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joescoolcustoms Samba Member
Joined: August 08, 2006 Posts: 9054 Location: West By God Virginia
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Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 10:43 am Post subject: |
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_________________ Bad News Racing 2018 NORRA 1000 3rd in Class
Best Day Ever Racing 2022 NORRA 1000 2nd in Class and first All Female team to complete the race
Everyone is gifted. Some just do not open the package.
Looks like it was painted with a live chicken,polished with a brick and buffed with a pine cone |
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RangerBEH Samba Member
Joined: November 15, 2012 Posts: 57 Location: Bethlehem, PA
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Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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Your build is really looking great. I am looking at a project with the same body and i really think the body looks much better than the manx ones. I though of doing something to make the grill look more functional. If I get one I hope it looks half as nice. Your posts gave me some great ideas.... Cant wait to see the next project! _________________ Utinam barbari spatium
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ElijahTurtle Samba Member
Joined: May 26, 2009 Posts: 86 Location: Watauga, TX
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Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 1:00 pm Post subject: |
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I know this is an old thread, but did the PO by any chance tell you about what year he had bought the body in GA? |
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joescoolcustoms Samba Member
Joined: August 08, 2006 Posts: 9054 Location: West By God Virginia
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Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 1:45 pm Post subject: |
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I bought the body from a guy in The Plains Ohio, near Athens Ohio where Ohio University is located, (Not OSU, but OU) in about 2006. It was uncut, un drilled.
That guy builds VW trykes with narrowed rear arms that are lengthened, (makes them much more stable than the 70's style) with automatic transaxles in them for handicapped Vetern's.
He had told me he was delivering a tryke to a guy in GA and spotted this body for sale, bought it to bring back home to build a buggy with. He told me he had it about 4 to 5 years. So, about 2000 to 2001 time span when he bought the body in GA.
As a side note, since David completed this buggy early fall last year, he has put over 1200 miles on it and is looking forward for weather to break to run it a lot more. _________________ Bad News Racing 2018 NORRA 1000 3rd in Class
Best Day Ever Racing 2022 NORRA 1000 2nd in Class and first All Female team to complete the race
Everyone is gifted. Some just do not open the package.
Looks like it was painted with a live chicken,polished with a brick and buffed with a pine cone |
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ElijahTurtle Samba Member
Joined: May 26, 2009 Posts: 86 Location: Watauga, TX
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Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 2:10 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks! I was just curious about possible manufacture year. I've got a lithia springs Mark III body too, but the dash is slightly different from this one. I've also seen another one that looks like a progression in dash design somewhere between what mine looks like & what that one looks like. I know the body I have was manufactured pre-1970 as that is when the buggy was originally built & titled in CA. Since there is very little info out there on them, it got me curious as to how much they changed it through out the production years.
I thought it was interesting that my hood was cracked in the exact same spot as his too. It's the only place on the entire body with thin fiberglass. |
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karu Samba Member
Joined: November 11, 2008 Posts: 229 Location: Cross Lanes, WV
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Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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David and Joe,
Good to see that the buggy is finished, up and running. Mine is, as promised, going really slow
Hope to see your buggy one of these days!!!
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Hacksaw44 Samba Member
Joined: July 24, 2014 Posts: 41 Location: United States
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 2:55 pm Post subject: |
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Great looking build !! |
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eschmi Samba Member
Joined: April 22, 2014 Posts: 164 Location: Illinois
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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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btonns wrote: |
Go with Del Swift mirrors. Some of the early Imp kits came with them. You can even use them as a radio antennae because they have threaded ends for co-axial cable.
I believe they still sell Del Swift mirrors brand new or keep your eye out on eBay. I bought a spare mirror last winter for $12 on eBay.
In the Empi manual, they want you to mount the mirror on the top of the fender similar to a Datsun Z. I have heard horror stories that if you do not add supports under the fender that they can get stress cracks. I mounted mine on the side of the hood and I think it looks better anyways.
