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bljones
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 24, 2002 6:52 pm    Post subject: one step closer.... Reply with quote

Okay, all the final pieces are starting to come together on the "90 day wonder" my original Thing engine should arrive here on wednesday, i just picked up a gas heater and some small odds and ends on sunday, and i have a long weekend coming up, so i can reattach the body to the freshly painted pan, and finish the body work. I figure two more weeks, and it is done!!! By the way, i have a rear bumper, some doors, rough but usable fenders, and two original wheels for sale, if anyone is interested.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 26, 2002 6:39 pm    Post subject: one step closer.... Reply with quote

Hey Brian; why dont you post some pics of it in the gallery? I'd like to see it. I'm just about ready to assemble a 1776 for mine.Just finished weighing the rods and pistons on the old triple beam,and have got them all the same weight. Hope everything goes together well for you.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 14, 2002 9:23 am    Post subject: one step closer.... Reply with quote

Hey! Get away from the key board! Get the digital camera and take a picture. Three minutes away from thesamba wont hurt you.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 14, 2002 7:23 pm    Post subject: one step closer.... Reply with quote

LOL!
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 16, 2002 7:58 pm    Post subject: one step closer.... Reply with quote

I can not believe that your engine has "arrived". You mean to tell me that a expert like you would buy a mail order engine to put into his 181. I am very dissapointed in you! I hope that you meant to say that your engine componets have arrived and are ready for assembly? please explain further.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 17, 2002 4:39 am    Post subject: one step closer.... Reply with quote

No need for disappointment- the engine that I bought was an original Thing engine, complete with exhaust, skid plates, and tin. Now it sports twin kads, and the rest has been freshened. I wanted the proper engine for the car, and this one was a real good deal, even including shipping... but it ain't no mail order piece.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 18, 2002 8:45 pm    Post subject: one step closer.... Reply with quote

Cool! I just had to give you a hard time, if you were going to put a mail order motor in your 181. I am in the process of building another engine for my 181, I am building a 2110cc stroker, I am hoping that my machineist will have my heads done tomorrow, he is a national sand drag record holding engine builder, I have spent many, many hours in his shop the last couple of weeks learning how truely poor the quality of cheap aftermarket VW parts/engines are, so I am glad to hear you are using a real engine not a mail order pos!
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