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 Fiatdude
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| posted on October 21st, 2016 at 02:27 PM |
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No sooner than I bragged about how great my 16300 starters, I had mine go out --- Damn it!!! -- -- So, I jumped into my car and drove over to CarCraft
in Riverside, all the while preparing to buy another 16300 (and get lunch at Zorba's).... Was setting there bench racing with Bob Godfrey and whining
about losing a starter, Ed perks up and said that he had this new brand new starter "OE Brand Part Number BA16450" out of
Florida making some really killer starters.... I'm going, Yeah, Yeah, I've heard this all before... So Ed brings one out. They are tiny and light!!!
I'm looking at it and thinking there's no way that this little thing is gonna spin my 2963.... He says, you buy this, and if you don't like it,
bring it back in the original box and I'll put 100% of the money towards another starter.... OK, what do I have to lose except another chance to come
over to CarCraft and go to Zorba's Hamburgers for lunch (I live for a Zorba Burger and Onion Rings from this place -- they are great!!!! Remember
that the next time your in the area)..... SO, I bring this thing home, throw it into the car and this little starter is winging my engine at a higher
RPM than I have ever had..... Really impressed with this little thing!!!!!!
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| posted on October 24th, 2016 at 05:04 PM |
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Confucius says -- You definitely have an over rich condition, if you are finding pinholes in your intake by fuel squirting out.......
Words to live by if you ask me.....
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| posted on April 30th, 2017 at 12:47 PM |
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Update time ---- Some dude came up to me an made me an offer I probably should of refused, but I didn't and I gave him the big engine out of the
Ghia..... So I'm thinking it is time for a more of a street loving engine for the car -- So here is the new incarnation -- A 2332 with a bunch of
goodies.... Probably not the total top shelf build I should of done but has enough good parts to get it running and sorted out.....
Still fabbing stuff together and trying to get everything to play together nicely......... The engine is 1/2 inch wider and 3/8" longer than a
stocker, so everything that I bought trying to save time, had to be modified and took more time than piecing everything together.... Here's where
I'm as of this morning and I'm planning a full day of attacking this thing, but I'll probably spend most of it chasing parts/bolts/stuff if you
know what I mean....
The purple lines on the blow-thru hat on the EFI is where I'm having interference with the deck lid -- I'm trying to decide whether to cut the hat
and reweld it at the purple lines or offset the deck lid higher -- kind of leaning towards opening the deck lid up as it will add a little more air
flow to the engine also....
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| posted on May 9th, 2017 at 11:16 AM |
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For those of you that warned me about using aluminum for fuel lines with a alcohol based fuel -- -- Well,,,, You were more than right......
My injectors looked the same too!!!!!!
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| posted on May 13th, 2017 at 02:17 PM |
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Fuel system completely redone -- just missing two -8an to -6an fittings -- ordered them from Jeg's today........ Redid the front mounting of the fuel
pump and ran the 5/8" lines down through the tunnel -- need to take a picture of that
Oil system is next .....
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| posted on May 14th, 2017 at 07:09 AM |
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Just in case you're wondering, I'm still following this & reading your updates 👍
Nath
Step up to get out !!!
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| posted on May 15th, 2017 at 01:22 PM |
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Thanks for watching this sh*tshow LOL -- one day I'll get it right, I promise
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| posted on July 10th, 2017 at 05:23 AM |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvjerwo5Vkc
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| posted on July 10th, 2017 at 02:12 PM |
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Nice one 👍
Step up to get out !!!
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| posted on July 17th, 2017 at 02:45 PM |
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Nice work. 
And of course the steady drip of deep sumps. 
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| posted on August 22nd, 2017 at 12:25 PM |
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Actually found the two plugs for the oil galleys in the rear of the engine to be the culprit......
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| posted on August 22nd, 2017 at 12:29 PM |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp0No45Lz-Q
https://www.facebook.com/carscoffeecorona/photos/pcb.2009072942671989/2009072...
