Parkway projects

[Pat K]

#70102

Parkway love yesterday. This ‘65 has been off the road for a while. Leake down test shows she still has some life left.

The fuel system is in rough shape. Carb was so varnished the throttle was stuck shut. Pulled it, tore down, and soaked it over night. Ready to come back from apart. 

We will build it if it comes.

[John Jones]

#70172

knock out them parkway projects!!! 😎 😎 😎

Been a wild ride, but it got me here 😎

[Pat K]

#70296

Few pics from Friday’s progress. Pulled and cleaned the gas tank. 

Pulled the motor for mount replacement. Pulled the flywheel to see why it was leaking. Main seal was ok, but the flywheel o-ring was missing.

New front trans mount also. 

Assembled the carb, installed the motor. Fired right up. 

Working on breaks today. Rears done, forgot a pic. Fronts underway. Bearing repack while it’s all apart. 

We will build it if it comes.

[Pat K]

#70303

Well dang! Got everything back together, gas tank in, brakes bleed, engine fired up.

Stepped hard on the brake pedal to set the shoes and POP!

Old line out. New one ready for tomorrow morning. 

We will build it if it comes.

[Franz]

#70320

Dang!

[Franz]

#70321

Jim’s turkis car that we painted a few years ago is here for a transaxle re-seal job.

I ripped it all apart this evening, clean-up and assembly tomorrow.

[Pat K]

#70348

Replaced the rear brake hard line this morning. Went for a test drive.

Front brakes wouldn’t release completely. New front wheel cylinders and hoses and she’s good to go. 

Contacted Eric, the owner, let him know where he’s at. Suggested a few more things that should be addressed. Time to order some parts. 

We will build it if it comes.

[Omar]

#70351

I love watching the parkway projects…blue beetles!

[tlambert]

#70352

There always seems to be a shit ton of VWs  in y’all’s area. Are most of these that come in for work from GJ or other towns away?

Tim

[Franz]

#70353

Yeah there are a few bugs running around. We had a dealer in this town forever.

I spent a bunch of time cleaning parts today, then assembled the transaxle with new seals and plenty of 🤫silicone.

 

[John Jones]

#70372

That project Franz is on is a PITA project…   Possibly one we should have said no to.. but only time will tell… 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎  Franz wanted him to have the trans rebuilt with some fresh parts and bearings… Now he has a reseal with all the same old pars in it….. 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎  and probably be only a few hundo cheaper…

Been a wild ride, but it got me here 😎

[John Jones]

#70373

Pats parkway project started out small… but has grown into a larger job…    At customers request!  😎  was just get it running.. now rebuild the front end…. 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎

Parkway projects!!!  There’s one more sitting outside..

We have to be careful which projects we take in…

We have big ol $100K resto’s to concentrate on also!!!!!!  😎 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎

Been a wild ride, but it got me here 😎

[Franz]

#70380

“The customer is always right” 🙂 even when they are wrong 🙂

I think the dude is planning to flip Jim’s Turkis car…probably in the $20K range, which is still cheaper than the paint job was. Is anybody interested? I could pass a phone number along.

[Franz]

#70439

I assembled everything into the 62 turkis and did an alignment yesterday. That was a good job. I had fun. 23 hours of work for a transaxle clean and re-seal.

Next up is the Java green 67, it has an oil leak too. Plus, a list of other items that don’t function correctly like the door locks and seat belts.

[Franz]

#70743

Pat and I are doing front end rebuilds on a 65 and 67 today.

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