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ataraxia
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 Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2017 6:48 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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Took it out for a 15 minute drive after installing a new engine and transmission. A little tweak to the carburetors and it'll be golden.
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Donnie strickland
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| Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2017 7:30 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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Looks clean Josh! Is this the car with the rear discs?
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MonT3
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| Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2017 9:48 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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Took it out for a 15 minute drive after installing a new engine and transmission. A little tweak to the carburetors and it'll be golden.
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Beautiful!  Congrats on your final product there.
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ataraxia
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| Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2017 9:48 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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| Donnie strickland wrote: |
| Looks clean Josh! Is this the car with the rear discs? |
Yes, it is. |
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ataraxia
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| Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2017 9:54 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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| MonT3 wrote: |
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Took it out for a 15 minute drive after installing a new engine and transmission. A little tweak to the carburetors and it'll be golden.
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Beautiful! Congrats on your final product there. |
Thanks...but it's far from finished! I have only upgraded the braking system, replaced the engine and transmission...the full pan/body restoration awaits.
I had to 're-learn' a few things during this process. It's been over 20 years since I've done this much work on a Variant. I had it all installed a week ago - only to learn it had the wrong Type 3 hockey stick installed so I had to take it all back out and swap the nose cone and hockey stick. This car is always teaching me something new - usually when I'm least willing to learn.
This was a good trial run for the restoration in the future...I get to drive it for a while and do small things along the way. I'm going to rebuild the doors next - the windows are stiff and the scrapers are pretty well shot. |
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MonT3
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| Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2017 9:59 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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| ataraxia wrote: |
Took it out for a 15 minute drive after installing a new engine and transmission. A little tweak to the carburetors and it'll be golden.
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Beautiful! Congrats on your final product there. |
Thanks...but it's far from finished! I have only upgraded the braking system, replaced the engine and transmission...the full pan/body restoration awaits. I had to 're-learn' a few things during this process. It's been over 20 years since I've done this much work on a Variant. |
Thought this one was the car shell that you had sent pics from during my build. Might be mistaken. Either way, it's a very nice looing car...beautiful indeed.
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ataraxia
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| Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2017 10:01 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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| MonT3 wrote: |
| ataraxia wrote: |
| MonT3 wrote: |
| ataraxia wrote: |
Took it out for a 15 minute drive after installing a new engine and transmission. A little tweak to the carburetors and it'll be golden.
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Beautiful! Congrats on your final product there. |
Thanks...but it's far from finished! I have only upgraded the braking system, replaced the engine and transmission...the full pan/body restoration awaits. I had to 're-learn' a few things during this process. It's been over 20 years since I've done this much work on a Variant. |
Thought this one was the car shell that you had sent pics from during my build. Might be mistaken. Either way, it's a very nice looing car...beautiful indeed. |
Ah, no - that was probably a 65 N model that I sold before I moved to Georgia. That car is in good hands and will be pretty sweet when it's done. If it wasn't that car, it was a 65 S that I bought and had to part out due to body wrinkling and rust...there are a few pieces of that car on this 64. |
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OhHerrooo
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| Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2017 12:26 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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Went and picked up my tins from my buddy's shop so I can get them powdercoated. Checked out his work in replacing my battery tray - stoked to be rust free! Newly built 1776 should be ready in the next couple weeks!
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OhHerrooo
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StephenDerek
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| Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 8:11 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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still workin on my engine and tinware........finally got a set of flaps and rods to restore the thermostat function..............WOOHOOO
PS gonna take the tins back off and take good pics of the flaps and connecting rods soon |
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W1K1
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StephenDerek
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StephenDerek
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| Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 11:28 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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kinda like this pic
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ataraxia
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| Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2017 5:54 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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Disassembled the driver's side door and cleaned the shell, cleaned the window regulator, door lock and prepared it all for rebuild. I'm going to take the passenger's side apart as well - might as well rebuild both of them while I'm at it.
Nothing beats doors that open/close properly without squeaks, windows that roll up/down easily and door locks that are smooth!
Got most of the old glue/adhesive off of the door shell:
Nice to find a super clean inner door drain area:
Super clean! 
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notchbldr
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| Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2017 1:52 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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After almost 22 years I got her back on the road!
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ALLWAGONS
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| Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2017 3:13 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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Awesome!
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Bobnotch
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| Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2017 4:45 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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still workin on my engine and tinware........finally got a set of flaps and rods to restore the thermostat function..............WOOHOOO
PS gonna take the tins back off and take good pics of the flaps and connecting rods soon |
If you look in the Parts/Accessories type 3 section of the Gallery under my name (enter Bobnotch in the search section), you'll find a half a page of me removing a complete set of flaps and the connecting rod. You'll want to start at the bottom of the page and work your way up, as the Gallery loaded them that way (start at bottom, finish at top). In your case though, you can just follow them down, since you'll be assembling them. I posted up removing them, so others could see what parts are missing from their own, and IF someone wanted to re-install them.
I hope this helps.
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Cashed
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| Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2017 11:41 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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Put on trim rings and moons onto a set of freshly painted 5.5” smoothies. Replaced some vacuum lines, rigged venting from fan shroud via elbows (new shroud to elbow seals) to heaterboxes (VS stainless muffler went in last week). Replaced reserve light switch (leaking). Cleaned up injectors, threw in a bottle of fuel injector cleaner into a full tank of high octane and took Kürbis for a spin.
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Kai4130
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| Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2017 4:23 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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Not today but last week.
Fitted my remotec A's.
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OhHerrooo
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