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Do you mean the front fenders in general? or only if you mount the mirrors up there? I have an imp project and i'm worried about the fenders being flimsy |
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joescoolcustoms Samba Member
Joined: August 08, 2006 Posts: 9054 Location: West By God Virginia
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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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Unless you are going for perfect, period correct, the closer the mirror is to you, the better (read safer) it will work. The further away from your eyes, the smaller the viewing area behind you. Fender mirrors are good for looks and that is about it.
Also, a mirror mounted low on the hood edge may only show you the top of the rear fender. To be useful, they need to be up high enough to see over the rear fender. That is why most modern built buggy's mount the mirror off the windshield frame. _________________ Bad News Racing 2018 NORRA 1000 3rd in Class
Best Day Ever Racing 2022 NORRA 1000 2nd in Class and first All Female team to complete the race
Everyone is gifted. Some just do not open the package.
Looks like it was painted with a live chicken,polished with a brick and buffed with a pine cone |
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eschmi Samba Member
Joined: April 22, 2014 Posts: 164 Location: Illinois
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Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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ah i gotcha, i was confused, it sounded like they were being mounted on the actual fenders which i thought was weird |
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RedBaronofRedBud Samba Member
Joined: July 05, 2013 Posts: 505 Location: Southeast Missouri
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Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 2:11 am Post subject: |
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joescoolcustoms wrote: |
Fender mirrors are good for looks and that is about it. |
Unfortunately, I must disagree with this statement, but with a few caveats. I run lollipop mirrors on the windshield frame but they must be removed when I put the doors on. Therefore, I need that fender mirror. Is it perfect? No, but its better than nothing when its hailing, monsooning and sandstorming.
The drivers side one is fine, but I haven't seen a need for the passenger side for the very reason Joe explains...its too far and too small to be much help at all. (I think I'm channeling my inner Seuss!)
So, fender mirror? Drivers side one is better than nothing and they look cool too IMHO. _________________ Or you can call me………Tim
My two pennies…your mileage may vary
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Hacksaw44 Samba Member
Joined: July 24, 2014 Posts: 41 Location: United States
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Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 9:00 am Post subject: |
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Wow, this is a great build log ! |
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old jersey Samba Member
Joined: October 20, 2014 Posts: 105 Location: east tn
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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2015 10:41 pm Post subject: |
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wvbowtieman wrote: |
Have not got as much done on my buggy the last couple of weeks as I wanted but I have done a lot of small things to get closer to completion.
Installed my 1958 Chevrolet tail lights with LED lenses.
Completed my wiring looms under the body and I am ready to pull wires from the front to the rear.
Got my GPS speedometer/Fuel gauge from Speedhut.com. Drilled out and cut all the holes for my oil pressure, oil temperature, voltage gauges. Installed the light switch.
Installed the horn button.
Alternator/idiot light.
Oil pressure idiot light.
Turn signal toggle switch.
Ignition switch.
12 volt marine power supply socket.
Now that I have everything cut out on the dash I can finish up the FG work on the Hood/Dash. Hopefully lay down some paint next weekend.
Yes... I know the steering wheel does not match the paint. I will look for a silver metal flake or maybe just a classic black steering wheel. |
Nice Ride !!! I see you have Speedhut oil pressure gauge w/idiot oil light. Question I have is how did you wire both to the engine? I to have Speedhut oil gauge and the sending unit they sent has terminal G for ground and S for signal.
Hoping to hook S up to pressure gauge then G to light. Before installing I call tech at Speedhut and he said no. The G was a ground for the oil sending switch.
Still in question as to that was right I put it on my other buggy and sure enough the G did not break ground when I crank it up at 1500 rpm.
Did you use a tee or find some place else to install the second unit?
Thanks for any help. |
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joescoolcustoms Samba Member
Joined: August 08, 2006 Posts: 9054 Location: West By God Virginia
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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 7:49 am Post subject: |
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David used a Tee fitting into the block and used the supplied gauge sender and the stock idiot light sender. The "G" is run to a ground, and the "S" goes to the gauge. That sender works by varying the ground strength, (resistance) for the gauge as pressure changes. _________________ Bad News Racing 2018 NORRA 1000 3rd in Class
Best Day Ever Racing 2022 NORRA 1000 2nd in Class and first All Female team to complete the race
Everyone is gifted. Some just do not open the package.