Didn't take any pictures or videos as I went by myself, but I went out to California Speedway for some AutoX this past Saturday. The event was held
by Fastivus. Did some laps. My 5-6 year old tires were really holding me back.... The rear end was sliding out from under me the whole time and when
it wasn't, the front end was pushing......
Had the speed up for a tight section and was trying to whip the rear around to setup for the next section .. .. .. Ended up doing this really slow
looping slide right through this huge area of cones..... Did win the unofficial award for most cones collected (knocked down) for the day LOL
Noticed the Ghia wasn't pulling as hard as 'normal' -- found the seal between the hat and the carb had squirted out -- need to find a fix for
that.....
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| posted on August 25th, 2017 at 09:41 AM |
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Lance Gregory donated a parachute lever and cable to me after he finished his promod build a few years ago..... I've been having issues with the
cable and release for the hood on the Ghia.... Then I got this wild hair and now I've got a bullet proof hood release......
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Loaded and Ready to leave for Bug-in #42 -- -- With a 37 foot (11.3m) coach and a 25' (7.7m) trailer I feel like I got a land train
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| posted on October 31st, 2017 at 01:27 PM |
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Showed up at 4pm at California Speedway to spend the night -- unfortunately there was a test and tune that day and there was still a ton of V8 guys
there clogging up the pits -- so I choose a spot that was way out beyond the finish line.... peace and quiet,,, Yeah right the Silverbugget guys were
100 feet away.
So there I am profiling with my motorhome thinking I'm cool -- -- then Dave Rosique (sp?) drives in.....
And he ruins the neighborhood with his coolness..... LOL
I jump into the Ghia and drive over to the Drippers meet at BurgerTown hoping for the magic of Nick's to return to SoCal.... But most everybody must
of missed that memo as there was only about 15 VW's there. Maybe the DKK thing all day killed this meet...... But what was there was really nice, I
should of taken more pictures
So, everybody that was there from the campout had to be back by 8 as the gates were locked at that time... I did my best to do a nice leave, had some
sideways action going and headed back to CMS... found out my headlight switch is going bad as I had no dash or tail lights for the 9 mile return trip
in the dark... also Had a nice fog following me as I had sucked a valve cover gasket at some point too (wonder when that was????)
When I got back, the party was going full blast at numerous locations, everybody seemed to have a full bar and the World Series going..... after
visiting several of the parties I stumbled back to my MH and proceeded to nose into my pillow and ignore the several occasions of pounding at the door
to get me to come out to play some more... that is until someone drove an uncorked VW by at 7 AM... I could of killed them, if I could of lifted my
head off the pillow....
But by now the gates were open, people were POURING in, and there wasn't any more sleeping to be had.... Great turn out! The Car show area was 90%
full by the time I got to functioning, so I said screw it and kept my oil leaking pig in my pit.... Soon all the Red Baron crew started showing up and
I almost didn't save enough area for everyone to park.... The baron was running real good and Eric took it all the way to the finals until a oil
filter took a poop and started leaking as he was staging and he had to shut off giving the win to Racing' Jason who was running real strong with his
Pro Turbo car (5.70's)....
Here's a picture of the area in front of my MH between rounds... remember just how empty it was??? not now, the pits almost went all the way back to
the scales!!!!
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| posted on October 31st, 2017 at 04:55 PM |
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I suppose we need to look at the 'Big Picture'. 
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
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| posted on December 24th, 2017 at 04:05 AM |
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The word is that Irwindale is closing as of December 31...... Since I'm working about 5 miles from there, I'm thinking that one last trip down the
strip is in order.... So Thursday the 28th, the Ghia is getting trailered to Irwindale for one last time.....
Well, here it is the Saturday before Christmas and went to the morning Cars and Coffee in Mentone -- Had about 30 cars and 1 VW show up to
congratulate each other on making it through another year LOL.......
