Christmas

Etched and sealed the inside of the gas tank this week

Slow but steady progress

Tore apart the motor this weekend and started rebuilding the carbs. I had wanted to switch over to a twin set of Dell Orto FRD units, but based on my research into the Volkswagen world(where both are used on Beetles, etc) I just don't know If I would really gain anything there. Next up are the heads. Looks like a lot of grinding, sanding and polishing are in my future.

Dolly

Well, I finished the chassis dolly yesterday and it may not be all that pretty but it holds the unit body up and has casters for rolling it around the garage. Now we can park the other cars back inside the garage again.

4 weeks in.........

Its been exactly four weeks since we took delivery of the car and now it is a BARE monocoque! I'll be building a dolly/fixture this week to put under it to make moving it around easier.

Action!

Just a couple pics Tiff took of me in the shop this week.

Cleanliness is next to godliness

I thoroughly cleaned and then polished the window cranks and door handles today. Not too shabby, I think we'll just stick with these for now since I'm not building a trailer queen here.

Security, german security

14 bolts, three welds and two rivets. That's what was holding one front fender in place from the factory.