Looks like it was painted with a live chicken,polished with a brick and buffed with a pine cone |
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old jersey Samba Member
Joined: October 20, 2014 Posts: 105 Location: east tn
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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 8:23 am Post subject: |
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joescoolcustoms wrote: |
David used a Tee fitting into the block and used the supplied gauge sender and the stock idiot light sender. The "G" is run to a ground, and the "S" goes to the gauge. That sender works by varying the ground strength, (resistance) for the gauge as pressure changes. |
By chance do you have any pictures of set up with T? Is the T metric or ase . Thanks for any advice |
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joescoolcustoms Samba Member
Joined: August 08, 2006 Posts: 9054 Location: West By God Virginia
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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 9:03 am Post subject: |
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I do not have pictures of the Tee fitting. Buggy is gone, sold, and another being built.
I memory serves, it was metric thread from one of the major VW parts houses. _________________ Bad News Racing 2018 NORRA 1000 3rd in Class
Best Day Ever Racing 2022 NORRA 1000 2nd in Class and first All Female team to complete the race
Everyone is gifted. Some just do not open the package.
Looks like it was painted with a live chicken,polished with a brick and buffed with a pine cone |
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old jersey Samba Member
Joined: October 20, 2014 Posts: 105 Location: east tn
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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 9:57 am Post subject: |
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Just trying to keep engine area neat. Is it possibly to tap the external oil filter adapter ? |
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joescoolcustoms Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 10:15 am Post subject: |
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old jersey wrote: |
Just trying to keep engine area neat. Is it possibly to tap the external oil filter adapter ? |
On my Manx, it is a full flow 2165 cc engine and coming off of the oil filter I have a steel coupling I drilled and tapped for both pressure and fuel pump dead man switch. It is a simple looking steel pipe with female internal threads and I drilled it, tapped with 1/8 pipe thread and that's it. Hidden and protected. All my block has is the original idiot light sender screwed in. _________________ Bad News Racing 2018 NORRA 1000 3rd in Class
Best Day Ever Racing 2022 NORRA 1000 2nd in Class and first All Female team to complete the race
Everyone is gifted. Some just do not open the package.
Looks like it was painted with a live chicken,polished with a brick and buffed with a pine cone |
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old jersey Samba Member
Joined: October 20, 2014 Posts: 105 Location: east tn
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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 10:36 am Post subject: |
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That is what I wou like to do. Don't won't a lot of clutter to see. Plan on mounting adp up around shroud. Do you have pictures. |
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joescoolcustoms Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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This first picture is of when I was putting it together. You can see the filter mounting. The left most line is the oil feed coming out of the oil pump and into the filter. As the oil exits the filter, it passed through a close nipple then into the female coupling that I tapped for the oil pressure sender and the fuel pump dead man switch. (the fuel pump switch is a NO, normally open, switch that closes and makes ground at 5 PSI, which completes the circuit and allows the electrical pump to operate).
After the filter, the oil wraps around under filter and into a 96 plate Mesa style oil cooler with a fan on top. As it exits the cooler on the right side by the transaxle, it hits a Tee fitting that has a Oil Temp sender so I know the temp of the oil after the external cooler. After the Tee with the temp sender, the oil 90's and runs through a thermo switch that will turn the fan on/off at 185 degrees F. Then routes back to the engine.
So, I know oil temp before it goes back into the block, (which I still have the dog house cooler in place and running a Type 181 fan shroud). With the engine installed, almost all of this is hidden.
This system has worked flawlessly for me for over 10,000 miles. Across the US and back home, then to the OBX and back home. Crossed Death Valley at 122* F and the Mohave Desert at 130* F, a off road run while in SoCal, and plenty of mud running at home in West Virginia.
Hope this helps a little. _________________ Bad News Racing 2018 NORRA 1000 3rd in Class
Best Day Ever Racing 2022 NORRA 1000 2nd in Class and first All Female team to complete the race
Everyone is gifted. Some just do not open the package.
Looks like it was painted with a live chicken,polished with a brick and buffed with a pine cone |
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