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Thu Oct 27, 2011 1:21 am

I stumbled across this beauty on thesamba classifieds. Funny how ya find stuff like this when you not even looking. I bought it off of a guy who had moved to my area from Southern California within the last year. The car spent the majority of its life there, and it certainly looks like it underneath :D Anyway here are some pics....

An OG pan this clean is a rare site around MySpace way

Fuel injection still in tact.

It does not run but the is not seized.

So far me & my group of friends have replaced all the fuel lines from the tank to the engine, swapped out the kaput fuel pump, filter, and poured a few gallons of gas in the gas tank. We've been able to get it to fire by spraying starting fluid into the throttle body while cranking it. One of the fuel injectors has a corroded terminal so that is next on the list to replace. Once we get 4 good injectors on it'll be time to jump the next hurdle [/b]

Thu Oct 27, 2011 5:26 am

very cool 69

reminded me of the 69 my mate and i are building (his car)

cool year last of the early shape

Thu Oct 27, 2011 6:26 am

Buy a cheap water pressure gauge at Home Depot and hook it up temporarily to the Test Port between one of your pairs of injectors. You should have about 30 lbs fuel pressure there for it to run.

Unbolt your pairs of injectors to watch how/if they spray when you turn it over.

Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:47 pm

dragsters for life wrote: very cool 69

reminded me of the 69 my mate and i are building (his car)

Wow that's crazy. Looks just like her!

And thanks for the info Mike

Sun Nov 06, 2011 11:44 am

Got it to run. Turns out the ECU was fried. Runs on 3 injectors lol. Now time to start replacing stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=R_szxR5qu9A

Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:07 pm

i got my fuel pressure guage at a pool supply store
its made for a sand filter
ranges to 60 PSI
and altho it has Raised over time (how it reads..Not fuel pressure) it holds true
cost me 7$

Fri Nov 25, 2011 6:35 pm

Waiting on injectors to show up at my door. I had some time to tinker so me & a few pals gave it a little altitude adjustment. 2 outer notches in the rear & 3 or 4 notches in the front. We hammered the front pretty good since its essentially just shop art for the moment. It has several worn out front suspension components so I'm leaning towards a T1 swap.

Sat Nov 26, 2011 7:59 pm

There are quite a few SB's not being rebuilt.. Keep it up buddy..

Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:15 am

Been playing with some wheel ideas for it....

Randars & Escras

Wide 5 steelies

Repop Rivieras

I wanted to be a 4 Lug Thug but the wheels that i want, CWI Smoothies, only come in chrome & by the time i pay to have them stripped & painted i could just as well do a wide 5 swap & run VW steelies. :cry:

Thoughts? Suggestions?

I guess i should also mention that a Link Pin swap is in the plans

Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:33 pm

Nothing??? :cry:

Mon Apr 16, 2012 4:06 pm

Paint your stock wheels two-tone colors. Mine are factory paint, but feel free to get creative if your are a 4 lug thug? :wink:

Mon Apr 16, 2012 4:08 pm

Mike Fisher wrote: Paint your stock wheels two-tone colors. Mine are factory paint, but feel free to get creative if your are a 4 lug thug? :wink:

The black does hide the slots fairly well :wink:

Mon Apr 16, 2012 4:44 pm

Mine are ivory/pearl/toga white? Don't use bright white!

Mon Apr 16, 2012 7:42 pm

try some wide 5 Speed Masters - Chrome...
you wont look back. not many people run them & they look sweet. abit old skool looking :wink:

OR

17" Radars

with both rims you wont have to worry about replacing all you running gear etc.
cheers matty

Mon Apr 16, 2012 8:27 pm

Shaven wrote:

cheers matty

I didn't know Speedmaster had 4 lug wheels as well

Mon Apr 16, 2012 9:20 pm

fuhq64 wrote: Shaven wrote:

cheers matty

I didn't know Speedmaster had 4 lug wheels as well

i love them... check them out :lol:

http://www.mooneyesusa.com/shop/index.php?cPath=188_73

Mon May 21, 2012 3:34 pm

Yea, so there's that. Making a Type 1 conversion beam from scratch. Waiting till I have new body mount bushings before welding the mounts onto the beam

Tue May 22, 2012 7:19 pm

Wed May 23, 2012 3:34 am

Great progress so far. Which wheels have you decided on?

Wed May 23, 2012 7:40 am

Detailed 5 spoke 5 or 6X14 or 15 Porsche Fuchs!