C6ZZ
06-07-2012, 10:23 AM
Hello everyone. I posted something similar on the "other" forum as well.
Eight years ago this week I picked up my Mk.II. I'm happy to say that it is now ready for paint. My good friend & co-builder Dave & I drove from Calgary, Canada to Yuba City, California so that Ken (Streetrod Painter) could make it look pretty. The distance was 1203 miles. I only had a total of 560 when we left. For the most part the car ran well.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k191/c6zz/IMG_0217.jpg
The weather was fine until we started heading south of the Columbia River, then the rain hit! We spent the first night in Madras, Or. A VERY big thank you to the girl at the hotel that let us park under their entrance.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k191/c6zz/Wet.jpg
Heres a link to the route we took. https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=C...mra=ls&t=m&z=8
The scenery was great & we met some nice people on the way.
I have never been that cold & wet in my life. We had to sponge up the water off the floor every time we stopped for fuel. I'm glad I dropped the floor on on the passenger side. It made for a great bucket.
It was the first time that I had put the wiper blades on the car. They don't seem to fit well. With every stroke they would run over the chrome on the windshield frame. I also goofed somewhere with the wiring. The park function works but they stop on the extend stroke. When OFF the blades are sticking almost straight up.
I was very glad to have a co-pilot on the trip! Dave did most of the navigating using his iPhone. He used to own a MkI & has built two other as well.
Heres a link to some video he took. This was on the I5 just north of Redding, CA.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k191/c6zz/th_IMG_0235.jpg (http://s88.photobucket.com/albums/k191/c6zz/?action=view¤t=IMG_0235.mp4)
A big thanks to Ken for staying open late so we could park the roadster & drive to San Francisco to fly home. I'm excited to see what she looks like when done.
Will post pictures & a proper completion post when I get her home.
Take care.
Andrew
Eight years ago this week I picked up my Mk.II. I'm happy to say that it is now ready for paint. My good friend & co-builder Dave & I drove from Calgary, Canada to Yuba City, California so that Ken (Streetrod Painter) could make it look pretty. The distance was 1203 miles. I only had a total of 560 when we left. For the most part the car ran well.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k191/c6zz/IMG_0217.jpg
The weather was fine until we started heading south of the Columbia River, then the rain hit! We spent the first night in Madras, Or. A VERY big thank you to the girl at the hotel that let us park under their entrance.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k191/c6zz/Wet.jpg
Heres a link to the route we took. https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=C...mra=ls&t=m&z=8
The scenery was great & we met some nice people on the way.
I have never been that cold & wet in my life. We had to sponge up the water off the floor every time we stopped for fuel. I'm glad I dropped the floor on on the passenger side. It made for a great bucket.
It was the first time that I had put the wiper blades on the car. They don't seem to fit well. With every stroke they would run over the chrome on the windshield frame. I also goofed somewhere with the wiring. The park function works but they stop on the extend stroke. When OFF the blades are sticking almost straight up.
I was very glad to have a co-pilot on the trip! Dave did most of the navigating using his iPhone. He used to own a MkI & has built two other as well.
Heres a link to some video he took. This was on the I5 just north of Redding, CA.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k191/c6zz/th_IMG_0235.jpg (http://s88.photobucket.com/albums/k191/c6zz/?action=view¤t=IMG_0235.mp4)
A big thanks to Ken for staying open late so we could park the roadster & drive to San Francisco to fly home. I'm excited to see what she looks like when done.
Will post pictures & a proper completion post when I get her home.
Take care.
Andrew