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VW_Jimbo 
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 Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 10:25 am Post subject: Re: Jims 1952 |
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That is no teaser. That is straight out car porn! Makes my tools go crazy!
I just got my case back from being Chromated by Chris Childs! Came out brilliantly! But yours looks way better, since it is a short block already!
Keep on going, you are doing great!
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| Basically, a whole bunch of fuckery to achieve a look. |
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Dan22
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| Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 2:51 pm Post subject: Re: Jims 1952 |
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Made more progress.
oh...and cranberry sauce. like a lot of cranberry sauce.
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That right side upper control arm should be resting tightly on the snubber. You may have broken torsion bars in that beam. Mine takes a lot of force to lift it off even the bar without the snubber.
This may explain the lopsidedness in your front suspension.
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bally
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| Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 8:25 pm Post subject: Re: Jims 1952 |
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By modifying euro headlights to take sealed beams you do not have a side light. Is that an issue?
The engine looks most superb. Very nice indeed!
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Jimone
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| Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 5:21 am Post subject: Re: Jims 1952 |
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| VW_Jimbo wrote: |
| That is no teaser. That is straight out car porn! Makes my tools go crazy! |
lol! im looking forward to doing a post about the motor. im going to wait till its actually in hand. ~2 weeks.
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That right side upper control arm should be resting tightly on the snubber. You may have broken torsion bars in that beam. Mine takes a lot of force to lift it off even the bar without the snubber.
This may explain the lopsidedness in your front suspension. |
i went out to the garage and checked it as soon as i saw this. it was sitting tightly against the snubber at that time. after a ton of grease and some reassembly everything sits nicely now. it even tightened up some of my hood and door gaps. i think the lopsidedness was from crusted up grease. i have thought through a sequence of events that kinda makes it makes sense:
the car was flat towed from wyoming to kansas city in 1988. i think some of the front end was reworked right before that trip. the wheel bearing grease was pretty fresh. the shift coupler was removed. then the car sat. i speculate the passenger tire went flat first and then it sat for like 20 years with one flat and one not. the grease solidified and froze the beam in place a bit wonky.
i think the beam would have popped free the first time i hit a good sized pot hole.
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By modifying euro headlights to take sealed beams you do not have a side light. Is that an issue?
The engine looks most superb. Very nice indeed!
Dave |
i did not modify those buckets it was someone in the past.
im not sure what my state thinks about running lights. its not a big deal to put something else in there. i have a variety of headlight buckets in parts mountain.
here are a couple more pics of those buckets:
ive had some other fun stuff happen with the car.
lights are starting to turn on:
i picked up a fun ADAC badge:
i got the king and link pins resolved. i ended up finding a local shop to work on the king pins. Gary, the shop owner, was awesome. he has a 1953 ragtop. took me for a spin around town.
here are all my washers for shimming the link pin offset. spec is 7mm. i was at 7mm on the passenger side and 6.7 on the driver. thats pretty good.
so then i got to put the front back together.
that locking wire ended up snugger than this picture
found a neat old VDO cable and got the speedo hooked up
and back on the ground.
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VW_Jimbo
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| Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 9:18 am Post subject: Re: Jims 1952 |
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Very nice! Looks great sitting on all 4 tires, knowing everything is in working order!
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bally
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| Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 5:29 pm Post subject: Re: Jims 1952 |
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Wow! Modified is being kind there, butchered seems more appropriate. I think this car deserves a proper set of headlights, whether Euro or US spec. Less to go wrong that way and more try to it’s delivery spec…
Great update today, thanks 😎 |
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Jimone
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| Posted: Fri May 24, 2024 7:16 pm Post subject: Re: Jims 1952 |
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so... i had some motor parts.
and i sold them to Joe Ruiz (Mr. Okrasa)
i also bought a longblock motor from him.
he takes really nice photos. here are some of them.
it came in a big wooden crate
and looks really good in person.
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ddutch
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| Posted: Sun May 26, 2024 5:13 pm Post subject: Re: Jims 1952 |
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Wow, that engine looks crazy good, probably even better than factory fresh!
Has the main case been wetblasted and is this the colour of the bare metal? Or has there been some kind of protective layer aplied on to the surface? |
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Jimone
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| Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 1:09 pm Post subject: Re: Jims 1952 |
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Wow, that engine looks crazy good, probably even better than factory fresh!
Has the main case been wetblasted and is this the colour of the bare metal? Or has there been some kind of protective layer aplied on to the surface? |
cleaned up magnesium will be kinda dull gray/silver. it turns to powdery white really fast.
the gold stuff is a chemical surface treatment. im not a chemist or anything like that so im not entirely clear on what it is or how it functions chemically. the basic jist is that the magnesium from the engine block can oxidize quickly. it will rust into white powdery dust. the surface treatment keeps that from happening.
my understanding is that a similar treatment was originally applied to the block from the factory.
