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EA812 Samba Member
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EA812 Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 12:54 pm Post subject: Re: Project 66 Daily Driver. |
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EverettB wrote: |
At first I thought "it's brick, it'll be fine."
Nope, it's seriously messed up.
Bummer, cool looking building |
Yeah I was thinking that same thing when I was happening but it probably had hard wood flooring just like a mill about the same age in the next town. The fire at that mill got so intense it melted steel beams! Sad though.
On a happier note another fun photo shoot location has been revitalized since my photos there.
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This is that building today! It is possible to drive up to this spot. It's mainly a walk way but a flood exit if needed. So I'll see if I can recreate the photo in the near future.
The whole place is just beautiful now. The acces for the Windsor Locks canal trail has a nice parking area and a picnic area that we enjoyed at lunch time today.
https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/State-Parks/Parks/Windsor-Locks-Canal-State-Park-Trail _________________ Project 66 Daily Driver http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=538786&highlight=
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EA812 Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2021 6:27 pm Post subject: Re: Project 66 Daily Driver. |
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I forgot to add the car ran beautiful to and from but I pushed it just a little too hard on my way home. The save my bug oil dip stick started to make my oil pressure light start to flash and come on steady just south of Hartford. I went back down to around 60 and it went off. That's what you get trying to keep up with traffic in a 55 zone. They were doing 90.😉 _________________ Project 66 Daily Driver http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=538786&highlight=
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EA812 Samba Member
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EA812 Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2021 8:11 pm Post subject: Re: Project 66 Daily Driver. |
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Ol A Bomb was rocking it Sunday! I put another 154 miles on to and from Westbrook CT for the CVA Last Hurrah 2021. I took a detore in Haddem for a lunch break but the place was closed for the season and Google maps kept routing me around in circles. Then on the way home tried to get some sunset shots in Suffield but it turned into a bunch of cookie cutter houses instead of the farm land I remembered.
Actual dialog from this photo. Life is funnier than fiction 🤣 _________________ Project 66 Daily Driver http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=538786&highlight=
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EA812 Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2021 9:41 pm Post subject: Re: Project 66 Daily Driver. |
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EA812 wrote: |
Steve keep going with that weather and Ill go with Enfield England if it is better!
Beetlebaum tks for the kind words!
Late entry
Forgot to add this to the thread.
November 22 I had the opportunity to participate in the shooting for an independent film. The movie was to take place in the early 80s and I figured A- Bomb looks like this car might of by then. That is the last time it was on the road. It was in Rockville Ct, only twenty minutes from me. Not a lot of money to do it but I figured it would be fun and they had breakfast and lunch for us. I was kind of hoping it would be kind of like a mini car show and it was. I was also fortunate to be joined by another CVA member. You can see his car in the foreground of one of the pictures. They had us park them for some scenes and also drive by in the background for others. This wasn't a big production so when we were driving in the background they had people to hit the crosswalk buttons to stop traffic a little so only our old cars would show up in the background.
They also had period correct plates!
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I totally forgot to add this screen shot my buddy did a few years back from the movie. It is called Sweet Sweet Lonely Girl. I was able to watch it on the Shudder Channel.
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EA812 Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2021 6:54 am Post subject: Re: Project 66 Daily Driver. |
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Aha, the "voyage of discovery". Will you plan any upgrades, or just replace what's worn out/low spec? Either way, this will be a very interesting experience for you and maybe also your son.
This might help you for your intake manifold- https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=718710&highlight=manifold |
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EA812 Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2021 8:15 pm Post subject: Re: Project 66 Daily Driver. |
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Wow that intake came out really nice! CB performance makes one and said it adds HP. Maybe but it's new lol .
Well the low down on this engine so far is it's going to be a 1641 instead of the 1600 it was. The Nipon pistons and cylinders were NOS but they were kinda rusty when I put them in almost 10 years back so I expect them to be no good anyhow. I am thinking about duel carburetors and whatever may be worn out. I have another block if needed too. My son and I may tear into this weekend. _________________ Project 66 Daily Driver http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=538786&highlight=
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Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2021 4:01 pm Post subject: Re: Project 66 Daily Driver. |
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If you've not yet thought about this, I recommend rounding up several clear plastic containers such as from holiday candies, that have a lid. Dedicate each for certain engine component fasteners, such as "case perimeter", "heads", "rods", "rockers", etc. Put the lid on each batch at the end of your workshop time that day. I also suggest cleaning the existing fasteners and reusing them, rather than spending for new ones unless the original ones are really rough. Solvent and brass bristle brush to clean them up; chase threads with the corresponding tap or die. You only need a few metric sizes for the VW such as M8 x 1.25, M6 x 1.0, M10 x 1.5. Tedious work but once you reassemble and have those OG fasteners that spin on easily with your fingers, you'll be glad you saved them. |
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EA812 Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2021 8:09 am Post subject: Re: Project 66 Daily Driver. |
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Ha and I thought I was being cheap cleaning up the old hardware! You and I know they don't make hardware like that old German stuff today. I got s9 many negative comments by pointing out that someone was using non automotive hardware on their sping plates (later model beetle) and I said just get ahold of some German bolts for it. It's out there and plentiful. But I wouldn't worry about it, it's just suspension parts. No biggie. Lol
I need to get my vacuum sealer back from the wife . I pack parts in homemade bags and section things off that way too. It has worked out great.
Last night I did take the number 3 and 4 head off. I was expecting a cracked head, burnt valve or broken ring. Nothing. No smoking gun yet. I should mention that oil is making it past the rings though. Kinda sad these heads look OK cause I am planning to swap to a slightly bigger valve head too. Oh well spare heads it is then. They are German. The one thing that I did find was the push rods have been rubbing on the push rod tubes. The ends of the tubes got bent on installation it seems. So push rod tubes are in order. _________________ Project 66 Daily Driver http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=538786&highlight=
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Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2021 3:30 pm Post subject: Re: Project 66 Daily Driver. |
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Based on the evidence of leakage at all four cylinders, you're not running a thermostat I presume? _________________ 1960 Ragtop w/Semaphores "Inga" |
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Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2021 3:44 pm Post subject: Re: Project 66 Daily Driver. |
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I am planning to swap to a slightly bigger valve head too |
Are your current heads still original 1300 heads, with the 113 part number? If so, remember that the 87 mm cylinders won't fit into those heads' combustion chambers- the cylinder outer diameters are too big. Same situation with stock 85.5 mm cylinders- you need to bore the chambers to the larger diameter of the 85.5 & 87's. If your other heads are 1500 or 1600 SP heads with the slightly larger valves and the 311 P/N, then those chambers are already the right size for either the 85.5 or the 87's. Though I;'d recommend lapping the cylinder tops into each chamber. Do by hand or use a tool like I made out of a toilet bowl plunger that works on a cordless drill.
Reusing old German hardware- maybe 15 yrs ago I bought a dishwashing plastic bin full of dirty hardware for maybe $5 at a larger VW swap meet. I sorted the HW as to fastener sizes, then put them into old yogurt containers with lids. Washed each container's contents in carb cleaner, rinsed with water, laid them out on paper towel to air-dry, then sprayed WD-40 over them so that it displaced the water and gave them some protection. Ended up with about 7 different containers. When I'd need some, I chased their threads with the corresponding tap and cleaned off strong rust on a brass wire wheel bench grinder. I can't stand seeing generic HW store "modern style" bolts with the heads that have the raised ridge around them, on our old VWs... |
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