Joined: June 19, 2005 Posts: 809 Location: The Woodlands, Texas
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 7:45 pm Post subject:
Very productive day
Beautiful blue skies and 75-80. went for lunch and long drive with my 2 younger boys. 14yr old is enjoying the new radio system and his ipod through the system.
more work done on rear speaker pods. put final sealer primer coat and then top coated with L87 Pearl White to match the body. They will mount rt behind rear seat on side of body. They will point forward to those in backseat. I will get pics once mounted. They will house a pair of Kicker 6x9 3-ways to match front Kickers.
I have not been on here in a while.I got married Feb 10th and me and the new wife been really busy.Today was a really nice day so we loaded up some pic nic stuff got in the 73 Thing and headed out to the state park for a pic nic then cruised around the lake with the windshield down.Sure was great.My wife never even rode in a Bug or Thing until she meet me and she really likes them.Likes to drive them too.
Joined: April 28, 2008 Posts: 28 Location: Phoenix
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 7:30 am Post subject:
Bugorama show yesterday... lots of fun and great cars! 5 of us out there yesterday. At least I made the slideshow lol (for all of one second) My neighbors take theirs all across the country- (23:43) and I was at 23:56.
Joined: May 14, 2005 Posts: 2610 Location: HELL Paso, TX
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:30 am Post subject:
Nice show. I've seen your nieghbor's car up here in Seattle at the Vintage meet several times. _________________ 74 VW Thing - Walküre
78 GMC Motorhome - Valhalla
"Patina" my ass, that's rust
Recovering Split Bus Addict
Washington State 181 (Thing) Registry - current tally: 58
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Joined: April 28, 2008 Posts: 28 Location: Phoenix
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:35 am Post subject:
Wouldn't doubt it! the list of show stickers under their hood (errrrm, trunk?) was amazing! They did a great job and it looked great, considering they were out playing in the sand the night before! I had to leave before the awards, but I'm sure they took the stock Thing class hands down! Happy to lose to a car like that!
On a second note, they had a theft prevention device that locked the car in 1st and locked to the ebrake handle (says he has to bring 'em from Europe), wish I could find 'em here! Beats a club anyday. _________________ Click to view image
Joined: May 14, 2005 Posts: 2610 Location: HELL Paso, TX
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:39 am Post subject:
brentphx wrote:
On a second note, they had a theft prevention device that locked the car in 1st and locked to the ebrake handle (says he has to bring 'em from Europe), wish I could find 'em here! Beats a club anyday.
Yea, we chatted about that device as well. Pretty unique. _________________ 74 VW Thing - Walküre
78 GMC Motorhome - Valhalla
"Patina" my ass, that's rust
Recovering Split Bus Addict
Washington State 181 (Thing) Registry - current tally: 58
World 181 Registry Map: http://www.zeemaps.com/394427 Gitm registared boys!
Officially, there are only 98 181s in the world
Joined: September 16, 2007 Posts: 522 Location: California
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:20 am Post subject:
Got rid of the junk Chinese shifter. While the longer rod and backward curve was nice, actual shifting "feel" was horrible with the bus trans conversion. The stock shifter from my Ghia did the trick, much more precise. The Ghia, with stock trans, does shift well with a newer EMPI (Chinese) one.
Got the rubber pipe to install the stock air cleaner and jettisoned the cheap chrome aftermarket cleaner. Adjusted the throttle cable so it actually closes and adjusted idle properly using the bypass screw (30/31 carb). Choke could then be adjusted to the mark and the Thing idles much smoother now.
Loaded up the fam and headed to the ball park for my sons first ever scrimmage! He asked last night at supper if I was going to make it to his "screamin Chihuahua"... Or at least that's what I heard.
He apparently said "scrimmage tomorrow". My hearing isn't what it used to be!
_________________ FORWARD: forward is only a good thing, when you're facing the right direction!
I finished painting the pan.Used Omni Primer/surfacer and Omni
Semi gloss acrylic enamal.Then pressed in the new ball joints.
Installed all new tie rod ends in my tie rods.
Started cleaning up the beam and other stuff so it can be painted.
Very productive day.
Joined: August 08, 2006 Posts: 6340 Location: West By God Virginia
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:54 pm Post subject:
Drove the '73 to work today. I live in WV and my work is in OH, so it was a 210 mile trip of fun. Beautiful cool Spring day in the hills of West Virginia.
On the way home, I "explored" a four wheel drive trail up on a ridge that I will go back with the Baja to see what is all the way through.
_________________ The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
Looks like it was painted with a live chicken,polished with a brick and buffed with a pine cone
Spent the day at a local High School Band fundraiser car show with my lil'uns!!!
Got a TN Titans Cheerleader to pose with Our Thing! What a Sweet Gal!
And then finished the day with the Top Import award! Pretty cool...A great family day!!
_________________ FORWARD: forward is only a good thing, when you're facing the right direction!
Joined: June 19, 2005 Posts: 809 Location: The Woodlands, Texas
Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 6:41 pm Post subject:
Well looks like G.I. Joe had a better day by the pics.......
My oldest was in from college for Easter holidays. Did the annual Easter Egg hunt with my 3 boys. From there, we installed the rear speakers which ultimately ended up in a drive around the neighborhood before Easter Dinner. Great day. Beautiful weather. Just the right temp and sun shine. Speakers sound great. We actually get real good sound from the 4 speakers with out any amplification. The 2 rear speakers cross over the rear seats. The angles worked out great. Maybe an amp in the future.
Joined: June 19, 2005 Posts: 809 Location: The Woodlands, Texas
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:38 pm Post subject:
this afternoon, my 9 yr old son and I did a quick bath, wax and polish on the Thing. getting things together for packing as well.
TX VW Classic coming up this weekend. Gotta be the biggest show in TX in the hill country based out of the small German town of Fredericksburg. well over 300+ cars last year.
This will be our second trip and first show for this season. about 235 miles away.
we will be heading in Saturday to make a cruise and BBQ and then the big show on Sunday
Nah..... I think the front end had enough support already!! lol... _________________ FORWARD: forward is only a good thing, when you're facing the right direction!
Joined: August 08, 2006 Posts: 6340 Location: West By God Virginia
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:40 pm Post subject:
Came out to work this morning, jumped in the Jeep and it was dead.
That means I had to drive the Thing to work today.
My drive to work is not a usual commute. I had to visit customers in 2 different states. So, my Thing was in three states today. Nice day and nice fun.
But, now for the bad news. I made it home too late to fix the Jeep. So tomorrow, on a sunny 78* day, I will have to drive the Thing again. And I have to drive to another state to vist some other customers.
Hope to get the Jeep fixed soon. _________________ The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
Looks like it was painted with a live chicken,polished with a brick and buffed with a pine cone
That sounds rough Joe..... I'm feeling for ya man, really! _________________ FORWARD: forward is only a good thing, when you're facing the right direction!
Drove it to Graduation today!! No longer in "student" status...
Now I'm just another unemployed/underemployed American!!
Chasing a bunch of leads on career positions right now, Prayers are appreciated!!
_________________ FORWARD: forward is only a good thing, when you're facing the right direction!
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