My 63 Deluxe Build

eastcoast63 · Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 5:08 pm Post subject:

Love the deluxe, thats a great looking car...

Might i ask where you got your hella cool suicide knob from Question

Thanks

Ant
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1967 Standard Microbus
Wide 5 Vintage Volkswagen Club

Chalklinedetail · Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 5:45 pm Post subject:

Got it at a show. But you can probably get one on ebay pretty readily. What I like about this one is that you can put whatever you want in the window Smile

The thing to consider is that the knob, as you use it, starts to dig into the steering wheel, so if you have a vintage steering wheel that you want to preserve, suicide knob is not the way to go.

Here's one very similar to the one I have: http://www.ebay.com/itm/MARILYN-MONROE-SUICIDE-SPI...mp;vxp=mtr

Chalklinedetail · Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 5:49 pm Post subject:

eastcoast63 · Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 5:53 pm Post subject:

Looks cool, its a little weird that our club logo ended up in it...

Ant...
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1967 Standard Microbus
Wide 5 Vintage Volkswagen Club

Chalklinedetail · Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 6:03 pm Post subject:

Oops...Old picture, logo has been removed. Please send me a membership application? Smile

eastcoast63 · Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 6:13 pm Post subject:

no worries, good talking with you...

Love the progress on the car, i'll keep an eye out for updates!

Lets keep in touch. Keep up the good work.

Ant
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1967 Standard Microbus
Wide 5 Vintage Volkswagen Club

Chalklinedetail · Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 10:59 pm Post subject:

Experimenting a little with exhaust. The last set of pipes that I bought showed signs of rusting within the first month. So I thought I'd try something new, so I went down to the local steel supply place and asked them to cut me a couple of foot long sections of 35mm stainless steel pipe. Curious to see how it'll sound since they don't have baffles.

Anyone know if it'll affect engine performance?

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eastcoast63 · Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 5:37 am Post subject:

Looks cool. I doubt it will affect it too much, other than maybe a back pressure issue?

Ant
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1967 Standard Microbus
Wide 5 Vintage Volkswagen Club

Bashr52 · Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 6:29 am Post subject:

Chalklinedetail · Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 9:02 am Post subject:

Chalklinedetail · Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 5:57 pm Post subject:

Tried to bleed the brakes last night and could not get a stiff pedal at all. Went through about a pint of brake fluid with no luck. This morning I decided to take it to a local mechanic, trouble is I had to e-brake it all the way there (about 2 miles)...scary.

Made it to the shop. Boy it felt good to drive it, low and slow Smile

It was like dropping a child off at school for the first time.

A little bit later I got some bad news from the shop...they got all the air out of the system, but somehow, during the time that the car was apart, the master cylinder froze up. Luckily, the mechanic said that he wouldn't double charge me to install the master cylinder and re-bleed the brakes. I just have to decide what I want to install.

So while researching lowering topics I learned that a lot of guys install dual phase master cylinders when installing 4 wheel disc brakes. I only have front disc, but am considering the dual phase.

Any recommendations?

Chalklinedetail · Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 3:40 pm Post subject:

This one's for you Ant Wink

Come to find out that the logo in the suicide knob is interchangeable...any other ideas besides good ol' Jack?

Chalklinedetail · Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 8:54 pm Post subject:

Starting to mock up the wheel cap. I haven't installed clips yet, but stuck the early cap on to get an idea. I'm not convinced at the single tone with the chrome cap. Looking at options, maybe a 2 tone gloss rim with a flat painted cap, color to match the darker tone. Any Photoshoppers out there wanna take a shot?!

Chrome

Paint

Chrome

Paint

Chalklinedetail · Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 10:36 pm Post subject:

Chalklinedetail · Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 12:03 am Post subject:

Playing around a little bit with the hub caps. Started with some clear adhesion promoter followed by some rubbing with some scotch-brite. Definitely has a vintage stainless look.

The other day I was at home depot and saw some tint paint in a rattle can. Maybe I'll do a little more experimentation tomorrow...

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Chalklinedetail · Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:25 pm Post subject:

I got the car back from the mechanic today. Dual circuit master cylinder with reservoir installed. Stiff pedal is back.

Side note: I have the Empi disc brake kit. When I originally got the beam, the calipers said R on the right and L on the left when viewing the beam from the front. I questioned it because I thought R should be on the "passenger side". I called the guy who assembled the beam and he said "oops, switch them". I called Empi to verify and, to my surprise, they couldn't tell me how they stamp their calipers, so he couldn't say if it was right or wrong...so I switched them.

The mechanic said that he couldn't get a stiff pedal with the calipers how they were, so they switched the calipers back and they worked. So, in short, with my kit the R goes on the drivers side, but per Empi customer support, different kits may be stamped differently. Go figure...

Once I got the car home, I did a little dialing in of the suspension. I was driving around a bit and was scraping at just about every block...

Before adjustment...

I had about a 1/2 inch of thread left. First I adjusted about 1/2 of that out. Dropped the car and didn't see much of a difference, so I jacked her back up and took up the rest...

Here's the after, I went from about 20 3/4" to about 21 1/2"...

I was a little afraid, because that was just about all the adjustment I could do before replacing the threaded adjusters with longer ones. I gained only about 5/8"-3/4" of height so the car pretty much still looks the same, but I'll tell you, the ride is much better. I took a ride to test it out (about 5 miles) over railroad tracks, speed bumps, you name it. Didn't scrape ONCE! I'm happy now...

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Bashr52 · Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 8:57 am Post subject:

Are you front calipers the aftermarket dual bleeder style Ghia/type 3 replacements? Could be marked L/R depending on where the bleeder is located. Thats about the only reason I could see why they would be side specific.

Chalklinedetail · Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 3:42 pm Post subject:

Chalklinedetail · Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 10:19 pm Post subject:

Now rocking' the red fog up front. Looking to get it hooked up as soon as my relay comes in...

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