She is running pretty great right now, and made a shake-down run to work.
Still working on a front valance and rear valence. Also making new lenses for the headlights.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Made a trip to work
She is running pretty great right now, and made a shake-down run to work.
Still working on a front valance and rear valence. Also making new lenses for the headlights.
Friday, July 2, 2010
Renegade Hybrid radiator back from repair!
Whoo hoo!
Renegade was able to repair my radiator that had stress cracks, rather than a full new core!
Got the radiator back in. . .but in the process of doing that discovered my Holley 650 carburetor is leaking fuel out of the front bowl seal and cross over tube seal.
Time to fix that, and hopefully this is causing the really bad smell coming from the car when running (Ultra lean condition for low fuel???)Burning off carbon from the pistons?
I have never smelled this from a car before. It is so strong that I can't tell if it is burning off the exhaust somewhere, or coming from the exhaust itself.
I will pull the plugs tonight to see if they look toasted.
Renegade was able to repair my radiator that had stress cracks, rather than a full new core!
Got the radiator back in. . .but in the process of doing that discovered my Holley 650 carburetor is leaking fuel out of the front bowl seal and cross over tube seal.
Time to fix that, and hopefully this is causing the really bad smell coming from the car when running (Ultra lean condition for low fuel???)Burning off carbon from the pistons?
I have never smelled this from a car before. It is so strong that I can't tell if it is burning off the exhaust somewhere, or coming from the exhaust itself.
I will pull the plugs tonight to see if they look toasted.
QRS Fiberglass bumpers
I spent 3 hours installing QRS fiberglass bumpers yesterday to complete my "bumper backdate".
I really hate working with fiberglass, as it takes adjusting and sanding to make it work. It is especially tough when the car does not have the mounting holes drilled in the body work to accept the 70-74 year type bumpers.
I was lucky enough to find a thread on 914world.com that gave me stock measurements of where the holes are to be drilled in the body.
I would have much rather got some original black bumpers, but they are all trashed. They all require restoration to the bumper, and new rubber bumper tops that cost $300-400.
I got the front bumper for $180 and the rear for $141 in fiberglass.
Overall they came out decent (I will get photo up soon). They give the car a "track car" look, as it is obvious they are not metal. They weigh about 2-3lbs each, so the weight savings is substantial. The last remaining body pieces are to paint and install the rear lower valence. This will have to wait until my new exhaust is installed, so I can cut it to match the center exit exhaust.
I think I will also install the Renegade Hybrids front lower valence.
Moral of the story....buy original bumpers if you can drop the $ on restoration, however QRS (www.qrsfiberglass.com) brand bumpers are the lowest priced on the market, and are made very well.
I really hate working with fiberglass, as it takes adjusting and sanding to make it work. It is especially tough when the car does not have the mounting holes drilled in the body work to accept the 70-74 year type bumpers.
I was lucky enough to find a thread on 914world.com that gave me stock measurements of where the holes are to be drilled in the body.
I would have much rather got some original black bumpers, but they are all trashed. They all require restoration to the bumper, and new rubber bumper tops that cost $300-400.
I got the front bumper for $180 and the rear for $141 in fiberglass.
Overall they came out decent (I will get photo up soon). They give the car a "track car" look, as it is obvious they are not metal. They weigh about 2-3lbs each, so the weight savings is substantial. The last remaining body pieces are to paint and install the rear lower valence. This will have to wait until my new exhaust is installed, so I can cut it to match the center exit exhaust.
I think I will also install the Renegade Hybrids front lower valence.
Moral of the story....buy original bumpers if you can drop the $ on restoration, however QRS (www.qrsfiberglass.com) brand bumpers are the lowest priced on the market, and are made very well.
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