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[The Last Stand]

Martha Stewart driving a badass Aston Martin.

 

[Car Won't Crank]

I’m psyched to work on it. I’ve wanted one since I was a kid, riding around with my father in his commuter. I’m keeping it pretty much stock, with the exception of some interior trim and a couple little addons like a dome light, oil filter, and upgraded speakers.

It’s amazing how well engineered it is in regards to the end user. Everything is accessible and designed to be easily maintained, repaired, or replaced.

Wish newer cars were engineered with that in mind. I had to adjust the clutch pedal in my Frontier today, and it took four tools, a flashlight, and shoulders that are six inches narrower.

Check out 90s and early 2000s BMW. The engine bays in those cars are really well thought out and engineered for ease of serviceability. Audi as well to an extent. The bumper off requirement to put them in service mode is one of the best things once you realize how easy it makes working on them.

 

[The Last Stand]

The Chief approves of the Tahoe.

 

[Torque Wheeler]

I’m psyched to work on it. I’ve wanted one since I was a kid, riding around with my father in his commuter. I’m keeping it pretty much stock, with the exception of some interior trim and a couple little addons like a dome light, oil filter, and upgraded speakers.

It’s amazing how well engineered it is in regards to the end user. Everything is accessible and designed to be easily maintained, repaired, or replaced.

Wish newer cars were engineered with that in mind. I had to adjust the clutch pedal in my Frontier today, and it took four tools, a flashlight, and shoulders that are six inches narrower.

Let me know if you need any help I've worked on at least half a dozen air-cooled VWs. I keep loaning out manuals and my bookshelf is still 10% VW adjacent books. They are very well engineered for their time. Parts are extremely easy to get a hold of, second to maybe the LS community? Check out your local VW show or club if you need more obscure parts. Much cheaper than getting them online if you're not in a rush. My current build is a 1915 cc with a 110 Engle cam and a Weber progressive carb

In other news, I found a Ford probe GT for $500. All I remember about that car is that my shitty cousin had one, and that ford wanted to use it to replace the mustang at some point. Are they any good?

 

[Uber driver reviewer]

Let me know if you need any help I've worked on at least half a dozen air-cooled VWs. I keep loaning out manuals and my bookshelf is still 10% VW adjacent books. They are very well engineered for their time. Parts are extremely easy to get a hold of, second to maybe the LS community? Check out your local VW show or club if you need more obscure parts. Much cheaper than getting them online if you're not in a rush. My current build is a 1915 cc with a 110 Engle cam and a Weber progressive carb

In other news, I found a Ford probe GT for $500. All I remember about that car is that my shitty cousin had one, and that ford wanted to use it to replace the mustang at some point. Are they any good?

It’s basically a Mazda MX-6.

The V6 in them were a real screamer for the time. You can swap in the contour SVT motor, or put 3.0V6 heads on the motor, or also swap in the oddball 1.8L V6 from the MX-3.

Probably a lot of fun to drive it hard these days. They weighed a lot compared to hot hatchbacks and other imports of the day, but are light and quick handling by todays standards. Fairly reliable as they drivetrain is mostly made in Japan and not in a ford plant.

Is it purple? Nothing gayer than a purple probe.

 

[Car Won't Crank]

Let me know if you need any help I've worked on at least half a dozen air-cooled VWs. I keep loaning out manuals and my bookshelf is still 10% VW adjacent books. They are very well engineered for their time. Parts are extremely easy to get a hold of, second to maybe the LS community? Check out your local VW show or club if you need more obscure parts. Much cheaper than getting them online if you're not in a rush. My current build is a 1915 cc with a 110 Engle cam and a Weber progressive carb

In other news, I found a Ford probe GT for $500. All I remember about that car is that my shitty cousin had one, and that ford wanted to use it to replace the mustang at some point. Are they any good?

Probes make for decent cheapo lemons type cars for budget track days.

 

[Torque Wheeler]

I just remembered seeing it while scrolling through craigslist for the next project. The problem is that I think I like just about any car. Waiting on the family friend to get tired of her microbus so I can buy it

You know it's a gay purple probe

 

[WhatInTheActualFuck]

Why have pink as a car color?

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That looks hideous.

Matte pink, no less. Jesus Christ, that's ugly as sin.

 

[Torque Wheeler]

Matte pink, no less. Jesus Christ, that's ugly as sin.

But would you let Nicki Minaj take you on a drive?

 

[ForgedBlades]

Local Toyota dealer has their only GR86 marked up $5,000 over MSRP. Nobody has any Veloster Ns on their lot within 500 miles of my area. I was hoping to buy a new car this summer but I don't think it's going to happen.

 

[WhatInTheActualFuck]

Local Toyota dealer has their only GR86 marked up $5,000 over MSRP. Nobody has any Veloster Ns on their lot within 500 miles of my area. I was hoping to buy a new car this summer but I don't think it's going to happen.

