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Wed Mar 14, 2018 4:41 pm

Buff smurf!

"as done by my daughter" as in the artwork was drawn by your daughter? Or as in she had the sticker made and put it there? Or??????

Wed Mar 14, 2018 6:16 pm

Hand painted. High school junior. Arteest, jazz band bassist, marching band petcussion,local honor band percussion, 3rd year state finals percission, college physics and calculus classes, our little surprise.

Thu Mar 15, 2018 12:01 am

Wow. Congratulations on your accomplished young lady.

My son was an honor student in school, played bass guitar in band and trombone in SoCal champion middle and high school marching bands for 6 years, has fabricated hundreds of tube chassis Baja Bugs, is a 3rd generation Tech and Safety Inspector, drove a 5-Open race car that he built in the Mint 400 in 2012 when he was a high school senior and last weekend was in a 5-1600 that finished 4th in 5-Open in this year's Mint 400.

It's good to have kids you have cause to be proud of.

That is excellent art work. Hand painting it on a body panel is a whole lot more difficult than drawing it on a piece of paper.

You DEFINITELY have a daughter to be proud of.

Mon Apr 30, 2018 6:47 pm

Haven't even beat on it yet and the chinese parts are dropping like flies. Cheap chrome alt strap fail. 4 year old empi brake hoses (2) fail. And I thought the cheap fuel pressure regulator was supposed to fail before the mount. Wondering if I should invest in a ballanced, welded fan.
Forced to finally put it on a alignment rack. The oldest son is changing jobs and there is no rack at the new place. (Bonus points for me, my other son got his state inspectors permit last week).The camber in the rear was horrible. Like jacked up swingaxle bad\ /. I have been waiting to add 2 more bolts to the spring plate/diagonal arm connection until I was sure it was where it needed to be. Almost got the camber to zero, hope it stays. Took 6 ratchet straps and several hours to get it this close. Need to get it all fixed by friday night, sprring fling is sat morning.

Mon Apr 30, 2018 7:08 pm

Let me know where he lands I need a VW knowledgeable inspector in a few weeks...hopefully!

Tue May 01, 2018 6:35 am

Yo I think I have an extra alternator strap and maybe brake lines. How long are your fronts?

I also have a new black Holley low-pressure fuel pressure regulator I'd let go for less than a chinese copy and a fuel pressure gauge that screws into the other side of the fuel inlet threads of a Weber IDF to set it right.

I made a power bleeder with a tire valve stem out of an old CNC master cylinder cap. It is the neatest thing since they came out with that coffee creamer that already has the vanilla flavor in it.

Tue May 01, 2018 8:45 am

jimmyhoffa wrote:
I made a power bleeder with a tire valve stem out of an old CNC master cylinder cap. It is the neatest thing since they came out with that coffee creamer that already has the vanilla flavor in it.

I will note this down next time I need to bleed my EMPI Crap!

Tue May 01, 2018 5:38 pm

I'm in on the regulator. Going to weld this one for this weekend.
New stainless alt strap. Will see if it lasts any longer. Didn't provide a german when asked.
Picked up some stainless braid hoses, too bad they are too short :oops:

Sat May 05, 2018 3:22 pm

Transporter talk Bill Bowmans immaculate d cab in the background. Parked next to the only other rail. More pics in my gallery.

Sun May 06, 2018 5:31 am

That’s the same rail that was driving around Bridgeton last weekend.

Sun May 06, 2018 9:14 am

Said it belonged to his deceased father in law and his wife won't let him change a thing. I'm a horrible person, I really parked next to that to help mine look better :oops: With the#143 on his entry, it looks like they got close to the 150 they were shooting for.
Member kangaboy sent a pm on Thursday, turns out he lives on the other side of the 80 acre woods from me.
LaCasona Mexican restaurant is having a first anual show and margarita specials today 1-6 pm. Gonna mow the yard to work up a thirst.

Sat Sep 14, 2019 6:36 pm

Been busy helping my wife kick cancers ass this year. Not much me time. 2 scans and all clear. Was givin a 20% chance of survival for 5 years. Finally got around to changing out last summers oil ( only 2k miles on it),ran the valves, and replaced the valve cover gaskets because i kept finding oil drops down low. Well, it wasn't the gaskets leaking. It was, suprise, another empi part. Spit out 3.5 quarts in under 15 seconds when it failed.

Any recommendations for a replacement oil stat? Definitely needed as the oil temp never got over 120* while on the buggy clubs fall run today. Also suspected exhaust flange leak. Replaced the copper ones on the right with the style on the left. As a bonus, the new gaskets moved the exhaust pipe back off of the engine cage, those were the style gaskets used during mock up.

Wed Sep 18, 2019 4:23 am

So i asked about oil stats in the hipo forum. 74 thing supplied a link. Think this is the route i will take. Warning, link might be considered buggy porn.
http://www.improvedracing.com/oil-thermostats/high-flow-engine-oil-cooler-thermostat-p-212.html

Wed Sep 18, 2019 2:51 pm

I like it. I had not seen that one before. I recommend the FSM-165.

I'll be recommending it to our off road race team also. The co-drivers in all of the cars will still need to monitor the oil temp gauge and switch the fan on and off as the oil temp varies above or below 180°. Too many thermo fan switches have failed causing engine failure.

Wed Sep 18, 2019 4:56 pm

Hey, and congrats on the Cancer issue.

A friend who has fought off stomach cancer for many years beyond his projected 'time' has just lost his wife to brain cancer. Cancer can be such a bastard.

Mon Mar 23, 2020 4:04 pm

Now I need to find the time to install. Still trying to knock out last years honey do's.

Mon Mar 23, 2020 9:40 pm

I hope theirs works well! I'm actually looking at another version of their thermostat for my OxyBoxer build. Looks like high quality stuff coming out of Improved. Are you running a doghouse cooler too?

Tue Mar 24, 2020 4:01 am

Just the plate cooler/fan.

Thu May 21, 2020 6:53 pm

Sold. It's moving up in the world. Now resides in a golf course community in the same zip code. Bet his neighbors are not as forgiving as mine. Dealt with all the Craigslist/facebook f+×ktards, it was a 99 cent for sale sign that sealed the deal at the gas station.

Sun May 24, 2020 8:53 pm

So now what?

What caused you to decide to sell it?

When I own something, it's mine until death do us part. I know I'm quite unusual in that regard. Not many have a car they've known for 62 years. I still have the Hi Jumper Buggy I built in the mid 70s, I still have the 1961 F100 I bought in 1976 and a 1-owner 61 Falcon wagon.

I don't really expect anyone else to operate that way. But after so much heart and soul is put into a buggy, It seems odd to me that it gets sold.