[Franz]

in reply to: Dans ‘65 Tesla #71267

Couple more pictures with the wheels turned to full lock.

[Franz]

in reply to: Parkway projects #71266

Dialed Rina’s paint in too. Wool buff job.

[Franz]

in reply to: KCW randomness #71259

Haha. That high roof only took one bus to make….Rusty has parts for like 4 busses in his.

…and Rusty, the driveway is looking nice. You could probably park 3 or 4 more cars in there?!?

[Franz]

in reply to: Cory’s 1964 class 11 #71242

Yeah engine re-work. Fuel cell? Lights for sure. Tires maybe. Some aluminum wheels too. We’re a Mobelwagen dealer now.

[Franz]

in reply to: Tom’s 23 Window Deluxe!! #71241

Yeah Its been fun to work around and keep clean. White wool. Haha.

Thinking we can probably cut the seat frame down to be correct. Wish I would have noticed earlier.

[Franz]

in reply to: Dans ‘65 Tesla #71234

I found some used tires 225/55/16 rear and 205/50 front. They pretty good, but I think we should go with 215/55 and 185/55.

She looks nice 👍 I think the front could be a hair narrower. The 185/55 tires should help.

[Franz]

in reply to: Dans ‘65 Tesla #71192

Front calipers cleaned up. A little damage to the anodizing on this one from wheel cleaner or something. It’ll work for mock-up and we can decide how to detail later.

Porsche 930 cv joint boots + flanges arrived from Kartek. I put them together with moly grease and installed.

Ready to put on the ground. I’m going to check out tires tomorrow.

[Franz]

in reply to: Tom’s Sea Blue Cal look Sunroof 66 #71151

Yeah, the transaxle case is in need of a bit of paint detail. Usually just some rattle can paint. But we could do gloss urethane with the axle tubes and stuff. Polish the ribs too for extra credit points!

[Franz]

in reply to: Dans ‘65 Tesla #71149

Assembling the front suspension today. 2” narrowed puma beam w/needle bearings, and narrowed original torsion springs to match.

The front brake calipers are taking a bit of work to get clean.

 

[Franz]

in reply to: KCW randomness #71146

Lucky!

[Franz]

in reply to: Dans ‘65 Tesla #71130

Glenn and I had a phone call with Michael Bream from EVwest last week. Michael said he just got some JP3 LG chem super cells that are pairs wired in parallel.

They are easier for us to install/wire together this way.

I think we should pull the trigger on them.

[Franz]

in reply to: Tom’s Sea Blue Cal look Sunroof 66 #71112

The transmission back from Painter’s grinding.

[Franz]

in reply to: Parkway projects #71111

Ball joints and bushings installed on the front end of beetle1. No more shimmies. Drives great. I did an alignment too.

I could tell the shift rod bushing was out by a rattle and loose gears selection on the test drive. I installed a new one and now it’s ready to go home.

 

[Franz]

in reply to: Lin Ottinger Birthday Campout #71106

JasonS wrote:

Very minimal driving in the bus since I need to get Magazine pics of the underside before it’s too dirty.

Huh? 😁

[Franz]

in reply to: Coleman? #71105

Ted Williams! That is the coolest lantern.

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