Air cooled chit-chat thread!!!

[Schell R32]

69 ghia:

[cfvwtuner]

Gettin gas in the green bug tommora, then off to the Dustoff in Mansfield, CT on Sunday

[Schell R32]

weather looks good! see you there!

[LooseNuts]

just to let you all know "like you fukers didn't already"..

[cam's68]

it's been a while!

UPDATE: I took off my "extra oil capacity sump pan" cause it wasn't dooin anything but leaking like a sieve, andddd, that's about it, looking at a radio/speaker install next, someday....

till next time, adios!

[cam's68]

ANDDDD of course, drum-to-disk conversion up front!

[crestfallen]

Tore mine apart this weekend to install this...

Back together and working like a charm with the new ring + pinion setup

[LooseNuts]

That's nice..

[Schell R32]

sweet!!


took the hot rod out yesterday to a car cruise half hour away....she did good!!

got a few oil leaks and such and the trans shifts like a mack truck but her road manners are great. i'm soo f--kin bored of this car these days...aint got five minutes to enjoy it..but at the same time it's pretty silly when you roll it though town!!! i most likely will never make it to the track but i could care less these days.

[Padfan1]

what up homies???? everyone back east looks like there are putting things togther for the summer. Just wanted to pop in and say whats up!!

[Schell R32]

yeah the shows are starting and won't be hittin any this year myself...might it litchfield but not sure.

[JDII]

Yep I'm ordering a trans for the 65, and have my oval on pause because I am tying money up in another project that I just couldn't let go. Hope to have pics next week or so. It blows my mind at the things folks will throw in a barn and forget about for 40-50 years.

Shell your car is still sic and hope your business is doing well. Mine is wide open then crawling then wide open again , enough to keep my head spinning. We got all our buildings up and now dealing with the power company to get things completed.

Pad good to see you still in here bro. hope all is well with the family and work.

[zzzdanz]

JD, you know you can't walk away with out telling us what this new project is man.

[JDII]

JD, you know you can't walk away with out telling us what this new project is man.

Dan, I have too... This is one of them show but dont tell kinda of projects. You will see soon enough as long as it all goes right. It's a tough thing to negotiate with women, but I'm working through it. I have my wife on my side so thats half the battle right there. I am stuck between letting my oval sit for a while so I can afford the new project or pass and build it. I think I will make the right decision because I may not have an opportunty like this again. It was totally unexpected and had no way of planning for it. I have said enough I could talk about it all day ,i'm like a kid all excited right now and cant wait to play with my new toy. Just got to find some more cash, it;s real hard to come by these days. back to work yall have a nice day.

[4supreme2gambino0]

hmmm....

http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/cto/3032559664.html

[A1steaksauce]

hmmm....

http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/cto/3032559664.html

tell him you want the one in the background that's a built vw diesel swapped beast. it was at our local show last year and sounded balls rolling in.

I am tying money up in another project that I just couldn't let go.

me thinks me knows what your project is.

oh and funk pain...i'm pushing myself. back at work on monday and bus updates after that. big moves on that project. but i digress, i can do the deal we talked about whenever

[zzzdanz]

Dan, I have too... This is one of them show but dont tell kinda of projects. You will see soon enough as long as it all goes right. It's a tough thing to negotiate with women, but I'm working through it. I have my wife on my side so thats half the battle right there. I am stuck between letting my oval sit for a while so I can afford the new project or pass and build it. I think I will make the right decision because I may not have an opportunty like this again. It was totally unexpected and had no way of planning for it. I have said enough I could talk about it all day ,i'm like a kid all excited right now and cant wait to play with my new toy. Just got to find some more cash, it;s real hard to come by these days. back to work yall have a nice day.

Ya farker!....split window bug?...schwimmwagen?...barn door bus?...you're Fook'en killing me man

[Schell R32]

[JDII]

That's beautiful shell. Yours or a customers?

[zzzdanz]

http://boston.craigslist.org/bmw/cto/3035706482.html dont see those around here often...wish I hade the space in the garage

[wannabaja]

The cat just drug home a super solid 64 beetle.

[Schell R32]

all of 'em are customer's except for when i show my hot rod..which isn't much...


'69 ghia vert,this was before the double and she's pretty much done now....

[Schell R32]

this is next...as well as a 65 bus too.



and then this:




mock up...much to do...much.

[Schell R32]

and a rear shot...without rear engine filler:

[zzzdanz]

http://providence.craigslist.org/cto/3060454265.html for the local guys

[Schell R32]

made these the other day:

side covers for the rear qtrs instead of tar board...removable and painted

[LooseNuts]

Those are nice Tim

[A1steaksauce]

fvck color matching...i need my sheit raw and gangster...and in at least 3 different colors including rust.



looks damn good, that's a nice touch in that ghia

[Schell R32]

yeah if i have to many "pops"...that's how my own s--t comes out....

...not alowed to do that on the customers rides though

[Antihero983]

Finally brought the 70 home last night after 8 months at the shop...since I never got to drive it with a healthy engine in it, holy sh** this is boogies with the 1914 in it!

[Schell R32]

1914's are killer..built 3 of em and never had an issue...the big cc motors are a full time job if your gonna full time it...where as the 1914 seems todo it all well.

[Antihero983]

1914's are killer..built 3 of em and never had an issue...the big cc motors are a full time job if your gonna full time it...where as the 1914 seems todo it all well.

That's definitely reassuring, as the guy who went through the engine made them sound extremely sensitive, like I had a time bomb in the back end of my car lol!

I've been driving my 72 with the stock 1600dp for four years now, so having the 70 with the bigger engine is definitely a whole new world to me.

[A1steaksauce]

people get scared of the larger cylinders.

but if you install the proper tin, run liveable compression ratios, and use mild timing advance curves there's nothing wrong with a 1914

[Schell R32]

^^right on A1...i've had em in 90 degree heat,with crap fuel and mild compression and even then they ran cool.

the real deal motor would have exactly that,german tins,all of em...dog house factory cooler,good piston and cylinder kit and NOT cheap copies and mild compression...with the right compression,cam and head combo...they will run forever.

people seem to foget that the crap heads and wrong cam can cause more cylinder temps than even the s--t tins. gotta get them gases out...that is what makes motors run cooler!!!

[Antihero983]

Well what happened was I bought the car from the PO and had a valve seat fall out on cyl 4.

Turns out he had stock 1600DP heads machined (quite poorly) and one of them expanded enough to spit the seat out.

I replaced them with brand new big valve FoMoCo heads.

Also, the mechanic said to run a cap full of lead additive to help it run cooler. Agree or disagree?