The Jalopy Journal
Cleaned the engine with de greaser, and gave it a light coat of paint. [IMG] A couple of coats more [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] I have a weakness for...
After some detective work I arrived at "V0213DDM" 305HO build from 1983 and forward. This one is from 86. 145hk (That's not a lot!!) And it...
Cleaned the surface on the heads with my old level-block [IMG] Mild porting, These heads are original 305HO heads, so they are not really happy...
[img] Strange, different lifters? [img] Same height. [img] Different internal height on them as well. [img] Brand new [img] But same...
The day after I started with packing everything in boxes and making sure it would not get scratches [IMG] Cleaning the table [IMG] And make...
This i very early, on a Saturday morning. I drove off to a buddy 50 kilometers away and helped him empty his garage, and a lot of what he was...
The day after. [IMG] The plan was to mount the brake bracket and brake lines. [IMG] A set of old rims and some scrap metal, and I had a couple...
Sunday and time for the next update. [IMG] Supports in place [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] Took the hood of, it need a little straightening. [IMG] A few...
Made a few fixtures for the seats. [IMG] Went to my local universal car part store, to get fittings for my new brakehose, and gave the hose to...
Needed some time of, (this was in march) after my father died, and since my hobby is my therapy, I went out again to check the clearance for the...
SO later that week, I decided to do something about the steering wheel and the brake assembly. But to get them in the right place, the seats must...
The day after was a monday, and since I work both night and day shifts, I could get something done before work. [IMG] So rolled the frame out,...
[IMG] [IMG] Here under the floor. [IMG] [IMG] And since I was on a roll, I decided to see if the steering would fit. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] Need...
It has been three months since my last update, and a lot has happened. Tried to get the chassis back on the frame, just to check som clearance...
After a few hours fixing brakes on a friends car, and my own, I got a bit frustrated, and vent into the garage. I removed the clutch pedal and...
And a quick update before I go to work this afternoon. Got a packet yesterday in the mail, but didn't have the time to pick it up, until to day....
Painted the caster stags, but need to insulate the garage, or build a new one, cause i'm freezing my b..s of. [IMG] This is "Crankenstein" Just...
Hydraulic line. [IMG] Drilled a hole so the nut almost fits. [IMG] Nearly there, just a bit tight. [IMG] [IMG] But nothing my "motivator"...
So, this is Saturday evening in Norway, and I finally got my butt in from the garage. (walked out this morning at 9 am and got in at 8 pm.)...
This is probably dumped in the late 60, early 70. There's a cutout for a newer heaterbox, which was a necessary in Austria. (they have insanely...
Today my daughter showed up with gas for my welder [IMG] So I wanted to do something about the brackets for the rack [IMG] Everything is...
Well, after smacking my self a few times with the facepalm o_O I had to move on. Turns out, that I have made a huge mistake, thats copper lines, i...
Brakeline clips. 2$ [IMG] a 6 mm hole [IMG] Base for the clips. [IMG] And the clips in place [IMG] So, lets find a route, that won't...
So a 14 mm hole was made. [IMG] and a couple more for a selftapping skrew. [IMG] cleaning the edges [IMG] [IMG] Let's expand the hole to 15...
Testet the rack and pinion [IMG] The locknut was stuck. monsterstuck. no tools I had, would move it. [IMG] So here comes the gasburner. [IMG]...
bolted the backingplates on. [IMG] Cleaning the threads [IMG] [IMG] bumpstops got blasted and painted [IMG] Cailpers got bolted on [IMG]...
After blasting again, they got painted [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] and the other side [IMG] [IMG] Brakecalipers got painted after blasting as well...
I dont know the rideheight yet, not easy to know, until everything is back on the frame. But living in Norway is not the thing if you are into...
Not if you ask my daughter, she would just say, "Just dumb enough, not to know better!" My wife agrees with that statement! heheheh
Thank you, and yes. That's a coil spring. What happend was this. A guy, that I know through facebook only. were on a vacation/car meet down south,...
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