The star of the show 'Winston" taking a lap around the lot, collecting the price of admission, a good petting from all in attendance
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| posted on December 26th, 2017 at 12:05 PM |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfwOS9BXvbc
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| posted on January 14th, 2018 at 03:46 PM |
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Had plans to hit 2 different events today -- Donut Derelicts and the 'New' OC Cars and Coffee at the outlet malls in San Juan Capistrano --
Derelict's was from 6-9am and C&C was from 9 to 11 with about 45 minutes of a drive between the to (counting loading and unloading the Ghia from
the trailer). So got up at 4am and met my buddy at 4:30 and headed to Huntington Beach ---
The Derelict's didn't disappoint, with over 300 cars there to check out ---
Then at about 8am everybody started heading out and we were guessing they were down south for the C&C -- -- We unloaded the Ghia about a block
away and headed over to the event -- It was pretty hilly around there and I stalled the Ghia going up a steep incline at a stop sign.... ((dummy, I
know... But that 4 puke disc is just not very forgiving when you're trying to slip it)) -- Anyway, the engine popped real hard when I was cranking
it and blew one of the intake boots off,, and suddenly we were running on 2 cylinders and sounding like chit.... and I hadn't thrown any tools in the
car, so we limped back to the trailer and put the car on it. then drove through event ... Didn't take any pictures, but there was some very NICE cars
there and quite a few VW's -- There are tons of pictures of this event on the web and on you tube to see.....
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| posted on January 29th, 2018 at 12:56 PM |
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Decided today was the day to head down to Woodland Hills for Supercar Sunday. Loaded up the Ghia on the trailer and set the alarm for 5am and drove
the 92 miles down there for the event.... Unloaded the Ghia and drove to the event getting there at 7:30 and there was only about 50 cars there and I
was pretty disappointed. Found a spot near a bunch a ricers and started checking out the rides in the lot.... Man, about 8 am the cars started coming
in and by 8:30 there were over 500 cars spilling all around the nearby lots.... Every different type was there!!! a few air cools with a really
patina-ed 58 low light ghia parking near me.... and suddenly at 9:30 it was over and everybody was leaving. That's when I found all the other cars
parked at the outer lots that I hadn't even seen ...... Good time, long ways to go for such a short event though.....
The Ghia parked in the middle of the action.....
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| posted on June 11th, 2018 at 02:53 PM |
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Damn -- -- It's been since January since I've been on here ... Some of you have missed me, Some of you haven't LOL
Well, Here's the short story.... Last October I turned 65 and I had been dragging my feet at retiring .... I had hooked with a good company and
really was enjoying the type of jobs they were doing and the work I was getting to do. Well, on February 1st, the wife insisted that we list the house
and try selling it again (last time things didn't go very good). I, in my infinite wisdom and thinking, thought that it would be the same stuff all
over again. NOT, we had 4 full price offers the first weekend..... Damn, we're gonna have to move and do it in 21 days.....
Again didn't think this thing through very much.... We had been living in this house for over 27 years and you can guess all the stuff I had
collected during that period of time. So, why worry, I'll go to work and let my wife pack it all up.... Can you guess where this is going LOL.
Needless to say I gave my 2 weeks notice and all the while, every waking moment was spent packing and moving stuff into storage.... Did I mention we
didn't have any place to go to yet???? Nope, not a clue where we were gonna end up....
So, on the very last weekend we were to own the house, I called hire-a-mover and had 3 guys move most of the big stuff from the house and into 3000
cubic feet of storage and some of the essentials into the motorhome... We moved to the local regional park (about a mile from the house) and then sat
there trying to figure out what was next..... can you guys tell I wasn't really happy about moving out of the house???
Anyway, we decided to head towards Missouri where I had about a million relatives and we had been there a ton of times on vacation. Oh Chit, what
about the Ghia, There was no more spaces left at the storage, and the wife told me I wasn't gonna spend $250 a month on space rental just to put that
dumb car inside somewhere. ... .. ... So it got loaded onto the open car trailer and wrapped with 2 car covers, some blue traps and then bungee'd
wrapped and hoping it would survive out in the open at a friends lot....
