RE: [T3] Spring is here, time for new projects!

["Latherow, Robert" <RLatherow@EssilorUSA.com>]

I'll hold him down while the rest of you beat him and take the FI stuff
:)

Hmm... What day is today???

-rj

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>From: 	Curt Dilday[SMTP:cdilday@mail.win.org]
>Sent: 	Thursday, April 01, 1999 8:14 AM
>To: 	'Type 3 list'
>Subject: 	[T3] Spring is here, time for new projects!
>
>Hey all!
>
>A bud in Tennessee told me about a stash of air cooled parts he found in a
>shed behind a local shop last week, and I asked him to root through and see
>if he could find some early dual carb insulating gaskets I've been looking
>for.  He mailed back and he found them....attached to a 66 squareback that
>was under a tarp in the back!!!   Good shape too.  The ODO reads ~23700
>miles, original?  Who knows!  It's got old looking Continental tires with
>good tread on them though.
>
>Apparently the owner of the shop recently acquired it, and didn't know much
>about it.  From the looks of some missing linkage it seems that someone had
>attempted a carburetor fix, got stymied by something and parked it.  From the
>dust on the tarp that must have been a long time ago.  The shop guy seemed
>interested in getting rid of it, and said I could make an offer for all the
>"crap" including the car.  I told him I'd be doing him a favor by "taking out
>his trash", but there's some parts I'd been looking for in the bunch that I'd
>been prepared to pay for, to be fair I'd pay him $300.  AND HE SAID YES!!!!
>WooHoo!!!
>
>It should be on it's way to my friend's garage as I type, stuffed with parts.
>
>Now, what to do with it?  I've got a good 'back already, so this baby seems
>ripe for experimentation.  My wife April suggested "You've always wanted a
>baja, quit whining and do it!"  Yes ma'am, never let it be said that I don't
>do what I'm told. ;-)
>
>I've already got and idea of what I want to do, but I wanted to get some
>opinions, tips, suppliers, etc.   Planned mods:  Lift kit, cut the roof off
>and install a full lenað°l cage, cut the fenders to fit monster mud
>tires, nerf bars, and retrofitting late model turn signals and brake lights
>(they're bigger and better--safety!).  In keeping with the "driveable Hot
>Wheels" theme, it will be dechromed de-handled, and sprayed Corvette Candy
>Apple Red metalflake, and a bitchin fake hood scoop.  If I'm not broke after
>all that I'll toss on a chrome skull shift knob with illuminated eyes, and
>maybe a golden bejeweled fist air freshener.  
>
>For power I'm gonna use the project motor I've been fooling with:  An upright
>1641 with machined heads for more compression, dual 45drla Dellorto carbs, a
>big cam, and a stinger exhaust.  I figger without the roof the upright should
>cool well, though I might have to open up the engine compartment a bit to
>accommodate the monster Dell's.  
>
>Another question I had for y'all..  Is the candy red paint cool?  I was
>thinking canary yellow with flames would be an alternative.  I'll probably
>toss most of the  extra parts (useless FI stuff), except perhaps a big box of
>FI fuel pumps.  Rocky Mountain Motorworks sells them for $300, so I'll let ya
>steal them off me for $250.
>
>Is it just me or is it getting..."dark" in here?  Peace!
>Curt
>
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