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Nelsonian

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  1. A good friend of mine had this white ghia for a while in Hawaii. Before this he had a fun little candy orange with rims, lowered bug. Can't remember the year but the rear window was oval or baby window. That was a fun car (not fast), but always got alot of attention at Sandy beach and around Oahu. The 808 state has a big VW following...

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  2. Here is an example of some of the interior plastic pieces. One that I did not mention is the plastic cap that covers the top of the carpeted floor just behind the driver and pass seats. I do not think this piece is available for replacement. I was just originally thinking of replacing mine with a nice piece of channeled brushed alluminum, but if it were available in carbon fiber, hmmmnnn...

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  3. Cockerstar,

    I got lucky and scored the very clean crud thug from ebay for $240 shipped. It had a set of 4 new belts and the erasure wheel, which seemed to be the only task they used it for.Love that tool. I have used it for stripping thick,thick bondo, paint, rust. Here are a few more shots of the begining stages of uc removal....

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  4. I actually bought a rotisserie, (Derick Weaver I believe it was), after searching and contacting everyone I could to buy, borrow rent one. For my situation, it was money well spent and allowed me to do the thorough job I was envisioning.

    As it was a professionally built, and guaranteed well beyond the z cars weight, I had no fear bolting up and cranking it to the top. After making some needed plates for bolts, I connected both ends. Fronts bolted up where the bumper provisions are, rears the same. I had a friend on the other side raise his side in even strokes as to my side, which kept it from binding on its way up or down. I ended up cleaning it up when I was finished and traded it for very professional welding labor. Win, win, in the end. AS has been seen many times here home brewed rotisseries can be made for much cheaper. I just did not have the time frame and needed to get the rotis as soon as possible and begin working, as I was using someone elses property to strip the car.

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  5. ^^^ I would have to say your tool choice or method of the two you mentioned, depends very much upon the condition of your undercoating,(still soft and pliable, or hard and dried out). I had alittle of both and originally started with the torch, scraper method, but to get all of the now gooey uc off required working as fast as the heat would allow you to. The needle scraper sped up the process quite a bit. Pros and cons to both methods, (noisy, vibrating needle scaler, or horrible smelling, burning gooey uc). In the end, the tools of choice for me were the Snap On "crud thug", and the needle scaler and pnumatic chisel both purchased from china freight. Not a fun job but, makes all the difference in the world knowing what condition your metal is in. Best of luck either way...

  6. ^^^ "People take safe cars for granted and drive like they're playing gran turismo. I see way to many people buy huge cars under the assumption that they are inherently safer and drive like assholes. In fact I wish I had a tally of all the times I've been cut off or passed by someone whose weaving with the pedal to the floor and put an actual statistic on just how many of those are large trucks and SUVs. The higher the lift on a vehicle also seems to correlate with how terrible the driver."

     

    My thoughts and experiences virtually on every days commute to and from work.

  7. Hey thanks for breaking these down Oddmanout84. I just purchased a new turbo pump for a 5spd and yeah, there prices, just like Nissan dealerships for an automatic are just as you quoted over $200. It's nice to see the comparisons side by side.

  8. I don't know if this would be an option or not but I will through it out there. I picked up a 240 dash from a '72 that only has one long crack from the middle of three smaller gauge provisions and two quarter inch size spider cracks forming closer to the pass side top. The vinyl still feels supple unlike my dried out dash that originally came with my '73. I was planning on rebuilding it with all the SEM products as others have done on here but the original was too far gone, hence the reason I picked up this '72 dash.

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