So, we put the Flex on a car dolly and packed up the MH and off the MO we went...... Holy Crap was it cold in March in Mo... and it wasn't really
that cold by Mo standards 12 degrees (f) a few nights, 22 a lot of nights, and a healthy dose of snow on occassion... LOL ------- Please notice all
the Marble size hail on the ground from an overnight storm -- IT WAS LOUD IN THE MOTORHOME!!!!
Anyway, we started looking for a house and of course what the wife was wanting and what I was wanting were in two different parking lots on opposite
coasts of the continent LOL.... But after 2 months of full time looking at stuff in our price range, she decided on this house in Monett MO....
Not a bad little place 1700 sq ft upstairs and 900 sq ft in the finished basement.... really funky designed thing, but the wife wanted it so.. .. you
know the story, Happy wife blah blah blah...
It did have this detached little 2 car garage where 1/2 of it was set up as a paint booth and a nice covered RV parking thing that was about 15' too
short for my Motorhome,,, but....
The house is sitting on 5 (20200 sq meters) acres of land, of which 3.5 acres are of grass which needs mowing -- -- Damn... So I ended up buying a
lawnmower that cost more than the first 5 cars I owned combined!!!! Damn nice lawnmower if you ask me, even has a cup holder if your worrying about
that... OH yeah it did also have this other little building sitting on the property.....
Something about a 40' x 60' (223 sq meter) shop building that just brings tears to a man's eye!!!!!!!
Well, the place had some issues, so we bought it in "as-is" condition and took possession the first week in March and 2 days later were flying to
Cali to get the Ghia, .. oh, and the rest of the stuff...
We hired the same movers to take all the stuff out of storage and put it into a 26' Penske rental truck -- about half way through this it became
apparent that one truck was not going to be enough, so I got another one and filled that one up too... I then hooked the car trailer up to the 26
footer and we prepared for the second part of adventure.....
Man, there was a ton of things that happened on the trip back to Mo which would fill another blog. but I won't bore you with here. but we made it
right before Memorial Day weekend, put the Ghia in the 40x60 and it sure looked awfull lonely in there with my multi million dollar mower, I need
some more stuff don't you think????
Anyway, it's taken me 2 weeks to get around to unpacking all my office stuff and setting up my computer, so I could give you a update... Aren't you
glad you had all this extra time to spend reading this LOL Love you guys!!!!
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Quite an adventure and a change in direction. Unfortunately, your photos won't open for me.
From your ole' mate Jeff
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| posted on September 24th, 2018 at 12:47 PM |
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Went out and did some Auto-X at Neosho Mo -- Great group of guys from Ozark Z's and they put on a great event!!!
Was airing up my tires and just glanced at the dates on my tires.... They're freaking 8 years old. Damn!!! Spent the whole day short shifting and
trying to stay off boost.... The second it would come on boost the back end would just crawl out from under me.... Loads of fun, like being on a slick
track, My old butt wasn't up for the challenge LOL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x3wY33YUHQ&feature=youtu.be
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My first winter in Missouri.... Learning experience has started. Winterized the Barn, the Shop, the cars..... Last weekend was the last car show,
track day and get together for the year, so I guess it's time to put the Ghia to bed for the winter (especially since it is suppose to be 17 degrees
here in the next couple of days). And start the Mods I've got planned for her... The shop is done and ready for the big move.
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| posted on November 16th, 2018 at 06:39 AM |
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A couple of days after I posted that I woke up to this
It's been in the teens and 20's F since so the snow hasn't melted yet
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| posted on November 16th, 2018 at 02:05 PM |
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| posted on November 16th, 2018 at 03:24 PM |
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An old Build of mine
http://www.shoptalkforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=127789&hilit=fiat
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| posted on December 15th, 2018 at 03:44 PM |
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Damn -- -- It seems like just last week it was running
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| posted on June 13th, 2019 at 12:48 PM |
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Welllllll, Six months later and 3 house rehab projects later....
New parts have arrived, case has been machined, long barrels machined, new cam, new pistons and some total seal rings..... Now I'm looking for all
that ambition (OK any ambition) to get started working on this old thing.....
New Parts
I'm trying to see some new swing arms setting here.... Might have to break out some more ambition. LOL
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