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Re: 74(ish) Linton
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 3:30 am
by neohic
Wow. I haven't dropped the kind of cash on a vehicle like I did just now in a long time.
Ah well... I've got parts on order to get all the chassis components rebuilt along with disk brakes front and rear. Few little odds and ends also on the way.
Re: 74(ish) Linton
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 1:22 am
by neohic
Only a month and a half gone by... not too bad for me getting back to a project. It's been a rough holiday season and, quite frankly, I just didn't want to work on anything. All that's done now, so it's time to get back to work.
Ever since I mounted the seats, I've never been crazy about getting in and out of this little thing. I was okay with where the seat was, but then there's the line of sight through the windshield that was filled with more steering wheel than there should've been. So? I had to borrow something from my wall to play around with some numbers...
That steering wheel was what was in my '72 Beetle when I first got it. It wasn't all that bad to drive with, but it won't ever win any beauty pageants. I'm sure it'll make its way back to clock duty, but until then it's solving a problem! Then it was to get back to the cage. I'd be lying if I said that it wasn't a little bit inspired by some of Joe's previous work.
... added a bump for some additional headroom...
... and that's were I fell off track again. I threw away a few pieces of tube that just didn't look right to me. Trying to get a nice "roof" line without going too tall seemed all too difficult. I like the lines of where this ended up, but I'm now wishing that I was about six inches shorter. The seats came out, seat tracks cut down, then seat tracks got removed all together... it comes down to I either need smaller seats or I need to start cutting material. Neither of which I really want to do.
Re: 74(ish) Linton
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 9:47 pm
by neohic
Re: 74(ish) Linton
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2016 1:06 am
by neohic
Re: 74(ish) Linton
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2016 5:21 pm
by Mike-Presley
Everything continues to look great, can't wait to see your buggy in person at a run.
Re: 74(ish) Linton
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 12:30 am
by neohic
Thanks!
Picking away at the list. Body is off, main cage is welded, and I added more to the list.
Winter slumber.
I'm going to have to drive it like this at least once!
Ran around with blue tape to make reminders of holes to fill, holes to make, and other such things to remove.
Re: 74(ish) Linton
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2016 2:06 am
by neohic
Side crash bars done. Filled holes in the floor and added more where they needed to be. Scratched off a few other small things on the list too.
Went to the local salvage yard in search for some seat belts too without any luck. Right now I'm leaning towards just ordering up a set of three point belts and being done with it:
http://carcraftstore.com/3-pointretract ... ssset.aspx . I like the idea that they'd be fresh and new, but I'm sure a cheap used set would work just the same. We'll see. I'd like to find something soon so I can get the cage 100% finished and out of the way so I can get working on the chassis.
Re: 74(ish) Linton
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2016 5:03 pm
by neohic
Re: 74(ish) Linton
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 7:41 pm
by neohic
Re: 74(ish) Linton
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2016 10:45 pm
by neohic
PAINT!!! Just over six years after shortening the pan, but it's paint none the less!
There's a ton of trash in the paint where I rolled it on, but it's getting bed liner on the floor pans too. Really happy with how the bottom side is turning out though! I used Rustoleum as I've had really good luck with it in the past. It's currently still drying, but I'm helping things along.
Re: 74(ish) Linton
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2016 9:55 pm
by neohic
Another work day that seems slow with not much to do but watch things dry. Ah well... needs to be done!
Made a tape line at the rear and around the front beam mounts. Used course scotch brite pads to rough up the finish. Half prepped:
I've used the Herculiner bed liner in the past with really good results. I've had zero issues with it over the last six year in the bed and along the sides of my Jeep Comanche. It really comes down to the prep. Application goes fast especially in a flat position like this.
Nothing finer than bed liner! I'll let it really dry over this week and then it'll get flipped back right side up.
Re: 74(ish) Linton
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2016 1:58 am
by neohic
Alright, so I didn't let it sit for the week. Everything was dry and looked great, and I needed something to do this morning. So it got flipped...
... and then I lost all sense of accomplishment. That needed to change.
Bed liner next weekend I suppose and then new parts start going on.
Re: 74(ish) Linton
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2016 7:48 pm
by neohic
Another round of bed liner! It's getting warmer outside and it was super nice to have the door open while working out in my shop. The sun went high enough that it cast a shadow into the shop and all my heat suddenly went away. Ah well... the torpedo heater worked really good last time so it went back to assume its position.
I taped off the VIN also in case of any impromptu future reference.
Mmm... more progress...
Re: 74(ish) Linton
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:55 am
by neohic
Oh, what a day. Suspension and steering systems are now complete. I need to make up the hardlines for the brakes, but everything else is in place. Had to make up a few tools today out of wanting to just keep going and not run into town. I did the ball joints that needed an adapter for my ball joint press (piece of pipe with a plate welded to it), and then I needed bearing race punches for the front calipers. I still had the spindles and drum brakes off of the chassis, so...
... they were obviously the perfect size.
Shocks were next. Three of the four went just fine, but I can't believe I never notices the right rear lower mount.
Left...
Right...
Ratchet strap, block of wood, and a BFH made short work of shaping that up. Otherwise, everything else just dropped in place as it should. All I have left of the parts I recently ordered are taillight parts (lenses, gaskets, and trim), and a trigger shifter.
Nice to have some big progress like this... even if all you notice are the bright blue cheap-ass Monroe shocks.
Transmission seals, lug bolts, and front sway bar bushings on their way.
Re: 74(ish) Linton
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2016 11:07 pm
by neohic