Yeah, the market is a complete trash fire right now. I could sell my car (with the miles I put on it) for about $5K more than I paid for it back in late 2019.

 

[Torque Wheeler]

Yeah, the market is a complete trash fire right now. I could sell my car (with the miles I put on it) for about $5K more than I paid for it back in late 2019.

One of my trucks tripled in value from buying it in 2019 to selling it in 2021

 

[The Last Stand]

Did I do Audrey Hepburn yet? Anyway, here are the cars she drove. Fun fact, she was chauffeured a lot.

 

[Panama]

Turns out my project beetle is a real mixmaster. ‘68 body and chassis with ‘71 heater channels. IRS transaxle (haven’t ID’d the type yet), mid-late ‘70s 1600 engine case with a carb conversion and early 70’s oil bath filter. There’s probably some more oddball swaps that I haven’t noticed yet.

The guy was way into VWs and must have been building his ideal setup. I only wish he had chosen a slightly cheaper paint color. Inferno orange metallic is fucking expensive.

 

[Torque Wheeler]

Turns out my project beetle is a real mixmaster. ‘68 body and chassis with ‘71 heater channels. IRS transaxle (haven’t ID’d the type yet), mid-late ‘70s 1600 engine case with a carb conversion and early 70’s oil bath filter. There’s probably some more oddball swaps that I haven’t noticed yet.

The guy was way into VWs and must have been building his ideal setup. I only wish he had chosen a slightly cheaper paint color. Inferno orange metallic is fucking expensive.

The IRS transaxle is great. Are the heads dual port? What carb are you running, a solex? The oil bath filter is really great from what I've heard, besides being kind of messy. Is the distributor vacuum advance? Also are you running a oil filter?

Sorry for all of the questions I love my aircooleds

 

[Panama]

The IRS transaxle is great. Are the heads dual port? What carb are you running, a solex? The oil bath filter is really great from what I've heard, besides being kind of messy. Is the distributor vacuum advance? Also are you running a oil filter?

Sorry for all of the questions I love my aircooleds

Dual port, single barrel carb, so I’m guessing it’s a Solex. Not too familiar with Euro carbs, mostly Keihin CVs and Mikuni pumpers, but I won’t have to do any syncing at least. No oil filter currently, but I’m planning on installing a remote or pump one. More filtration never hurts. I haven’t looked at the engine much, so I can’t tell you what distributor type he put in there.

My main focus has been sealing it back up (doors, windows, etc.) so I don’t have to tarp it anymore, and hooking up lights and brakes to make it roadworthy at least. I know for a fact the engine starts and idles well, the oil looks fresh, and the PO told me the compression test was within 10 psi of factory, so I’m not too concerned about how it runs yet.

 

[Torque Wheeler]

Dual port, single barrel carb, so I’m guessing it’s a Solex. Not too familiar with Euro carbs, mostly Keihin CVs and Mikuni pumpers, but I won’t have to do any syncing at least. No oil filter currently, but I’m planning on installing a remote or pump one. More filtration never hurts. I haven’t looked at the engine much, so I can’t tell you what distributor type he put in there.

My main focus has been sealing it back up (doors, windows, etc.) so I don’t have to tarp it anymore, and hooking up lights and brakes to make it roadworthy at least. I know for a fact the engine starts and idles well, the oil looks fresh, and the PO told me the compression test was within 10 psi of factory, so I’m not too concerned about how it runs yet.

Oh I really should stress that you should do a proper valve set asap. I do one every oil change. There's a lot of options for oil filtering systems, but a lot of them require splitting the case to drill out the oil bosses. There's a $75 bolt-on oil pump kit that will accept a spin on filter that I've seen people use. The single barrel carbs are nice. If you ever get hungry for bolt-on power get yourself a nice exhaust and dual carbs.

If you're not running fuel injection the world is your oyster, and you can get some serious mods for not too much. My most recent build probably cost $1200 between jazzing up the cylinders and rebuilding the tranny

 

[Panama]

Yeah, definitely doing a valve check before it gets any use. Everything the PO has told me about it is true so far, but that’s something I’ll need to see for myself.

 

[Torque Wheeler]

Yeah, definitely doing a valve check before it gets any use. Everything the PO has told me about it is true so far, but that’s something I’ll need to see for myself.

This is why I do my own maintenance on my vehicles. Nothing like getting under the car and making sure that everything is still in the right spot!

 

[Torque Wheeler]

Went to a local car meet last night, but I got scared and left. I'm probably just a loser, but it was a rough crowd.

Went to a cars and coffee this morning in the closest big city and people immediately started complimenting my trash fire car. I needed the self confidence boost after this week, would recommend