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  1. Still to busy to get working on the car :(

  2. Hi Zerrari! I have been gone for awhile but am back and ready to get moving on my VR again. I pick it up in 2 weeks and bring it home to begin. To answer the question about foam. Great Stuff will appear to work but my experience in the boat business is that it may not keep the moisture out long term. I would not use it. I went with a 2 part mixed marine foam (3 or 4 lb if I remember right) similar to this stuff: http://www.shopmaninc.com/foam.html I set up various funnels at the points where I needed to pour it in and taped wax paper covered cardboard in places to stop if from flowing down onto the shop floor while it began to foam up. Mix a little at a time and play with it - it expands quickly and is a mess to work with until you get the hang of it. My car has been sitting outside without a cover for the past 4 years so I will cut some out when I get the car down here and see what the moisture looks like. Good luck!
  3. Tom, Unfortunately it is still Snowbird season for another few weeks. Next time you are down - buzz me. The boats and jetskis are always topped off and ready to go. Apollo Beach is definitely the right place to come and retire - been 80 all week. just my idea of working a few hours a week went away as one of my businesses took off That amount of cash stings to do the car. Mounting the body is not that hard. My guess is a few friends and a couple of weekends and you can have it on and relatively decent. Then you are out 150 hours to the shop. I lucked out on getting mine finished. Most bodyshops were quoting me around $6-7K to finish the car and a friend of the guys who built my motor asked and begged to do it. He has a body shop and does great work but cut me a huge deal to finish the car and then use it in his ads, etc. So I got lucky with $18 an hour - but it will take them 3 months and that is fine. I still have 2 toys in the garage so I am out of room until one is sold and the other is moved to the east coast and retired to beach duty 8) Catch ya later and stop by the next time. Teo
  4. Hi Tom, For my VR so far I have spent approximately overall : 30-40 hours to prep the car - removal of stock body panels, grind old paint off and clean up the body. Includes welding of the reinforcement areas and cuttine the top. 15 hours to test mount the kit - (had some problems with the rear tub - It was me being stupid. I kept measuring the distance and the drivers struts were shot (car wasn't level to begin with)) 30 hours to mount the kit - door skins were the hardest 40-50 hours - basic prep to get everything lining up generally - sanding and filling and figuring out lights, etc. 100-120 hours is what my friend who is doing the final bodywork is telling me he will have in for going over the car, making everything line up perfectly. This is including all the primer coats and final painting, etc. (he is about 45 hours into it and is getting close to spray the first primer coat and figures this to be correct) I generally took my time building the car and had fun. I was new to everything so some stuff took me longer and I made some stupid mistakes. But it is coming along
  5. Hi Tom, I ended up giving up futzing with them and glassed over the handle area and put in solenoids. Not exactly what I wanted but I have gotten too busy with running another company I started and am cutting a few corners with the VR. The good news is that my new 350 is in and running and the car is a rocket. If you find anything - let me know - my car is a few weeks from getting sprayed so I could always back out and put them in. Teo
  6. Just my $.02 I think Steve sold his VR for $19K. I have about $9-10K in my VR with no interior and painting yet. That is just the body, wheels, suspension, brakes, and donor. And that doesn't include time. Quotes for cleaning up (finishing) the body work after I did the mounting - (sanding, getting everything lined up straight, door jams, etc.) was around $3-4K in Minneapolis. I will have $18-20K in it when it is done with the new V8 that I just installed, interior and paint with all the new trim. I am sure that I could do it cheaper but I am going with all leather interior and having it professionally done. I am also having a great body man to the final 4 color sandings on the body and the painting. So $10K for a finished VR with a vette and another Z seems to be killer. The other thing is to check with John Washington to see about the builder of that car. He might be able to give you some insight as to the skills of who did the work - might be valuable. Just my thoughts. Teo
  7. Reed, Where in MSP are you? I will be there for a day and could bring one with me next week to get some stuff at the condo on Lake Calhoun and some parts for my VR from the house over at 50th/France. You could "borrow" it for a few hours and get it back to me before I fly home the next day. I just can't handle more than a day or two up there after October Thanks, Teo
  8. Thanks for the help! It was the master. Didn't realize the master could leak and not loose any fluid. Now if I can just get my VR finished and on the road... Teo
  9. Thanks Tim and Jon, I will check both out. I am also guessing that the Master is bad. I didn't know how the Master worked and on my other cars when the Master was bad - it would actually leak. Thanks for info - I will hunt around for a new master today and throw it in. Teo
  10. Since you all have been most helpful with my VR - I have a question about one of my other rides. On one of my Dakota '89 convertible pickups the brakes are way soft. The pads and rotors look ok. The brakes work but when stopped the pedal will continue almost to the floor over about a minute. When first pushed they seem ok but not hard but they get softer as I apply slight pressure. When I remove my foot and push the pedal again I have full pressure and then it slowly sinks. So I figured I have a leak or air. The master was full so I bled the system, filled it up and it is still doing this. It has been about 3 weeks and it is still totally full. Any ideas before I give up and head to midas. Thanks for any input. Teo
  11. John, Those wheels will look nice on my ride. Your ride looks great. I made some desicions on mine this week. I am putting in the Chevy with side pipes for exhaust. And for now I am just capping the stock Datsun Dash. This should realistically get me on the road around August and I can do the new dash later. We are about 90 minutes from Orlando - so give me a buzz when you are heading down. We also looked at Fort Myers but Apollo Beach won out. Has a more eclectic flair to the town and less people. Of course they are adding 3 more developments so it will grow but for now it is pretty sleepy.
  12. I have a 2nd gen RX-7 convertible. It handles nicely and is my daily summer beater with 160,000 miles on it with basically minimal maintenance. While I love it - I will be happy to ditch it when the VR is done. The parts seem to kill me and I have a hard time getting them. Part of it is the convertible and part of it is that I am/was in Minnesota. Just not enough of them here to get stuff for them and a bunch of the stuff I bought from internet users had the same problems my old part had. It is only the little stupid things that have gone bad - windshield wiper switch, power windows and door lock switches, ECU, basically anything electrical. Just my $.02. Teo
  13. BTW - any Hydridz'ers are always welcome in Florida. I am semi-retiring to Apollo Beach where I bought a house right on Tampa Bay. We have a nice guest room and a pool. People are always welcome but you might get suckered in to helping with some chore - like hanging in the hammocks and making sure the water doesn't jump out of the pool. Fighting hard with the city to get my permit for the 4 car garage Of course once my wife starts decorating the house and I get a few more boats, I will have to get 3 or 4 jobs and there goes the easy life VR is starting to come along. I spent about 8 hours getting the passenger door, cheeks and bonnet lined up. Now that I know the tricks - the drivers side should go quick. Now I need to update my website with all that I have done - but the move keeps my busy. Catch ya later. T
  14. No Problem Joe I had a hard time tracking these down. My friends were giving me a hard time for even considering to go "wireless" so I kept at it. I had to order these through one of my businesses because they only make them for OEM so I will have the info 'forever' If you want a set - just let me know. I have almost made it to Florida. I leave in 2 weeks. Although the VR might not make it all the way south right away. It is looking like I will leave in Tennesee for a V8. Teo
  15. My wheels just showed up for the VR. Now if I can make up my mind to keep fussing with the clutch and flywheel or let my friend put in the V8... True knock off style - proper adapters for the Z hubs and offset is perfect. Can't get 15x8 with 3 7/16 offset so I went with 15x7. 15x7 Front and 15x10 rear. I can get more at $1500 a set of 4 if someone wants them.
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