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VW_Jimbo
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| Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 6:14 pm Post subject: Re: Jims 1952 |
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Wow, that engine looks crazy good, probably even better than factory fresh!
Has the main case been wetblasted and is this the colour of the bare metal? Or has there been some kind of protective layer aplied on to the surface? |
cleaned up magnesium will be kinda dull gray/silver. it turns to powdery white really fast.
the gold stuff is a chemical surface treatment. im not a chemist or anything like that so im not entirely clear on what it is or how it functions chemically. the basic jist is that the magnesium from the engine block can oxidize quickly. it will rust into white powdery dust. the surface treatment keeps that from happening.
my understanding is that a similar treatment was originally applied to the block from the factory. |
Chromating is the process. DOW7 I believe is the Golden hued one.
Chris Childs of Childs Motorsports Chromates cases. 510-734-5977. Tell him Jimbo sent you!
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| Basically, a whole bunch of fuckery to achieve a look. |
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ddutch
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| Posted: Thu May 30, 2024 4:33 pm Post subject: Re: Jims 1952 |
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| Jimone wrote: |
| ddutch wrote: |
Wow, that engine looks crazy good, probably even better than factory fresh!
Has the main case been wetblasted and is this the colour of the bare metal? Or has there been some kind of protective layer aplied on to the surface? |
cleaned up magnesium will be kinda dull gray/silver. it turns to powdery white really fast.
the gold stuff is a chemical surface treatment. im not a chemist or anything like that so im not entirely clear on what it is or how it functions chemically. the basic jist is that the magnesium from the engine block can oxidize quickly. it will rust into white powdery dust. the surface treatment keeps that from happening.
my understanding is that a similar treatment was originally applied to the block from the factory. |
Thanx, nice to know. |
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Jimone
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| Posted: Fri May 31, 2024 5:35 am Post subject: Re: Jims 1952 |
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| Thanx, nice to know. |
in addition to the protective quality and the factory correctness i also like that the motorcar has a heart of gold improbability drive like the spaceship in hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.
"...the only starship with infinite improbability...you are never sure where you'll end up or even what species you'll be when you get there..."
i guess its kinda like the neal young song too.
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Jimone
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| Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2024 3:46 am Post subject: Re: Jims 1952 |
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i have some more progress images.
i got the shift coupler attached. this was exciting because i could try shifting it into gears. the transmission moves through all the gears!
i took some puctures down the central coumn duting that part.
running the parking brake lever. i landed the groove on the ball first try. its better to be lucky than good.
replaced the transmission mounts
and have been making some progress on the motor
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VW_Jimbo
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| Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2024 11:14 pm Post subject: Re: Jims 1952 |
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You are moving fast! Wish I could. Everything is looking great! Keep up the great work, you are doing the car justice! Your Dad would be proud!
You need to recreate the picture of you back by the engine with a 2x4 holding the decklid up. That would be very cool!
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Jimone
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| Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2024 5:44 am Post subject: Re: Jims 1952 |
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You are moving fast! Wish I could. Everything is looking great! Keep up the great work, you are doing the car justice! Your Dad would be proud!
You need to recreate the picture of you back by the engine with a 2x4 holding the decklid up. That would be very cool! |
dont stress the pace Jimbo!. its warm where you are. you can work on your car all winter long while us midwesterners are buried under snow!
i had the same thoughts about that picture. i think ill do a photo shoot and recreate a bunch of my before pictures.
finally got the heat exchangers opened up and cleaned out. those things spent like 3 months soaking in an array of WD, PB, acetone and soapy water. i negelected to take internal photos but i would have happily eaten off of them.
motor is getting closer
rebuilt a starter motor. this one is a 4R so april 1960. the internals looked pretty good. small detail i noticed - it had 4 brushes... the 1953 that i have with the truck has only 2 brushes.
here you can see the easy starter motor access panel a previous owner cut into the luggage tray. im not a wleder and im not learning today. there are a couple hidden shame type spots like that. ill look back to them eventually. at the beginning of this project i elected not to address purely aesthetic metalwork problems untill after i had driven the car for some time
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Jimone
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| Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2025 9:52 am Post subject: Re: Jims 1952 |
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vroom vroom!
i have a bunch of photos to share when the weather changes.
thank you so much to everyone who helped. you guys are great.
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| Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2025 12:28 pm Post subject: Re: Jims 1952 |
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| Congrats! Great work, your dad would be proud, I'm sure. She's got a vintage VW harlequin vibe |
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VW_Jimbo
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| Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2025 2:13 pm Post subject: Re: Jims 1952 |
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Very nice!
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| Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2025 9:21 pm Post subject: Re: Jims 1952 |
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BRAVO!
Hard work and vision pays off, I hope you enjoyed that first drive!
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