Blows dust off thread
Inching forward... I dont get to work on the car all the time and some of the reason for slow going is due to trying to address that. Well, in a roundabout way... Remember, this is housed at the mother-in-law's house and I live in an apartment an hour away. I have been slow getting parts due to savings goals for (hopefully) getting a house next year.
That being said, I managed to fire off a parts order last night that should include pretty much the bare bones to make this thing run. I am sure I forgot a thing or two, but we will cross those bridges when we get to them.
Where did I leave off?
Oh yeah, what can $20 buy you in spridget parts?
I dont have pictures of everything, but here is the list.
Rear axle
air cleaners
transmission tunnel
Heater pull cable with switch
Disc brake front spindles
fork for clutch master
Rear axle assembly is for a later spridget, I can't put this under the car as later cars use 1/2 elliptical springs, rather than the 1/4 ellipticals that mine uses. BUT, the center section is the same, or rather this has a 3.9 gear to my 4.20, which will give me more legs to go down the road. I wouldnt want to put it under the car anyways, as its kinda rusty. Some point soon I need to hammer out the axles and see what condition the center section is in. (hey, it was pretty much free and a new R&P for these are surprisingly expensive)
I painted the seat tracks, the seat base that was rusty, and the shifter cover.
I heard about this paint from another forum where it was suggested as great for painting rollcages as it is very durable. Only drawback is that it takes something like a week to really harden. Going to be trying this out for much of the interior.
Engine coming along slowly, not too much changing here. I got the coolant passages flushed some and it seems pretty all-right to go.
Between the two of these I will get a good tunnel in place. Removing that sound deadening is a PITA.
Disc brake hubs. Yeah, they are rough. Before use I will have to clean them and have them magnafluxed (mission critical parts!). Might try electrolysis on these. The disc brake swap will happen later. I need a lot more parts for this to happen and I am focusing what money I can put towards the project on making it run. (remember the drums on the car work, well, as well as drums can... lets just say that first autocross is gonna be a lot of fun?)
Test fit of the American Racing wheels, yeah, I only had the scissor jack with me. Its from a car that weighs almost 2x the bugeye and I wasnt getting under it (get off my lawn)
Does this count as hellaflush?
Carbs cleaned and ready for the rebuild kit.