it ? Really !!
Yes but it wouldn't be this car. Sentimental I guess. Good man Rick. Hang on to it. Ya ! But thats why the car is not finished ! |
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« Reply #313 on: June 27, 2014, 16:48:12 pm » |
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Danny, it's like your first girlfriend. There may be others but there's something special about your first  |
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« Reply #314 on: June 27, 2014, 16:54:00 pm » |
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Neil, that's a nice looking '67.
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« Reply #315 on: June 27, 2014, 17:26:12 pm » |
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Thanks Rick. It was my first car too, bought in 1995 when I was 17. That photo was taken in 2011, on a Saturday morning, with the car having been finished on the Thursday night after being parked on my drive and ignored for about 4 years! I went to a wedding several years ago where the bride and groom left the church in a 10 second street legal drag bug in a cloud of tyre smoke and the cake stand at the reception was the flywheel, crank and rods from an alcohol V8 funny car!
Anyway, back on topic, without me going through the whole thread again, what's left to do on your car?
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« Reply #316 on: June 27, 2014, 22:57:36 pm » |
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Wats left to do.... SELL IT TO ME |
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« Reply #317 on: June 28, 2014, 06:47:14 am » |
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Thanks Rick. It was my first car too, bought in 1995 when I was 17. That photo was taken in 2011, on a Saturday morning, with the car having been finished on the Thursday night after being parked on my drive and ignored for about 4 years! I went to a wedding several years ago where the bride and groom left the church in a 10 second street legal drag bug in a cloud of tyre smoke and the cake stand at the reception was the flywheel, crank and rods from an alcohol V8 funny car!
Anyway, back on topic, without me going through the whole thread again, what's left to do on your car?
This wasn't my first car but it was my first VW. I had a '67 Mustang coupe then a '71 Fiat 124 Spyder before buying the '67. I was 19 when I bought it. Body work has been done. One of the ironies of the crash was that the original German steel, US '67 front fenders were in my parents attic. We pulled them out and they are back on the car. Next step is suspension and brakes. I had been waiting for a spot in Greg Brinton's shop to open up so I could have him do the work but last weekend fellow Deek Mark Ramirez generously offered to do some of the work. I'll need to work out the specifics but I may make him regret making that offer. It's gonna get rear discs and the rest of the brakes gone through. new lines, braided stainless hoses etc. I converted it to front disks in the late 70s with KG spindles and (I think) Type III calipers. Suspension is gonna be new beam from Old Speed, with dropped spindles. Koni shocks. The rear is going to have SAW adjustable spring plates and short axles. I'm hoping to keep the Z-Bar if I can work it out. It will need a motor and trans. I have about a third of the parts to put the motor together. Gonna be a 2332cc with those Jeff Denham heads & 48s. A little bit of an increase from 1776cc 48 motor that was in it when that pic was taken. I'll have Mike Herbert help me out with a trans. Got a couple of tricks for the interior & exterior. The idea is to make it sympathetic to a car built in the late 70's, early 80's without being so nuts as to not take advantage of some of the later developments in technology. The whole idea is to make it's Cal-Look survivor status it's biggest asset. Sure I could build it in a more modern way and make it all shiny and new but I think that would take away from it. It's provenance should be kept. When Bill and I started talking about pulling it out, he convinced me to go this way with it and I'm glad he did. |
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« Reply #318 on: February 05, 2016, 20:09:27 pm » |
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« Reply #319 on: February 19, 2017, 19:18:12 pm » |
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« Reply #320 on: February 19, 2017, 19:37:16 pm » |
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« Reply #321 on: February 19, 2017, 19:41:18 pm » |
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Brintech  It's been 35 years since these '67s were parked together. So much history in these cars.  Nothing says "80s Cal-Look" like a louvered stainless steel firewall.  |
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« Reply #322 on: February 19, 2017, 20:06:09 pm » |
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Very cool to see it getting attention!!
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« Reply #323 on: February 20, 2017, 01:21:29 am » |
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Very cool to see it getting attention!!
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« Reply #324 on: February 20, 2017, 20:12:46 pm » |
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« Reply #325 on: February 21, 2017, 01:10:38 am » |
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Glad that there's progress again . . . That's very cool Rick!
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« Reply #326 on: February 21, 2017, 08:03:29 am » |
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I can't see your pictures for some reasons But it's nice to know some work is getting done I'm the same. I can't "see" progress, but I know it's happening! |
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« Reply #327 on: February 21, 2017, 08:37:22 am » |
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They were there, now I can't see them either
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« Reply #328 on: February 22, 2017, 07:34:09 am » |
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I think I fixed the pictures. I moved them from Google Photos to Dropbox and put them in the Public folder.
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« Reply #329 on: May 25, 2017, 06:41:23 am » |
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Went to Greg's shop to check progress and drop off some parts.
The beam is in with the trailing arms and spindles. New master. Steering box has been gone through
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